Certified Running Analyst
A structured course in video gait analysis for people who already work with runners. Read the handbook, practise on your own footage, then take a graded assessment on each of the 8 core chapters and a final exam. Pass, and you get a verifiable certificate.
WHO IT IS FOR
You can tell something is off at pace but cannot always name it. Put a number on it, compare it to a healthy range, and say it in words the athlete acts on.
Baseline a gait, guide a return to run, and keep a record of the change that stands up in the notes and in front of a referrer.
Connect what you see on the track to what you programme in the gym, then re-measure and check the block actually moved something.
Work to a consistent 2D protocol: camera set-up, frame selection, landmark placement, and the error each of those carries.
HOW THE CERTIFICATION WORKS
Ask us for one and say who it is for. Codes are issued per person, or in a batch to a club or clinic. There is no online checkout and nothing to cancel.
Fourteen chapters and three appendices, from the language of running mechanics through capture and measurement to writing the plan. It is the same reference that ships inside MoveIQ.
Every assessed chapter has an untimed practice quiz that shows you the answer and the reasoning behind it. Practice is never graded and never counts against you.
8 questions each, drawn from a much larger pool, 80% to pass. Fail one and you get your score and the sections worth re-reading, never the questions you missed.
30 questions across all 8 chapters, unlocked once every chapter is passed. The certificate is issued straight away, with a public link and a version you can print.
CURRICULUM
These are the chapters the questions are drawn from. They run in order, and each one leans on the one before it.
The remaining chapters, on the mobility screen, injury, performance, shoe choice and the appendices, are background reading. They are worth your time and they are open to you, but they are not assessed.
Planes and axes, the words for each movement, and the anatomy of every region you will be looking at.
The stride as a system, phase by phase, and the styles different runners settle into.
How the foot, knee, hip and upper body move through a stride, what an atypical pattern looks like, and how one joint pulls on another.
Camera views, the runner's preparation and the recording itself. The measurement can only be as good as the clip.
The hands-on walkthrough: one analysis in MoveIQ from import to report, with the later chapters for depth on each step.
The measurements region by region: what each one means, the reference range it is read against, and the findings worth following up.
Comparing sides, recognising patterns across regions, and reading the scores together rather than one at a time.
Turning a page of measurements into a short plan with clear priorities, in words the runner can act on.
ASSESSMENT
The assessments are multiple choice and sat in your browser, on your own time. There is no practical exam, no submitted case and no viva: what is graded is whether you can read a runner's mechanics and say what the numbers mean.
THE CERTIFICATE
Certified Running Analyst
This is to certify that
has completed the Running Analysis course and passed the final examination, demonstrating competence in capturing, measuring and interpreting running mechanics.
Anyone with the link can open the certificate and confirm it is genuine. The page shows the name, the chapters and the date. Nothing else about the holder appears on it.
REQUEST A CODE
Tell us who it is for and we will come back to you with a code and a price.
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QUESTIONS
The course, the practice and the assessments are all online. A code is the only thing you need from us.