How To Improve Your Running Form [Infographic]

Posted On August 17, 2015

Running is a simple action of moving your feet one after the other. But making simple changes to improve your running form can help you lessen injuries and improve your race times.  There are several running coaches, running clinics and running seminars who would teach about running. Some of them may differ in the details but they usually agree on several points.

After reading some books about running from different decades, I found out how the “perfect” running form would change as sports science give better insights on how our bodies run.  I would expect that what we know about running form today would be different 5 to 10 years from now.

I believe in the saying that there is no perfect running form.  No one can dictate how everyone should run.  Even elite runners and world record holders run differently.  But for an average runner, following these tips to improve your running form can lessen injuries, aching muscles and even improve your efficiency to run longer and faster.

Below is an infographic on how to improve your running form.

Happy Running 😀

Courtesy of: Rock Creek Runner
Tags:, ,

Related Posts

About The Author

ManokanRunner

Jinoe Gavan is the founder of this award-winning blog Takbo.ph, The Filipino Running Community. Known as ManokanRunner, he is a computer addict on weekdays, a church leader on weekends and a runner in all days of the week. He wants to run and cover as many miles in many places as he could. Read more about his life in the urban jungle with all the distractions and the fun of raising his son in DaddyandtheCity(dot)com.

17 Comments
  1. Jordan Alhambra Juan

    Joseph Jimenez

  2. Elisha Vinco Jayme

    Hey ya on the loop then!

  3. Cheenee Mae Peck

    Darryl Peck

  4. Rianne Verzo

    Sherryl Urrea

  5. Bajoi Cereno Lirio

    Yannie Tantong Rix Saure Casulla

  6. Miera Calicdan

    For reference Janyn Lumanglas Mae Salido

  7. Adrian Fernandez

    JD Mariano Danica Tapuz laban tayo guys… lol

  8. Maricel Capulong

    check mo,Gary Toribio..

  9. Gary Toribio

    check up na lang kita Maricel Capulong

  10. Anna Katrina Nillo

    Len Ausa This is important. Correct running form will prevent injuries.

  11. Melissa Besinal

    Ameer / Rye / Diane

  12. Rye Navarro

    Point taken 🙂

  13. Gary Tan

    Gd to know

  14. Lester Estrella

    Cy, here. U0001f600

  15. Roan Galang

    Michael Alvin Alex Gilwen Joy Jr

  16. Rosalie Escotal

    Romilyn Rivera ganito pala ung ginagawa nila nun 🙂

  17. zhy65199

    ROLEX is the alternation caster accessory is aswell actual special, different four <a href=”http://www.digreplicas.com”>rolex replica</a> weight beat arm four. Four arm beat with account to the frequently acclimated arm beat with bigger stability
    Qualitative. Of course, this puts advanced college requirements for the assembly of <a href=”http://www.replicawatches2u.uk.com”>replica watch</a> a machine, but ROLEX at the amount of accomplishing so. The antithesis is anguish on the aloft Breguet Hairspring. We apperceive that the bulk is aggressive today, can use the Breguet hairspring basically already belongs to high-grade core. It is account acquainted that  the antithesis in <a href=”http://www.rolexreplicauk.co.uk”>rolex replica</a> The Department has 4 screws. This is the best weapon to accomplished tune the ROLEX.