100 degree trench warfare

I think I mentioned here that I was putting an irrigation system in. Did I mention that it's been over 100 degrees the last few days that I've been digging trenches? What a week to pick to work outside. It's been a little exhausting, and the motivation to get out to the track to do drills has been lower because of it. I skipped yesterday entirely, which makes two days skipped this week.

Wednesday I did my drills on the track, but didn't do much barefoot running because the football team was all over the infield. Today I did my drills, adding the forward hop, and did 4 x 400m with plenty of rest. I think I managed to slow down tonight because I didn't feel like I was going to collapse at the end of each quarter. Hopefully my form was ok. I reread the section of the pose book that likened pose running to a unicyclist. I tried different amounts of lean, and really felt how my cadence went up as I leaned forward, and how much I ran faster. I was pleased to feel some hamstring fatigue after the workout, as I take that to mean that I am using my hamstrings to pull more than using my hip flexors to drive the leg forward.

I feel as though I'm starting to get the pose thing. My pull was less dramatic today, but just as salient to me. At first I needed the pull to be very hard in order to feel it. I still feel uneven, as though one foot is not doing it as well as the other. For a while, the right leg felt slower to pull. Now I cannot tell which leg is doing what, I can just tell they are different. Hopefully a video will reveal some of these problems.