Richard's first video is quite interesting. As we all know, Rob won in a staggering time whilst wearing SANDALS(!). He's generally too far ahead for me to get a good luck at his running style. But looking at him climbing at the beginning of the video is fascinating. He seems to keep the top half of his body almost entirely still, it doesn't even go up and down with every step. He glides at something between a fast walk and a trot up the slope. Its a very fluid and efficient technique and quite different to most others (I'm staggering up at an embarassingly slow walk a couple of minutes in looking like I'd rather be somewhere else).
Obviously, he's still got lungs like zeppelins and the leg strength of a shirehorsebut I wonder how much he gains through running/ascending style?
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