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Downhill running
Fast lovely downhill running
on on a a a a a a a a a a a a a steep technical trail is an an art and something that you need to to to practice step step step by step step step The first step step step is to to to to learn to to to to run fast on a a a a a a a a a a flat technical trail with rocks and and roots to to to prac- tice your footwork gauging distance and and and balance Increase the the steepness and and technical difficulty of the the trail step step by step step Remember to to to have fast feet to to to relax your your upper body and to to to stay concentrated Keep your your your gaze a a a a a a a a a a a a few metres ahead of you you you on on the the trail and and your your brain will have time to take in in in and and and assess the the terrain and and and where you you you can place your your feet Let your your your arms hang loose and and flail freely to keep your your balance october in moonvalley
When we we walk a a a a a a tightrope or or stand on on one leg we we we put our arms out for better balance and and the same applies when we we run If you you you keep your your shoulders and and arms arms relaxed your your arms arms will naturally fly up up into the air when you you you feel that you you you need to to to balance your upper body to avoid a a a a a a fall Take it easy in in in in the beginning and practice fast footwork as as as as well as as as as lifting your gaze Speed comes with practice The goal is is to to let gravity provide the speed – your your task is is to to keep your your feet moving up and and down and and put them in in the the right place /ida
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