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Breathing is a problem for me too, in that if I try to breathe in time with the 180 bpm from the metronome I don't feel like I take in enough oxygen and get out of breath.
Like you said, if I try to breath 'out of sync' with the metronome I lose it too!
I guess it's best to work on the things you can improve though, and the section on beathing in the book talks about breathing from the lower lungs with a couple of techniques. Will try these out over the next week or so.
I think this is really worth sticking with though, even if it all doesn't come easily a the start.
I actually set it to 59 so it beeps for every third step. I tend to be a bit lop-sided so it's not good for me to have a beat every other step.
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When I did the course, Catherina said not to bother with cadence for a while - advice I took very gratefully - and I think I've seen an increase of two per week recommended on the website. I have to admit I've not tried that approach. Maybe if I work on running at my normal cadence with the metronome for a week or two, I can enhance my skills. But I'm someone who can't tell you if a piece of music is in 4/4 time, let alone something more unusual.
Do you run with the metronome in places where there are other people? I don't.
If the cadence seems to high it means your stride length is too long.
IAn.
If the cadence you're aiming for seems too difficult, then maybe your stride is too long. You're both right - cabletow wrote "seems" and Ian wrote "is". There's a world of difference.
Ian.
Can you feel your legs relax though? if so you may be tilted enough.
Did catherine do the lean against the table and the lie on the back and extend your legs out slowly drills?
BTW I dont know if you know but over on fetcheveryone.com we are having like minded Chi running discussions - care to join us padowan?
Ian.
Lots of positives from the run, the PEL felt really low and the relaxed lower legs comes quite naturally.
Higher cadence definitely helps the feeling that the foot lands on the ball / midfoot and behind / underneath rather than a long stride landing in front.
Welcome Ian, sounds like you're on the way to solving a problem - good stuff!
I fixed both those problems by focussing on keeping my knees down in front of me, ie not bringing my leg too far forward and keeping th knee low, the lower leg then just drops into place at the bottom of my column and I concentrate on lifting my heel up after my weight has transferred through
come on over to Fetch
right managed a 7 miles club run and chi-ed it all the way
before every run Ive been re-reading the book on bits Im not geting right and concentrating on them
It would seem I was not picking my heels up enough and concentrated on that last night and it all swung together stance, pelvis,tucked chin all came naturally all I needed to do was keep an eye on my feet and lift behind me, even managed to up the pace for couple of miles at the end to 10k pace and that cadance and stance was even better mght even go for a 5k race on Friday
I think it's a good idea not to try to focus on too many things at a time, but posture and cadence seem to be the key.
I like your hint Goldbeetle and will try that next time I run. I'm focussing on cadence at the moment, my stride changes and it was obvious when I did the workshop as Catherina picked up on it straight away. I find that if I take the metronome with me, I seem to settle and enjoy the run so much more.
Miles makes smiles.
Progression
Ian.
Cabletow / Goldbeetle. The visualisation of keeping knees down and picking up the heels is a good one. I think it can be quite hard to remember all of these things while you are running whilst also trying to relax and enjoy it.
The book has a good section on how to learn all of the techniques and likens it to learning to drive a car - when you start you can't imagine remembering all of the things you need to know, but in the end they all just come naturally.
I think Chi Running is probably like that, and that the learning process itself is the goal.
Have read the discussion on the Fetch forum and there is some good stuff on there. Is it worth posting on both forums do you think?
Is anyone else interested in the odd comparison of videos - a bit like the POSE peeps do?