Posted by Michelle Muldoon on Mon Nov 28th, 2011, 2 comments
I have recently come back from Asheville, North Carolina, where I had the pleasure of spending 4 days with Danny Dreyer and 50+ Chi Running Instructors at our bi-annual instructor weekend. It’s always a golden time. I am constantly amazed at the effect Chi Running can have on running and the quality of life experience of those who choose to take this path...
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Posted by Keith McConnell on Thu Aug 4th, 2011, 8 comments
I’d like to share a personal experience I have had in recent months related to my health and fitness and, as you might expect from a Chi Running and Chi Walking Instructor, running and walking played a key role during this journey. At the beginning of this year I was, as far as I knew ...
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Posted by Laura Houston on Fri Jun 24th, 2011, 7 comments
I was going to title this blog post "Running Stops the Voices in My Head" but I thought that might scare some readers off. In fact, running does quiet my mind, if I allow it. One of the aims of Chi Running (and Chi Walking) is to change running from a ‘fitness’ sport to a more mindful practice, much like yoga or Pilates or t’ai chi. Every time you run, it’s a chance to work on improving your practice, which includes listening to your body.
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Posted by Elizabeth Frost on Mon May 23rd, 2011, 1 comments
Learning how to move your body in a centered but relaxed way is such an important lesson, and one that can make any activity -- whether you're lifting your child, moving furniture, going running, hiking, biking, or carrying luggage -- much safer and more enjoyable.
Below are a few key points from Chi Running and Chi Walking that I use almost all the time whenever I am doing something physical. (These points are covered in depth in the Chi Running & Chi Walking materials - if you're curious ...
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Posted by Keith McConnell on Tue Apr 26th, 2011, 1 comments
Running at different speeds can be a lot of fun - and it can be a temptation and a path leading to running injuries. A recent experience in my running training demonstrated this phenomenon and has reminded me of the importance one of the core principles in the Chi Runing model, that of Gradual Progress, that I'd like to share today.
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Posted by Laura Houston on Sat Apr 23rd, 2011, 8 comments
A few years ago, while running at Hood to Coast relay, one of our team members proclaimed you could put a certain running shoe logo on a piece of dog poop and sell it. He worked for and was sponsored by a local shoe company, which made him biased, but there was an element of truth to that. These days, it seems to ring true for minimalist running, and what that means to different people.
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Posted by Elizabeth Frost on Wed Mar 16th, 2011, 6 comments
As the Chi Running book recommends, "If you're running on a very rocky trail, wear cycling gloves. They have padded palms in case you do a face plant ..." Oh, if only I had followed that piece of advice! But I had good reasons not to wear cycling gloves this morning ...
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Posted by Elizabeth Frost on Tue Mar 15th, 2011, 0 comments
Spring is upon us! I think April is supposed to be the month that prepares us for May flowers, but in Asheville we are having plenty of rain, and even some flowers this March! (A few crocuses are popping out of the ground at my house, a welcome blast of purple in my otherwise fairly drab yard.) After the Houston Half Marathon, I have been taking it very easy. I have been ...
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Posted by Michelle Muldoon on Tue Mar 1st, 2011, 11 comments
I’m a bit late in blogging about my Half Marathon but half term got in the way! If you read my blog you will know that I have been following the Chi Running Intermediate Half Marathon Training Program. Training had gone pretty well and I lined up at the start line on Sunday 20 February feeling pretty relaxed apart from the normal pre-race jitters with approximately 8,000 other runners...
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Posted by Laura Houston on Mon Feb 21st, 2011, 4 comments
My favorite venue for running is out in the mountains and forests. While I love these runs, I've been inspired by Danny's Boston marathon training updates and other instructors' talk of track workouts to get in some consistent flat running for form work. I took Alice Diffely's Form Focus Sequence workout (November 2008 Chi Living Newsletter) to the track today. Here's how it went (with a few modifications; reference to book noted):
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