27/09/2024
What do we do at a running technique workshop? Well things have changed a little bit. Workshops used to frustrate me because I made them too short. 3 hours seemed like long enough to get lots done but not so long that it would put people off taking part. However 3 hours was not enough time to really elicit any sort of tangible change or get to the bottom of any issues. So partly due to COVID, and partly as workshops weren't really satisfying as a way to work, I decided to stop doing them.
That was until a 1 on 1 client asked if I would consider doing one again for her trial running club. I almost reluctantly agreed but said that it would have to be a bit of an all or nothing approach. We go for 5 or 6 hours so that we can really get to grips with individual issues AND take the time to work through any issues and difficulties that we may have in developing a better movement. As any good Running specialist will tell you....it's relatively easy to "diagnose" an issue but the trick and the specialisation comes from being able to figure out 1. Why something is happening and 2. How to improve it.
And the thing is....everyone is different and responds, reacts, moves, understands in different ways. I say this almost daily, that a Laufanalyse or biomechanical Analysis is the easiest part of my day...figuring out the why and how is the most fun and the most rewarding for both myself and my clients.
I am in Traunsee on the 12.10 for a private workshop, then Vienna on 19.10 for an open workshop on running technique (for Hyrox athletes primarily but actually for everyone) and am currently finalising times and dates for a workshop here in Purgstall in January or February.