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 Danny Dreyer on Wed Apr 20th, 2011, 9 comments
Well, I'm back home again (from Boston), letting the dust settle a bit. It was quite a whirlwind week, last week. We had a great crew of ChiRunners helping out at the ChiRunning booth on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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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 Hazel Wood on Fri Mar 11th, 2011, 0 comments
A couple of weeks ago I participated in my first long distance running relay event—"Off The Beaten Track" on Grand Cayman. It was fun and challenging. My challenge was not the distance (50K divided by 6 runners) but how to run in heat and humidity in the middle of the day and find my way over an unfamiliar course that was not marked. Oh, and did I mention I had to run on the beach ...
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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 Jean Remi John Campion on Tue Mar 1st, 2011, 4 comments
2 days of ChiRunning workshops in Melbourne & Sydney
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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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