May the 4th be with you

[marathondan]

Interesting stuff CC. In my experience, you can change your style, but it will take weeks or months. You also really need to listen to your body and change really gently. And even then, your body may refuse. I buggered my Achilles trying to do what you're doing, and was off running for almost a year. Flick through my diaries from Nov 2012 to Jan 2014 to see the descent from naive optimism to distressing injury (skip over the stuff about the triathlon). Good luck to you, but proceed with caution . And remember that your calves are connected to your Achilles.

I would guess that there's a correlation between body weight and ability to run on the mid or front foot. I'm 14.5+ stone, and I think that's too much for the body's shock absorbers to take.