What does the midfoot landing get you? Do you know when your foot makes first contact with the ground while you’re running? Most runners do not pay attention to how they run until they start experiencing discomfort. If you’re a conventional runner, chances are you are pushing off with your toes and throwing your leg […]
Ticks
It the time of year when you get outside and enjoy mother nature. There might be a problem that you may not be prepared for that could be damaging to your health. I am talking about tick bites and Lyme Disease. Here is a good reference for what to do if you are bit. http://spr.ly/61888mEYs […]
Muscle Pain
Is it just soreness or bad news muscle pain? Sometimes as we train it becomes difficult to distinguish between good muscle fatigue and overworked injury prone pain. Knowing the difference and when to reduce or take a break may be the difference between running for a lifetime and sitting on the sidelines. Here is a […]
Motivation
All runners from time to time will experience a lack of motivation. How we go about reigniting the flame can be challenging. If you had been training for a longer race and now the race is over, you might feel that a break is appropriate. But if several weeks go by and you are still […]
Mindless Running
When you go out for a run, do you think about what you’re doing? Paying attention to how you move and making adjustments to help you be more efficient with your running technique would make you a mindful runner. So wouldn’t not paying attention to how you move make you a mindless runner? Chi runners […]
Insurance
You cannot stop time and one should always plan for the future. As humans, we are acutely aware that our bodies have limitations. Those limitations might increase as we age and possibly restrict us from doing the things we enjoy. Most folks will take out an insurance policy to protect themselves and their family in […]
Why Running
So why did you decide to start running? There is a whole list of reasons people take up the sport of running. To stay in shape, lose weight, keep active, and relieve stress to name a few. I do not think there is only one reason, sometimes maybe a couple of reasons got you into […]
Logistical Thanks
Recently I was setting up a booth at an expo when I began thinking about how much work goes into planning an event. I wondered if race participants had any idea of how many planning hours and meetings were spent on making their race day possible. The amount of people and organizations that fretted over […]
Learning to let go can be hard to do.
When I first started learning ChiRunning, I ran on streets and hard surfaces and concentrated on trying not to push off with my feet to move myself forward. This was particularly hard for me to let go of, for a lot years I was a sprinter and using my toes for propulsion was the key […]
Is it me or my shoes?
If you have been a runner for a little while I’ll bet, you have noticed aches and pains either while you are running or after a run. But what do you do with this information could make a huge difference in you being able to continue running in the big picture down the road. Runners […]