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What are your shoes telling you?

What does the wear patterns on the bottom of your shoes say about your running stride? Those wear patterns can tell you if you are improving or still have a lot of work to do to get to that Holy Grail known as the mid-foot landing.  A couple of years ago, Katherine Dreyer published a blog that had information about wear patterns and what you might want to do correct some of them.  Attached below is the blog and the picture used in the article enlarged for your reference.

http://www.chirunning.com/blog/entry/personality-test-for-runners

https://www.google.com/search?q=running+shoe+wear+pattern+chi+running&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#imgrc=vJrExdFn5tZO7M%3A

 

Quality vs Quantity
When learning something new it is always important to approach it gradually so that you can become proficient. For example when learning to play an instrument, you begin with learning how to hold the instrument and then are taught a few notes to practice with.  As you practice those notes, they feel awkward at first […]
Where The Mind Goes The Body Will Follow
If you have ever attended a ChiRunning Workshop you were most likely introduced to using your mind to move your center forward instead of using your legs for propulsion. If not, learning how to develop a conversation between your mind and body can be a difficult task for some. The other challenge is learning to […]
The competition
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