Downhill w forefoot strike?

[sminch]

Thanks for the responses, everyone. I'll see what I can manage next time I'm out...

Steve

[DrPatrickBarry]

According to all that I have read this is about the worse possible way of descending (straight knee heel strike)
https://www.imra.ie/photos/view/id/21169/

Then I looked at his results, obviously not holding him back!!!

https://www.imra.ie/runners/results/id/3018/

completed UTMB last weekend. 2nd M40 and twentieth overall

[Mike T]

What his leg/foot position were when they hit the ground cannot be determined from this photo.

[Alan Lucker]

What his leg/foot position were when they hit the ground cannot be determined from this photo.

Indeed, he could have bent his knee just before impact. Making it perfectly o.k. I think.