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Bobby McGee Run Form Video - on sale, get it.

Dave TalloDave Tallo
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Anyone who follows my posts knows that about 850 of the 1000-whatever comments I've contributed to EN say the same thing on the same topic:  Buy The Bobby McGee Run Form Video, and listen to what he has to say.  

The DVD is (again) on sale for 30% off until this Friday.  So, something like 21 bucks.  I don't get a McKickback on this - I just think this particular resource is up there with Chamois Cream and a Trainer Tire on return on investment, and I've seen enough questions over the years in the Forum about "improve my run / technique" that "Bobby McGee" is now almost an Automated Reply from my account.  

There isn't any magic to what he has to say, but in my repeated view, he is a great communicator and his approach to run form is easily understood, practiced, and implemented. 

 

http://endurancefilms.com/store/Triathlon-The-Run-Biomechanics-and-Drills-Vol.-4-USAT-Training-Series.html

   

Comments

  • drjohnson08drjohnson08
    Thanks Dave, I just ordered the video.
  • susanosusano

    thanks for the tip! Ordering it!

  • Peter WickPeter Wick

    This link shows the DVD that is not on sale

    http://endurancefilms.com/store/Tri...eries.html

    Do you mean this one? This one is on sale.

    http://endurancefilms.com/store/Run...eries.html

    They seem to be similar. What did folks order?

  • Peter WickPeter Wick

    This one?

    http://endurancefilms.com/store/Run...eries.html

    Or this one?

    http://endurancefilms.com/store/Tri...eries.html

  • Dave TalloDave Tallo
    Peter, it's the second one. Code clearout14 at checkout.
  • Peter WickPeter Wick

    Okay, Dave. Just ordered the second one.

    http://endurancefilms.com/store/Tri...eries.html

  • Al TruscottAl Truscott
    Got it ... this better work!
  • Dave TalloDave Tallo
    @Al: The USAT guarantees it.

    Actually, you're an interesting case, because I've seen you post info on a lot of the discrete form skills that McGee also highlights in his video, and had assumed you already had it in your library. So, where the value will be added in your case, I think, will probably be the aggregation of these skills to a whole system of running and run form, and a sharpening of the critical awareness of your own movement patterns. So, a deepening of integrating the individual skills, I'm guessing.

    Here's my challenge, then: Jot down a number right now, on a 1-10 scale, that answers "before watching the video, I would assess my knowledge and awareness of running form as X." I'll bf the thread in a month and ask the same question, and if the delta is two or less, I'll buy you a beer!
  • Al TruscottAl Truscott
    Dave, here's my thing ... over the past year, I've noticed the onset of some niggling issues on my right side - hip flexors, knee, gluteal area. I suspect my form may be deteriorating, and want a kick start to reassert the good balance and form I think I *used* to have. My previous tri training plan (pre-2009) had running drills embedded into it; EN does not place an emphasis there, in the form of specific workouts focused solely on running form. I'm hoping that a comprehensive program, pre-packaged for me, will get me back on track. Although I have a good knowledge base, I really prefer being told what to do, rather than trying to design it for myself. So I suspect the proof of value will be whether I have integrated a drills program into my on-going training. If I get smarter, so much the better.
  • Dino SartiDino Sarti
    I ordered this last time this issue came up and I never got it??? So lame. I never got off my lazy butt and called them.... Lame on my end as well, I suppose. image
  • Dave TalloDave Tallo
    Crap, Dino ... I'm sorry to hear that! I feel terrible for making the second recommendation and would never have repeated if I had known about the failure to launch!
  • Dino SartiDino Sarti
    No ones fault but my own. Had I ever called them, their customer service may have been awesome. image. I am sure they are great. I was just a bad combination of lazy and unlucky.
  • Brad MarcusBrad Marcus
    Ok. I'm in. Any help with my form is welcomed! Btw- I didn't do this until just now (5:40am Sat) and the coupon code is still good. Thanks, Dave. I'll report back when I'm running 3 hour marathons and floating over the pavement image
  • Dave TalloDave Tallo
    Posted By Dino Sarti on 22 Feb 2014 01:38 AM

    No ones fault but my own. Had I ever called them, their customer service may have been awesome. . I am sure they are great. I was just a bad combination of lazy and unlucky.



    Tell you what ... I'll make it up by commiting to Arriba for my "Official Recovery Drink of Choice" during my Epic Camp!   That'll definitely put the thirty bucks back into your pockets. 

  • kjc777kjc777

    Sorry to me dense here but before I click "Buy"  just want to be sure I'm getting the right one. It's titled "

    Triathlon: The Run - Biomechanics and Drills - Vol. 4 USAT Training Series".

    Is this correct?



     

  • Dave TalloDave Tallo
    That's the one, Ken.
  • thaimaithaimai

    Just ordered it!  Discount code is still good as of Sunday 2/23.

    Slowly recovering from soleus strain and hoping that incorporating these drills every week will reduce the chance of future injuries.

    Thanks!

  • thaimaithaimai
    Quick question for Dave:

    Would it be beneficial to do these drills before/after a run-only workout days or on swim-only days?
  • Dave TalloDave Tallo
    Always drill on fresh legs. SOP is before the workout, and you can do them as often as you like ... like any drill, start slow, make sure you're getting whatever skill 100 per cent, and build from there.

    I do them on run-only days, and occasionally before a brick run. Also, there's lots of room mid-run to practice a certain skill - one route I have has a bunch of stoplights I need to stop at for the first 8 mins, so I use these stop-and-restarting opportunities as a chance to practice the "forward lean" drill. ABD: Always Be Drilling!
  • Peter WickPeter Wick

    I spent this morning's bike workout watching most of this video for the drills and run mechanics stuff. I did maybe a total of 2 whole minutes at FTP and a whole 15 minutes at Z3, the rest just spinning easy as I watched the video. Very tempting to go out and try all those things right now but I'm racing a half tomorrow.

    As Bobby says, ease into these things. They're like a workout unto themselves and not a good idea to go through all of them and then go out to do intervals. At least not yet...

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