- Running with correct technique (even in prepared bare feet), on any surface, is injury free.
- Running equals springing through the air, landing elastically on the forefoot with a flexed knee (thus producing quiet feet). On landing, the foot should be directly below the body. (Walking is landing on the heels with a straight leg).
- Any and all additions to the body damage running skill.
- Quality beats quantity; the speed at which you practice the most will be your best speed.
- Walking damages running.
- The correct running tempo for human beings is between three and five steps per second.
- Arm power is directly proportional to leg power.
- Good posture is critical to running. (Don't lean forwards!).
- Speed kills endurance; endurance kills speed.
- Each individual can only execute one “Program” at any one time; an individual can be identified by his or her idiosyncrasies (i.e. “Program”). An individual can change his or her “Program” only by a determined, educational effort; each individual's “Program” degenerates unless it is controlled constantly.
- Static stretching exercises cause injuries!
- Running equals being out of breath, so breathing through the mouth is obligatory (hence the nickname “Puff Puff Pirie”).
4/16/2015
How true are these!??!
Gordon Pirie's Laws of Running
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