Technical Run Assessment (manual coach form)

What this assessment is

The Technical Run Assessment is the run-side equivalent of the Technical Swim Assessment: a manual coach observation form for capturing gait, cadence, mobility, and reactive strength notes.

URL: /athlete/<public_id>/tech-run-assessment/.

The sections

The form contains the following major sections (each with its own fields):

1. General: preferred distance, weekly mileage, training history.
2. Technique at a glance: ratings across major form elements.
3. Race times: recent results that anchor pacing discussion.
4. Cadence and form metrics: cadence (steps per minute), contact time, vertical oscillation if available from a running pod.
5. Gait observations: foot strike pattern, hip drop, stride length, asymmetries.
6. Feet and footwear: shoe details, drop, plate, recent changes.
7. Mobility (degrees): hip flexion, ankle dorsiflexion, thoracic rotation, hamstring length.
8. Reactive strength: paired with the RSI Test if you ran one.
9. Heel raise screen: calf endurance test on each side.
10. Narrative: free-text observations and prescription.

Inputs

Choice fields, 1 to 5 ratings, numeric mobility values in degrees, free text for narrative. The form is partial-save friendly so you can fill in only what you observed.

How to run the review

A typical full review takes 30 to 60 minutes and includes:

• A short standing posture check.
• A treadmill or track gait video (front, side, behind).
• Cadence measurement at easy and tempo pace.
• Active mobility screens.
• The heel raise endurance screen (calf).
• The RSI drop jump test (if you have a contact mat).

You can do shorter focused reviews (e.g. just gait, just mobility) and reflect that scope in the saved record.

What feeds back into training

The narrative section is where the prescription lives. The structured sections give you reference points to retest against in future reviews so you can see whether interventions actually changed the underlying form.

See also: RSI Test, Logging an assessment overview.