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You know, the kind of running where you hear your feet slap the pavement? 'Slap, slap, slap'.
The Kenians however, run silently!
So of course, then I wanted to run like the Kenians.
Last week I really felt like I was getting somewhere with my silent running efforts. In the distance I spotted two ladies walking. They were chatting as they walked. Of course I felt I had to pass them, and once I did they were quite startled!
They obviously didn't hear me coming!
So I'm definitely making progress.
Can you héár yourself running?
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I like to listen to the sound of my feet hitting the pavement. I can tell when my left leg is struggling (an injury I've been managing >1year). I do feel when I run the smoothest my feet don't just slap down.
I think I notice the sound of other people's feet more than my own. I really hate the start of a race when you can hear so many feet hitting the pavement! I need to listen to music to tune it out.
This is an interesting post. I am not a "natural" runner at all. I was a swimmer in high school. They tried to get me to run, but I never could get past the feeling that running was just not right. Not what I should do to myself. Too much noise made by my feet, my breathing. I felt awkward, like a flapping bird, not in a good way. Self concious of every moving part of me and convinced I looked like some big freak. (I am 6ft tall) I did not think I would or ever could run.
So, the noise of running is for me tangled up in my perception I could not/should not run. False perception I should say.
But, I wanted it! Go figure.
I went to my gym at work, and the trainer told me, everyone thinks they look/sound weird. Just get over it. How freeing that was. I am just beginning, am far from silent, but made a break through and started a walk to running program and feel so much better about it.
I always love reading about people discovering running! Good luck!
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