our running coach during a clinic sponsored by New Balance here in the Philippines taught us this forward lean. i have never forgotten it. thanks a lot for this.

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This is contradictory: You forgot to mention and show the bending of the knees, which you mentioned and showed in a section before. And now you show pictures with straight knees! Ain't you supposed to run with slightly bent knees?

If you put your foot first in front of you instead of bringing your body first, you get the same results as the heelstrikers because that is what they do. Seems to me, that you did not understood the principle.

"Good form running" is just another (but worse) copyist of already existing promoters/copyists of running form/tecnique, "selling" things in their name which are out there for more then a decade. How pathetic.

e.r.

you are over-thinking/overanalyzing it

Er, im not sure why you are calling good form running a copyist. It is attempting to share information about running technique, not infringe on copywrite laws. I feel the more websites promoting proper technique, the more people may find out that running really is fun and painless if done correctly.
As far as the lean goes, it is showing that when you lean forward your foot will naturally react to take a step at a certain point. It is not implying to run with extended knees.
Hopefully you learn to deal with your personal frustrations in a way that does not make you look stupid in the future.

If your going to run like this you need a good pair of minimalist shoes such as nb-minimus those with the big padded heels just aren't going to help.

What\'s the difference \'tween \"GFR\", \"Poise Running\" and \"Chi Running\"?
To me all three are pretty much the same.