Stretching and Evening vs Morning Runs (Read 1088 times)

Abosultely correct. Active stretching before the run, passive after. I tend to need both or I wind up a dinged a tad. Also, stretching helps with greater stride efficeincy, etc. so that's a good thing. Anything to help range of motion (w/ in limits, not sure I'd say being a pretzel is good for running either) and core stability is #1.

I do stride stretches a lot (lunge position) and lunges (which BTW is an excellent dynamic movement and also add a side twist to side of foot that is ahead). Just don't do high volume. Just awesome for stride length and stride efficiency. I occasionally run with some buddies who do no stretching. They cannot get their knee anywhere near the ground w/ knee above toe in that stride stretch. My other buddie who is now in his 50s who runs quite a bit is repeatedly having injuries/hip flexor issues/butt/hammys and he has never stretched in past. He never had problems in 20's, 30s, 40s but now is locked up. It catches up to you not only for running but even more so with real life activities like bending over and picking something up, lifting, twisting etc. Much more suceptible to tweaks/pulls.