Many of you know my long history of injuries and surgeries.  More than 20 years ago, I had worked with a Feldenkreis practitioner who had noticed that I have a strong tendency to rotate onto the outsides of my feet (which unfortunately is still my tendency today), and favor my left knee due to the four surgeries I’d had to repair its ruptured quad tendon.  Therefore, on the supposition that some of these subsequent issues might also be related to my biomechanics and running form, several years back I sought out Douglas Wisoff of Radiant Running in Lafayette, Colorado.  Douglas was a strong trail runner in his earlier days, and has dedicated himself to helping runners improve their training and results.  I am constantly reminding myself during my runs of the techniques he drilled into me, and I in turn share some of those with the athletes I coach.  Douglas happened to be at the American Heroes Run where one of the athletes he coaches, Karen Kay, was running, so we decided to get together to chat.  Hopefully there are some tips and ideas in this conversation that will be beneficial to your running.  And if you feel this sort of work will help you run better and more injury-free, perhaps this will motivate you to look up a form coach in your community, or give Douglas a call because he can coach you remotely as well.  As he says here, it often only takes a few sessions.  Funny thing, just prior to Douglas and I recording this, we discovered that we are both from the same town, Huntington, Long Island, New York, and we didn’t even know that about each other before!  A once-small whaling village where back in the day at the bar at Finnegan’s you could buy a beer when you were 16 years old without raising an eyebrow, order a hamburger at the Hamburger Choo Choo that would get delivered to your seat on an actual model train, and get slices of pizza at a joint called Village Pizza at 2 a.m. or later.  I hope you enjoy joining us for this fun and educational chat!

Douglas Wisoff
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