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http://www.evolutionrunning.comEvolution Running BenefitsReduce the energy cost of sustained fast running with efficient techniqueWe all want to run faster.  We train to get stronger, but we ignore improving technique.  Our research shows that runners of all levels can improve efficiency by 4.5 to 8 percent by improving technique.  This is a huge amount of additional speed.  4.5 percent of an hour is 2 minutes and 42 seconds.  Continue training hard to improve fitness, but don’t ignore the aspect of preparation that offers the greatest amount of additional speed.“Being in the military, I’ve seen so many people incur injuries from running, including myself. I’ve started using the techniques and doing the drills and can’t believe the improvements it has allowed me to do in my PT test running times. After the required two miles, my thighs don’t even feel like they ran. Prior to Evolution Running, after the first 1/2 mile, my thighs felt so taxed it made the run an absolute grueling feat.   – Darren Robinson“Just thought I’d throw you a line about where I’m at running.  Short version, it’s going great.  It took a little bit to adjust and fine tune the new running pattern, but I’ve already shaved off of minute from my average pace per mile!  I have a 5 mile route that I gauge progress on, and my pace is really picking up speed.Historically I’ve been running consistently for the last 6 years.  Starting out with an 11 min/mile pace and slowly building up speed and endurance.  About 3 years ago I was able to run an 8:30 min/mile pace for only a couple miles, and my heart rate would be pegged.This last Wednesday I ran the entire 5 mile course at a 7:15 min/mile pace.  I’ve made more progress in the last three months than I have inthe last three years!  I feel like I’m sounding like some crazy weight loss or infomercial testamonial, but I wanted you to know that the evolution running is totally helping me get back to my college days of fast running, minus the knee problems!Really glad I picked up your book.  I’m anticipating a great adventure racing season and maybe I’ll enter some 10k races just to see how I fare in a strictly running venue.”                                                                                    Later,   BrandonMinimize impact stress and shift it to the shock-absorbing tissues.Injuries are an ever-present risk for runners.  Staying healthy is a major aspect of maximizing performance and minimizing enjoyment of running.  Evolution Running will teach you how to run without hitting the ground as hard and to use the elastic tissues in your legs so that you run on your natural springs.  You will run faster and farther, suffer from far fewer injuries, and have a lot more fun running.Reduce damage to muscles and connective tissues.Accelerating workout recovery allows longer and harder workouts without overtraining.  The techniques of Evolution Running reduce impact stress, lactic acid accumulation, and muscular micro-trauma.  This allows you to recover more quickly between long and hardworkouts, which will make you a better runner.Just a quick thank you from Down Under.  Diligently applying your thoughts from reading your book and Evolution Running DVD (12 months ago), my times have been reduced -somewhat ridiculously.  Running a fresh marathon last month (a 3.05 PB was dropped to 2.48), my off the bike splits have also dropped by a massive 15%.  As a Physical Therapist I grasped your biomechanical concepts quickly and complied with your predicted adaptation advice.  Well done mate, truly remarkable advice.                                                                                                                                                  – Brad Pamp, Sydney AustraliaStop beating yourself up when you run.We all know how beat up we can feel at the end of a long or hard run.The techniques of Evolution Running:Use your elastic tissues, instead of your bones, to carry your weight and absorb impact stress.Reduce use of fast-twitch fibers, which aren’t made for endurance.Require less forceful muscular contractions to generate speed.All of these leave you feeling fresher and stronger at the end of long or hard runs.  You’ll feel tired because you got a good workout, but you won’t feel beat up.I bought your DVD Evolution Running four months ago and I have been very impressed with the results.  I am a big guy at 6’3” and 215 lbs.  I never used to like running as my legs always hurt from all of the pounding I took from running heel to toe.                                                                    Needless to say, I really enjoy running now and do so consistently 3 days per week.  My legs feel great and I am able to regularly add distance and reduce my avg time per mile.                                                                                                             – Dave FernandezLet off the brakes and carry momentum efficiently from one stride to the next.Most runners, even very good ones, slow down every time a foot hits the ground.  They expend enormous energy just to re-accelerate back to running speed every stride.  This makes sustained fast running exhausting!  Learn how to time your stride so that you carry momentum efficiently.  Let off the brakes and see how fast you are and how great it feels.Running up and down wastes energy and increases impact stress. Learn to run horizontally.We all know intuitively that up and down movements in the running stride are not efficient.  Yet how many runners have analyzed how they could adjust their strides to run without excess up and down movement?  Evolution Running will teach you how.