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MudMeanderer Jul 2012 1:29pm, 24 Jul 2012 644 posts	0 MudMeanderer Wouldn't optimal cadence depend upon leg length and muscle distribution? Surely unless you're legs are moving at or close to their resonance frequency ( or a harmonic of it) the movement is likely to be naturally damped and so less efficient. So a single optimal target cadence would be an erroneous idea. Though it may be a fairly small window of frequencies/cadences across most runners as legs aren't for the most part grossly dissimilar.
plodding hippo Jul 2012 1:37pm, 24 Jul 2012 43,557 posts	0 plodding hippo I do a parkrun every week too UC
Ultracat Jul 2012 1:38pm, 24 Jul 2012 9,901 posts	0 Ultracat Speed is limited by strength, suppleness, skill and stamina. It's whole body strength not just in the legs. You may have the optimal cadence but need the work on the other factors to get faster. Only started reading the book.
plodding hippo Jul 2012 1:40pm, 24 Jul 2012 43,558 posts	0 plodding hippo I might give it a whirl Only cos I know ceal though
Ultracat Jul 2012 1:40pm, 24 Jul 2012 9,902 posts	0 Ultracat PH I never thought I would enjoy doing 5 ks every week but parkruns don't feel like racing to me.
plodding hippo Jul 2012 1:48pm, 24 Jul 2012 43,559 posts	0 plodding hippo they do for me Its impossoible to go slowly!
plodding hippo Jul 2012 1:48pm, 24 Jul 2012 43,560 posts	0 plodding hippo but parkruns are great
Sharkie Jul 2012 2:19pm, 24 Jul 2012 2,155 posts	0 Sharkie It's a good book Hipps. Ceal introduced me to Julian Goater and I did a session with him near Ceal's house. It was good. He told me I SHOULDN'T plod - it was compromising my natural style. This was while I was still trying to be a distance runner (well 10k and down).
plodding hippo Jul 2012 3:08pm, 24 Jul 2012 43,561 posts	0 plodding hippo JG sounds scary
Sharkie Jul 2012 3:52pm, 24 Jul 2012 2,156 posts	0 Sharkie No, he's a nice bloke - although yeah, takes no prisoners I guess. He was an international in his day - XC being his forte.

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I am reading the book "the art of running faster" by Julian Goater and Don Melvin

Practise runn...

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