Rediscoverd Running
A strength that has set me apart from other athletes from kindergarten to College was my speed. I was hands down one of the fastest athletes on the field, court etc or the one with greatest amount of firing fast-twitch muscles fibers. When college came to end so did my career with field sports, my speed and desire to run. The years of punishment I put my legs through sidelined me for a few years. Then came triathlon and a new understanding and appreciation of how my body operates. Now I run for endurance rather than for speed and my reliance on fast-twitch muscle fibers has transitioned to a reliance on slow-twitch muscles fibers. With any type of endurance training there must be a relationship between your cardiovascular fitness and biomechanics. Being deficient in any of the two will limit your endurance capabilities. Through a lot of trial and error I have managed to drastically alter my biomechanics, specifically m...