I know I floated a POSE question out here a while back but the issue rises again. My local running club had our monthly meeting last night and the guest speaker was the only POSE coach in NM. He was a nice fellow and wore VFF. After a brief outline of POSE and why it works, I asked him a question, prefaced with ID'ing myself as a BF runner, about stride length and if this was part of this method. I was curious as a short stride is for me, one of the elemental points of BF running after a mid-foot strike.
He kind of poo poo'd (is that even spelled right?) barefoot running and said you could do pose in any running shoe as long as it didn't have a wide heel (keep in mind he does ultra's in VFF's). A short stride was, according to him, one result of using the POSE method, but it wasn't emphasized. He talked more about the falling forward/gravity elements and made a point several times to let us know that BF running wasn't that great, but POSE was. He also specifically said that in POSE, you land on your forefoot - I'm pretty sure I didn't misunderstand this point).
Given my hideous shin splints of late (which means I need to change something) I was really looking forward to what he had to say (before he said it).
Thoughts anyone?
He kind of poo poo'd (is that even spelled right?) barefoot running and said you could do pose in any running shoe as long as it didn't have a wide heel (keep in mind he does ultra's in VFF's). A short stride was, according to him, one result of using the POSE method, but it wasn't emphasized. He talked more about the falling forward/gravity elements and made a point several times to let us know that BF running wasn't that great, but POSE was. He also specifically said that in POSE, you land on your forefoot - I'm pretty sure I didn't misunderstand this point).
Given my hideous shin splints of late (which means I need to change something) I was really looking forward to what he had to say (before he said it).
Thoughts anyone?