Run Free

e which gave me access to a wealth of publications and articles from all over the world. This allowed me to study running (when I should have been a studying engineering), later, when a mature student, I gained a Post Graduate Research Degree in Education. This background of hands on coaching experience, a sound historical perspective and the academic training to assess the validity of current research places me in a good position to help you improve your running. To add to this I have 25 years experience as a teacher of adults with learning difficulties; of teaching disaffected youth; and of mentoring and teaching teachers to teach, I am confident that together we can find the right way to help you learn to runner with style. Many runners have never had any input into their running style, at some point in their lives they put on some trainers stepped out of the door and ran. There is nothing wrong with this, in fact it is to be celebrated, there is no problem if you have natural good running style (form). However, over the years our bodies adapt to poor movement patterns and postures leading to poor running style, injuries and pain. When we talk about running with style we are not talking about looking good when you are running but about moving more efficiently, more effectively, therefore with less chance of injury and with more economy. More economy means long, faster runs; less injury means more running days.