Left or Right?

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Stevce Feb 2021 3:25pm, 15 Feb 2021 3 posts	0 Stevce Think about this................When you start running, do you start running with your left foot first or your right foot? do you actually know, have you actually thought about it? I know it is something we all do naturally without thinking, but why not think about it? Next time you go out and once you start your timing device to commence your run, what is the foot that lands first? Are you a Lefty or a right winger? Then on your subsequent run, consciously start off with your 'reverse' foot, did it make any difference to your performance? I don't know whether this has ever been looked at, but obviously this lockdown is seriously affecting my mind :-), but does it make a difference? what do you think?
minardi Feb 2021 4:25pm, 15 Feb 2021 6,352 posts	0 minardi I think you're a little shit for making everyone about how they start off when they go for a run. We'll all be stood there wondering which one to raise first. I blame you if tomorrow's run goes pearshaped
anthonyj89 Feb 2021 4:30pm, 15 Feb 2021 204 posts	0 anthonyj89 If you've done track racing you'd know this. Left foot on the line for me, then a false step.
Homeless Kodo Feb 2021 4:30pm, 15 Feb 2021 1,418 posts	0 Homeless Kodo Which foot counts as first? The one you first drive from or the one you first strike ground with?
Sharkie Feb 2021 4:40pm, 15 Feb 2021 17,280 posts	0 Sharkie I do think about it because I have to know how to set up my blocks.
geordiegirl Feb 2021 4:48pm, 15 Feb 2021 13,369 posts	0 geordiegirl I hadn't thought of this, but thinking about it I think I stand on left foot push off land on right, is that left foot start or right??? hmmm
McGoohan Feb 2021 4:51pm, 15 Feb 2021 48,492 posts	0 McGoohan Same as Geordie Girl^ I assume most right-handed people would start in this way if just starting from their front door. It just seems natural for my handedness.
faithfulred Feb 2021 5:18pm, 15 Feb 2021 573 posts	0 faithfulred McG - you can be left handed and right footed (I'm like that). And I suppose the opposite can be true too. I'm quite two footed in football though, so I'm not sure what my answer to Stevce would be...
Mushroom Feb 2021 5:35pm, 15 Feb 2021 1,487 posts	0 Mushroom I can only just about make the decision whether to go forwards or back..
JK chameleon Feb 2021 5:49pm, 15 Feb 2021 13,508 posts	0 JK chameleon As with all things, right foot first.