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Try to replicate the high back lift motion of running fast when running slower. It feels really bad and is hard to do but if you concentrate on keeping that form it might help. I’ve never focussed too much on my cadence but that was advice I was given from running coach
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I wouldn't get too hung up on cadence. For one thing I think it's something which can increase with improved running fitness and efficiency (which itself will come from lots of miles), but also there's quite a bit of variance in cadence away from any supposed optimum. Particularly given your height, low cadence + long stride length will get you there quick enough. If you ever saw my club mate John Gilbert (Southern XC champion, 2:15 marathon runner, 6'2ish??) lolloping along you'd know low cadence can work pretty well!
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Tenderloin
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@birofunk
New to running, have been at it since August or so.
I've managed to slowly get to a place where I've got my heart rate down and manage to run every other day pain free. A mixture of dynamic warm ups, yoga, foam rolling and strength exercises have really helped. I thought running would take less time than cycling. Apparently not! I had the cardio from cycling but it's totally different. Managed 100km total last month which I was pretty chuffed with. I know a lot of folk around here could do that in one outing!
One questions tho. I find it really hard to run easy at a high cadence. Is there any trick to this? On tempo runs I'm at around 170 but on really slow runs I can be as low as 150. I'm built like a giraffe (6'5) which probably doesn't help.