It's All About Form

I'm no expert .....  I'm a runner in the making ......  Willing to learn along the way

Today's Stats:
Location: Treadmill
Distance: 2.72
           Warm Up - 5 min Walk
                  3 Repeats - 2 min Run / 2 min Walk; 4 min Run / 2:30 min Walk
           Cool Down - 5 min Walk

Today is the first day of my 4x a week training plan.  My focus is form.  In considering what it will take for me to make progress, form was first thing on my mind to try.  Here are some of the highlights from an article from Women's Running Magazine:

Head Up - Eyes focused ahead
Shoulders Square - Upper body lifted
Arms Swing close to body at 90 degree angle, oppossing the
legs
Hips straight - Core lifts feet off the ground
Land under your center - Mid foot strikes the ground, short quick strides (180 bpm song good for this)


I have to say, increasing my time and volume of run time today along with monitoring my form really allowed me to get out of my head.  My legs felt amazing throughout the whole Wog.  I did however, have issues with my breathing in the final repeat so I believe I need to do some breathing exercises to get my lungs used to the increased volume.

I'm a work in progress and progress feels great.