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Padded Shoes

Running in shoes that have less padding can help prevent injuries according to this recent study. ChiRunning Instructors have been encouraging their clients for years to run in the least amount of padding that is possible for them. One of the reasons that we suggest it is to allow the runner to feel what is going on below to adjust accordingly in an effort to be lighter on their feet.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/nov/21/trainers-less-cushioning-padding-loading-rate-running-reduce-injury-study

 

Keeping It Quiet and Light
Additional studies are continuing to prove that landing softly helps keep injuries away. Here is a blog that shares some information about this subject and how Chi Running can help you obtain this in your running program. http://running.competitor.com/2016/06/training/how-runners-can-work-on-landing-softly_151010 How Runners Can Work on Landing Softly | Competitor.com running.competitor.com Improve your performance and reduce your risk […]
How To Get The Most From A Run
When you decide to go for a run, do you plan exactly what you plan to do on the run? For example, this run will be a tempo or a long, slow, distance run. Does all of your plan include time, distance goals and nothing else? If it does you could be leaving some things […]
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 […]