I work in IT and my all consuming passion is running. Since I started in 2004/5 I have improved greatly through training long and hard yet I always wondered if I was missing something – I have only very recently understood what it means to run properly. 

In 2008 I had a very successful year achieving good times at all distances from 10k to 35 miles up until August when my running was cruelly halted by a stress fracture of my second left metatarsal. 

I had often thought about trying to find out what I had been missing and addressing some problems with black toes etc yet up until then I had always put the issues down to just being part of running and ignorantly I simply carried on training for the next event on what was until then a full calendar.

Being injured gave me time to think about my running and I decided to find out if I could improve my running form in such a way that I would be able to run with a much reduced chance of injuring myself. It was here that my journey along the road to efficient running started.

In November 2008 I went for my first ‘running lesson’ with Dr. Mark Hainsworth, a Pose Method® Certified Running Coach Level III and Sports Physician (MBChB). I have been learning how to run better ever since and have had some remarkable successes, noteably a reduction in my marathon time by some sixteen minutes. I do still have a long way to go though – the habits of a lifetime are hard to break.

This blog is a place where I share my thoughts about running and my quest for running with optimum efficiency; I hope people will find this interesting and helpful.