Thumbs up to race photos

I got an e-mail on Monday morning from the Red Dress Run/HMF with a link to photos of the race.  You could type in your bib number and photos of you taken during the race would come up.  So, I followed the links, and burst out into really, really loud laughter when I saw the 14 photos of me.  Apparently, I subconsciously run with my thumbs up.   Almost every single photo from that race, I've got not one, but both thumbs in the upright position.  I seriously have NEVER noticed this.  Also in one photo, my tongue is sticking out.  [side note: when I auditioned for the competition dance team in high school just before my freshman year, the coach said "you've made the team, but you have got to keep your tongue in your mouth while doing your leaps!".  It doesn't hang out, but gently rests on my lower lip, ha! It's like a focus/concentration thing for me... always has been, and I guess always will be!]

I kind of look like I'm operating a video game controller while bawking like a chicken... no?

It's weird how seeing photos of myself running has affected my running since then.  I looked through all 14 photos, noticing different things about my form, arms, posture, face, hands, feet... everything.  I made a short list of things to try and focus on during this weeks runs, so I can be constantly improving.  Here are some examples of what I noticed:

• Feet: I've always been pigeon toed, but since I had surgeries, it has gotten worse from trying to compensate due to pain.  Try to focus on keeping feet more turned out
• Tongue: keep that sucker in
• Posture: keep shoulder blades back, no hunching over, no matter how tired!
  

I am not one to care at all what I look like, or what people think of me, but it was interesting to see myself from another point of view.   I'll be curious to see if I feel differently or improve my time with my focus shifting more to my form.  

What tips and techniques do you have to someone trying to improve their form?

Do you like to see photos of yourself from races? Do you ever purchase them?