Kristian Allén

This is interesting. Before the run I felt a bit hungry and tired, but after the start I felt quite good after all. And I thought that I haven’t run a really long run for a while, so I thought that I would now run one. I had only a small bottle of water with me, so I thought that I really have to concentrate to run efficiently, and so I did. The whole run I focused my mind to five things:

1. To focus my gaze ahead.
2. To keep my shoulders down and relaxed.
3. This was the key thing: to work with the hip to ease the work of my legs.
4. To relax leg muscles on every step just before a next strike. This was possible because working with hip.
5. To strike the ground from heel to toe.

All I can say is that focusing on these five things enabled me to run an easy 35 kilometers and really enjoy the run!

I didn’t sleep enough last night and I thought it would have a negative effect for today’s run. But it didn’t. And I have noticed that other times too: Random length of a sleep doesn’t really have that much effect for a running experience. Well, that’s my impression.