Who knows anything about running form/technique?
Alright… Hillary you posted the exact same response to another question 5minutes ago… And no to respond to the first answerer longer strides is NOT always better. You’ve noticed that on your downhills your stride length is longer and on the uphills your stride length is shorter. That is actually exactly what you want. Downhill you can take advantage of a longer stride in order to run quicker (just don’t allow yourself to overstride too much or you will risk injury). Uphill your body essentially shifts gears. By shortening your stride going up you run in the range of your legs that produces the most force to get you up the hill. Without any special attention, your body has already adapted to the most efficient way to run uphill and downhill, don’t mess with it. And as to your stride length overall, it will come naturally as you build up the cardiovascular endurance to run faster. Running speed is stride length x step rate. As you are able to run faster your stride length will increa
