the general dogmatic guidance which is usually along the lines of reducing stride length, landing underneath COM (which really shows a lack of understanding) or landing just ahead of COM…
There are more neuroreceptors in the forefoot, and pretty much none in the fat pad of the heel…thus this is usually the ‘feeling’
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Yes, I think so, I guess when I land it feels like I am on my fore/mid foot, but when I look at pictures if taken at the correct moment my whole foot looks like it lands pretty much on the ground and I dont think I have ever seen one where my foot is partly on the ground but my heel is not. Of course that could just be timing, but I have run a lot of races now.
If EJC is correct, then maybe it has something to do with the receptors in my feet soles and that would explain it.
The main reason I asked is that I dish out running advice to my mates as much as the next man as I am “the runner” in whatever group I am in, so I was just intrigued as to why I look like I land flat footed when I am explaining that as I got faster I moved to be more mid-foot which in my lay mind makes sense as I my foot is landing more under me. Likely everyone ignores me anyhow!
However, as lots have said I should watch a video of me to know for sure.
I enjoy running and for me has trumped the other tri sports and is all I really do now as it really is as simple as plug some headphones in and just run and not really for that long and you can get relatively good. Run more and you get even better.
I am faster than I ever thought I would be, have zero interest in remedying or researching if whether my COM (I have no idea what that is) is in the correct place or anything else form wise. So I certainly don’t plan to ruin running with drills
I was just intrigued as to why and if others had noticed similar.
Yep, none of that guidance was given.
CoM is centre of mass. I would say most people will have the whole foot on the ground at some point during the stride regardless of where foot strike is. Timing of the photo obviously determines what you see. I was watching some Farah slow-mo and during a 10km (2012 super Saturday) his heel almost touched down, during the marathon it does.
eJC is correct…but will also add that the shoe companies have built even more cushioning into the heel area for obvious reasons and thus will reduce feeling even more so…
Yes, the foot will (apart from particular cases) be flat on the ground at some stage…those who went from stacked shoes to zero differential shoes without allowing for adaptation, this was a problem because their musculature wouldn’t allow it…