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Here is a quick illustration that I found by chance.
Stand with your back to a wall (a strong, not easily damaged wall or at least someone Else’s wall).  Lift one foot off the ground and place it on the wall a bit below knee height.
Now take your foot off the wall and sharply send it back […]

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I have been running with the Pose Method, more or less successfully, for quite a few weeks now, and so I have taken the opportunity to re-read some sections of the book to pick up where I am going wrong.
The main points that jumped out at me were these:

I was hitting the ground with the […]

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Subsequent to my post regarding the “Militant” group of barefoot runners, I have been in contact with Barefoot Ken Bob who runs the site.  His site  has some very interesting things to say about running barefoot and he particularly directed me to an article on his site, by Dr Nicholas Romanov (who wrote The Pose Method of […]

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The Pose Method of Running is designed to make me run faster.  Gradually it is achieving this.
The VDOT concept (by Jack Daniels) is  designed to compare running intensities.  It does this by allocating a number on a scale to a group of comparable finish times (over different distances). 
What happens when these two principles meet?

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Today I realised another small milestone in the gradual process of mastering the Pose Method of Running.  This evening in the dark, hot and humid streets of downtown Tsukuba, I ran on my forefeet non-stop for 8 kilometres. 
This mightn’t sound too exciting to you, but believe me I am excited.  Over the last few weeks […]

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Today I ran for 5 kilometers, non stop!  Are you impressed?  Well I don’t care, I am excited. 
5 kilometres is nothing, right, but the bit that excites me is that for every step of that 5 kilometres, I landed on my forefoot.  That is right!  I landed on the ball of my foot and as […]

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This is the third week I have been using the Pose Method of Running.  The first was just drills, the second was running some short but carefully “posed” runs.   This third week is more of the same.
What have I noticed so far?

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I was warned and so I should have expected it.  It is my own fault, this is what happens when you try and change anything.  You simply have to adapt!
I am talking about the sore legs that I am experiencing now that I have begun proper running with the Pose Method.  I have been running […]

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Since I have been practicing the Pose Method of Running, I have had very little chance to think about anything except, the pose, the fall and the pull (which anyone who has tried the method will be thoroughly familiar with).  I have had my time fully occupied, concentrating on my form. 
When I am able to […]

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If you are anything like me, as soon as you get a new toy, you just have to try it out.  You are barely through your front door before you have it out of the box and are giving it a go.  It doesn’t matter if it is a CD, a tool, a book or […]

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