Comments on: Reducing your leg work: A couple of great running and walking tips

By: Running Weight Loss

Running Weight Loss — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:01:23 +0000

Great article about running. Thank you!

By: Mysty

Mysty — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:57:23 +0000

FANTASTIC!!! The kite analogy will surely help me. I can envision it already. My problem (as analyzed in chi running class) is not standing tall enough thus not leaning properly. Now I will visualize the string pulling me high. That is just such a great vizualization! I really appreciate it thank you!

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:48:54 +0000

The visualization of a string coming out of your head and aiding you a forward motion, particularly on a hill, has been very useful for me in my own running, although I do it slightly differently. Instead of the string coming out of my head, I visualize it coming out of my torso, just below my belly button — from my center. And I don’t picture it as a string. I picture it as tenticals, a physical manifestation of my chi. I got the idea from reading Carlos Castenada, particularly his third and fourth books, Journey to Ixtlan and Tales of Power. Don Juan and his followers describe using this extension of your center to grab onto the “lines of the world,” which enables them to perform amazing feats. Castenada maybe full of it, but it is an extremely powerful visualization when running.

By: Laura Houston

Laura Houston — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:33:37 +0000

I agree about the “string” exercise (I’m fortunate enough to live in Seattle and help Mary in workshops). I’m ramping up for another ultra, and especially when I am tired (near the end of a long run), this little exercise is a real leg saver!