Follow these tips for maintaining your footing on rough or steep terrain.
, grip the handles and begin planting the poles with an opposite arm and opposite leg pattern without altering your natural arm swing. Plant the pole at roughly a 45-degree angle at a distance in line with your opposite foot. As you walk past the planted pole, push through the ground as your foot lifts.
Once you feel comfortable using the alternating pole walking, practice it while running. At slow speeds, you’ll plant the poles every step as you did while walking. As the pace quickens, you’ll want to plant the poles every second or third step.Running With Poles is All About Practice Gerardi warns that if you don’t practice before using them before a race or big trail run, “poles won’t help you, they’ll get in the way, you’ll getSo to get better before using them for big events, start with short runs; as you get more comfortable using poles, you can take them on more extensive outings.
Running with poles will initially look and feel awkward. That’s expected and okay. As with any skill, it takes time to learn it. And as far as looking awkward while carrying running poles, don’t worry about trying to look pretty. Gerardi says that most of the photos of professional runners with poles are staged photoshoots. “It’s hard to make using poles look rad, but everyone is doing it; everyone uses poles,” Gerardi says.Gerardi shares her best tips for mastering running with poles.
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