Unleash Your Stride
Learn to Run Like a Natural
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My breathing, heartbeat, and stride would start working in harmony: I was learning to run within myself … by the way it felt.
Some of my best training came from those days on the island where it was one stride at a time—without the worry of losing my place on the team. Out there on the beach or back road, my stride naturally adjusted, becoming the most efficient length it needed to be for the speed I was trying to run. I discovered getting into the zone out there and catching my second wind. My breathing, heartbeat, and stride would start working in harmony: I was learning to run within myself … by the way it felt. I didn’t know much about mental training back then, but I was doing that, too. I did a lot of visualizing, pretending I was running with and against famous athletes. When I entered meets after these periods on summer or winter vacation—when I wasn’t overtraining with the team—very often I would come in with a rebuilt stride and renewed energy level. I would surprise myself by setting new personal records and beating runners I hadn’t even challenged before ...
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About the Book
All runners should have a fundamentally sound stride, yet few runners seem to find one on their own. After more than fifty years of studying and experimenting, competitive runner Jim Satterfield shares his method of how he has taught countless others to run like a natural, ultimately improving their stride and their enjoyment of running.
As an athlete and coach, Satterfield combines his competitive and personal running experiences in order to provide a unique series of lessons that teach other runners how to master the fundamentals of correct running movements and eliminate the movements that slow them down. Satterfield includes various exercises and routines that will help runners find their best stride, use their core muscles, and make their workouts more efficient while specifically teaching runners how to:
- Develop a warm-up routine that mimics movements used in running
- Build strength and flexibility around the core
- Locate and harness power in a stride
- Run with a better form that takes advantage of body type and laws of physics
Satterfield provides the expert guidance and motivation that will lead runners of all experience levels to unleash their stride and cross the finish line feeling like a winner.
About the Author
Jim Satterfield has been a competitive age-group runner since the 1950s. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education and a Teaching Certificate from Washington State University and is also a certified USATF Level I Coach. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he still races competitively.