Running with trekking poles

In mountainous ultras like UTMB, or even short uphill races like VKs, many competitors these days will be using trekking poles. For those who have grown up with a background in cross-country skiing the technique may come quite naturally, but for the rest of us it can take quite a bit of practice to develop. Here’s a link to a series of videos I recently made, which go over how to get started with using poles and then work on your technique.

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