Master the Art of Running Fast Downhill Without Trashing Your Legs
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.5 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2021
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
The lure of downhill racing is pretty seductive. Courses promising fast times and scenic views are becoming more and more popular, especially for runners looking for the extra edge to finish in a personal record or to score a Boston qualifying time.
But downhill running is actually much harder on your body than flat or even uphill running and surprisingly, some runners end up being slower on courses with a lot of decline.
On today's Run to the Top Podcast, Coach Claire talks all about downhill running and racing.
You'll learn:
- how downhill running uniquely affects your body
- how to run downhill properly to minimize the negative effects, and
- how to train better for a course with lots of decline
If you've got a downhill race on your schedule in 2022, this is a must-listen!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there my running friend this is Coach Claire Bartholic, the Planted Runner, and this is the |
| 0:14.8 | Run to the Top Podcast, one of the first and only running podcast dedicated to making |
| 0:19.7 | you a better runner with each and every episode. We are created and produced by the |
| 0:24.6 | expert team of running coaches at runnersconnect.net where you can find the |
| 0:29.7 | best running |
| 0:33.0 | coaching plans to fit every runner and every budget. |
| 0:39.0 | The lure of downhill racing is pretty seductive. |
| 0:41.0 | The lure of downhill racing is pretty seductive. |
| 0:44.8 | Courses promising fast times and scenic views are becoming more and more popular, |
| 0:49.1 | especially for runners looking for the extra edge to finish in a personal record or to score a Boston qualifying time. |
| 0:56.8 | But downhill running is actually much harder on your body than flat or even uphill running and |
| 1:01.5 | surprisingly some runners end up being slower on |
| 1:04.8 | courses with a lot of decline. |
| 1:10.5 | On today's Run to the Top podcast I'm going to talk all about downhill running and |
| 1:15.2 | racing. You'll learn how downhill running uniquely affects your body, how to run |
| 1:20.8 | downhill properly to minimize the negative effects, and how to run downhill properly to minimize the negative effects and how to train better for a course with lots of decline. |
| 1:28.0 | I ran my first BQ at the Big Cottonwood Marathon in Utah, which boasts a net |
| 1:36.5 | decline of over 5,200 feet or 1,600 meters. I'll share a bit about my own experience on an extreme Downhill Road marathon |
| 1:46.8 | later in the show, and I'll reveal this week's code word to unlock points and prizes in our December contest. |
| 1:53.6 | When it comes to hills, the inclines seem to get all the attention. |
| 2:01.6 | Running uphill is far more taxing on our glutes and our |
| 2:04.1 | cardiovascular system as we fight gravity to go forward. But downhill running is |
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