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Strides & Form Sprints

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Run controlled accelerations to sharpen mechanics and turnover.

What coaches agree on

  • Running fast and relaxed during strides exposes and smooths out form flaws that don't show up at easy paces, and that cleaner form carries over into your everyday running.
  • Take a full recovery — walking or jogging easily back to the start — between each stride so every rep stays quality instead of turning into a conditioning effort.
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  • Add strides onto an easy run or warm-up two to three times a week rather than treating them as their own hard workout.
  • Run tall and relaxed through each stride, and let your arms drive the movement.

Common mistakes

  • Treating strides like an all-out sprint instead of a controlled build-up risks pulling a muscle — ease into each rep and only push toward top speed after building up over several weeks.