Good form old boy

Form.  I never would have thought my form was a factor in the injury I sustained about two weeks ago.  My trip to the physical therapist has me convinced that I need to give serious attention to training my body to run right.

Getting my running form evaluated was kind of cool.  The therapist put me on a treadmill and then videotaped me running for about three minutes.  After that, she compared my form with the form of another running and I was amazed at how bad it was.  My two biggest problems are overstriding (taking steps that are too long) and not getting my upper involved as much as it could.  Both of these are easily corrected.  To correct overstride, I am counting how many steps I take a minute.  If they are somewhere around 83-88 steps then I am doing well.  If my steps are down in the 70s then I know my steps are too big and I am placing too much strain on my knees.  Today was my first day counting my steps and I was surprised at how good it felt and how less sore my knees felt after today's run/walk.  Of course loosing weight will be a big factor in improving my form, but doing some things now to fix some problems is definitely a good idea.