Distance Running Technique

Considering how many steps you take in a minute is a great way to improve your form for distance running.
✅ This is called Cadence Manipulation-aim for around 180 steps per minute. This will help to shorten your stride to promote better form
✅ Slowly improve your steps per minute overtime. Don't try to do this overnight.
✅ Use music to help you stay on beat. You can find a song or metronome that beats at your target bpm for the workout.
✅ No need to overdo it, once you've found your sweet spot with the foot landing closer to under the body you do not have to shorten your stride any more.
✅ Aim for the foot to land under your body, not reaching out (think of the 6 o'clock hand position on a clock, not the 8 o'clock).
✅ Focus on a soft landing. This helps to shorten your stride, keeping a slightly flexed knee, and avoiding overreaching.
✅ Push the ground behind you: land at the 6 o’clock position and extend the hip and knee (to about the 5 or 4 o’clock hand position) to propel forward.
✅ These considerations are for distance runners. Note that sprinting mechanics are different.
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