Coaching backward runners

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and also out on

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country

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roads backwards running feels great on

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my knee I don't feel anything which is

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uh reason why I really enjoy

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it stay tall knee up there we go good

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job when I'm coaching my track team I

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occasionally have them run backwards as

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to enhance and diversify their training

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workouts onward and upward good job way

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to go good warm up there there's more

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backwards Runners out there than one

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would think there are hundreds if not

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thousands of people that decide to run

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in reverse the last World Championships

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there were over 20 countries represented

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and close to 200

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athletes backwards running has allowed

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me to see things in a little bit

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different

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perspective in a world world where

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everyone goes forward and I'm going

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backwards it's really allowed me to just

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get back to competing against myself and

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not be so concerned what other people

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are doing I found great gratification in

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the fact that I'm just competing against

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my own shadow you think you know speed

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you haven't seen

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speed