Back to the basics.
Ted Corbitt has just turned 80 years old on Jan. 31 and was honored recently. Check out the articles listed in the Feb. Ultramarathon World web site! You will also see an article I wrote about Ted featured there as well as another article called "Ted Corbitt at 80: Still a Humble Pioneer" written by the gifted editor and owner of the web site, David Blaikie. If I were you, I'd bookmark it! Any runner will enjoy this site! Runners that have completed marathons, as well as those who have never considered running a thon!
Take a look on my welcome page and cast your vote on a Ted Corbitt movie! Thanks.
Many thanks to George Straznitskas for the following article; "Back to the basics." Please be sure to visit his web site. The link will be listed at the bottom of this page.
Back To Basics
No matter what their sport, athletes can significantly benefit by periodically evaluating the mechanical elements of what they do. Professional baseball players, golfers, bowlers, tennis players and the like each have their favorite guru. These experts analyze each movement in great detail and offer recommendations designed to improve performance.
Most of the time the experts don't find anything very magical or sensational when studying their athlete. The pointers given usually correct seemingly minor changes of habit which the athlete has developed over time. A batter may be shifting his weight forward a split second too soon. The golfer may be lifting her head up a millimeter at the wrong time. In the quest for ultimate performance little things mean a lot.
In the case of a sport where good performance depends on the ability to perform highly repetitive motions for long periods of time, little things can mean a REAL lot. If a runner makes 100 strides per minute, and does a workout in 40 minutes, he/she has 4,000 opportunities to make the same mistake. A person can get a lot of gray hairs just thinking about the margin of error for a marathoner!
While professional athletes have experts at their disposal to care for such details, most runners can't afford such luxuries. Even if we could afford to hire such people, they would perhaps have a difficult time maintaining a critical eye while trying to run alongside us. Running camps may be an alternative, but the amount of time available for individual attention might be a problem.
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