A little background: I moved to NYC from GA in 1994 to pursue a modelling career. It did not work out well for that field. It worked out for my clients that I have now. I also re-found the love I had as a kid for running through the woods.
My friend Roy at www.RoyFriedmanPhotography.com took this picture. My form does not look like I want it to. He kept telling me to reach my foot out in front of me like I was flying down the trail.
Roy needs some of my coaching:
I run in Minimalist shoes because I get a better feel of when my foot hits the ground. From there I work to pull my heel straight up to my butt. It does not always work like that. Sometimes on the trail you have to jump over a log, rocks, roots or something. Leaving the foot on the ground for less time leads to less injury both on the road and off. There is some great science behind this but I will leave it out.
I run trails because they are close enough to NYC(if you know where to go) to feel like I have run away from the City that Never Sleeps. I feel like a kid in GA running through the woods again. I like to run fast so I use the track for speed and I use the woods to feel like a kid.
Thanks to Roy for the photo. Thanks to the New York State Parks system and Nature for providing a fun trail to run. Go out and enjoy the outdoors. Get yourself moving. Keep yourself moving. Go get some run coaching.
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