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 Tue Feb 1st, 2011, 6 comments
Well, I did it! I finished the Houston Half Marathon on Sunday! It was the second time I had run in the event; two years ago I ran the same race, which was the first time I had run 13.1 miles. Thanks to Chi Running I was able to run the race then, and again this year, joyfully and without injury.
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Posted by Michelle Muldoon on Thu Dec 9th, 2010, 0 comments
I had hoped to blog about the start of my half marathon training in a bit more of an upbeat note but I find myself in Week 2 completely knocked out by a virus. I am just beginning to claw my way back to life ...
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Posted by Danny Dreyer on Mon Dec 6th, 2010, 2 comments
Many people are interested in how Katherine and I keep healthy during the winter. We have some reliable routines and preventive measures that help keep colds and flu at bay and keep us feeling positive ...
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Posted by Danny Dreyer on Tue Nov 2nd, 2010, 4 comments
I always like it when some of the technique principles of Chi Running show up in the national news. Here’s a recent article appearing in the New Yorker about Alberto Salazar’s attempt at making a good runner (Dathan Ritzenheim – aka “Ritz”) an even better one. Here are a few of the “radical” changes Salazar [...]
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Posted by Danny Dreyer on Tue May 18th, 2010, 5 comments
We’ve got some exciting news. There’s an article about Chi Running in USAToday 5/18/2010. Go to this link and you can see the article and a video they did as well. It is really exciting to get this coverage in the national media. Also, tonight on HBO at 10pm ET will be a program on [...]
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Posted by Danny Dreyer on Tue Feb 23rd, 2010, 10 comments
I’m sure I’ve mentioned in a past blog that my running buddies and I used to screw sheetmetal screws into the bottoms of our running shoes whenever the conditions got especially treacherous. Well, a good friend just sent me a picture of his newly enhanced running shoes and I thought I’d pass it along, so [...]
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Posted by Danny Dreyer on Sun Feb 14th, 2010, 6 comments
Since the release of Dr. Lieberman’s study I’ve had a few requests from folks wanting me to show my test results from a gait analysis I had done at the UVA human performance lab. They’re curious to see how my Ground Reaction Force (GFR) chart compares with the one shown in the Nature video showing [...]
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Posted by Danny Dreyer on Sun Feb 7th, 2010, 68 comments
In response to all the current interest in barefoot running (spurred on by Chris McDougall’s Born to Run book and the recent study published in the journal Nature by Dr. Daniel Lieberman, suggesting that barefoot or minimal-shoe running creates less impact on your legs) I’ve come up with a list of recommended shoes to try [...]
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