... and lead with your heel.
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To this point I haven't been concentrating on where my foot was striking on the ground, so tonight's focus was making sure I landed heel-first or more flat. The marathon training guide says that you shouldn't be running on the "balls" or front of your feet when doing long distances, and it turns out I've been doing just that. The difference in foot fatigue was very significant, though I was stretching some other parts like my calves more than I was used to. It will take some getting used to, but the reduced fatigue is well worth it.
I didn't get any running in over the weekend, primarily due to the horrendous sunburn I got on the back of my knees that made it hard to stand on Friday. I do feel like I'm finally at the point where I can do 30 minutes of running each training day, so that means I'm out of the warmup program for the marathon trainer's guide. I'm going to try and make it through the first week of training this week, with tonight counting as a 3 mile run. I'll need to do 2x 2 miles and one five mile (ulp) before the week is out to meet that goal. If I can manage to stick to the progression I'll hit week nine by the time the half marathon rolls around and I should be in really good shape to tackle it.
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