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Tenderloin
I tried this on Friday last week after reading your post.
I'd long thought that I'd been running 'wrong' because I heel strike and never seem to have a lot of lift in my legs (for want of a better description) but I've never really looked at my stride pattern before.
I did a 5k trying to land further forward on my feet. It's hard to explain but it felt like I had more potential power that I could use, but also felt more anaerobically taxing and I started to feel it in my calves before I'd even finished. Later that day, and the following day (and still today, Monday, a bit) my calves were quite painful.
I don't know if training and perservering is actually worth it, because from what I've read opinion is divided on whether heel strike is actually 'wrong'. So I'm not sure what's next.
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