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Technique/form and experience definitely make a big difference in trail running. I usually do about 30 mpw on trails, and my gaze is 10-20 meters ahead, or yes,
by LeifCarrotson 10y ago
Technique/form and experience definitely make a big difference in trail running. I usually do about 30 mpw on trails, and my gaze is 10-20 meters ahead, or yes, at my watch. Peripheral vision, I think, plays a large role. That's a reflex you have to train.
And single-track running shouldn't be that much different than cross country running: The races aren't meant to be held on golf courses!
- js2 10y agoI didn't run in school so I haven't seen a lot of xc courses. I just occasionally run on a local xc course. It's all screened gravel, except for a single (long) grass hill. I've run a couple other xc courses and they've all been easy compared to the local single-track. I recently ran the UIUC xc course and it's an all grass loop around their arboretum with a single man-made "hill". The single-track in my area is very rugged, with lots of roots and exposed jagged rock, so I think that may be part of it too. But point taken.