okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Free time
Some discussion over at Attackpoint about running form got me thinking about an experiment I did a few years ago. Whenever I ran in the forest, I made a point of trying to run faster than usual on the downhills. It didn't really take more physical effort, just more concentration. It also didn't take long to become significantly faster without - and this is key - without really working harder. That's free time!
But, I lose the ability to run downhill fast (or rather faster) if I don't work on it regularly.