http://chirunning.com/blogs/instructors Just another ChiLiving Blogs weblog Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:35:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As part of a recent trip to Florida to visit family and friends, my lady friend and I had scheduled in a Half Marathon run in Melbourne,  just south of Cape Canaveral.  Coming from winter weather in Oregon, we looked forward to a nice change from rainy skies and cool temperatures - ... http://chirunning.com/blogs/instructors/2010/03/04/running-a-half-in-florida-wind-included/ As those of you who have been reading my blog will know, I had hoped to run my first marathon in April this year.  I have been following the ChiRunning Beginner Marathon Program which I was really enjoying but I simply wasn't able to get in the required long runs ... http://chirunning.com/blogs/instructors/2010/02/22/running-and-letting-go/ On Super Bowl Sunday I ran in a 7 mile race, aptly called the Super Bowl Run. It’s a unique and fun race, with staggered start times and individual handicaps. Part of the fun is all the pre-race begging and complaining and bribery that goes on when runners receive their ... http://chirunning.com/blogs/instructors/2010/02/09/in-the-running-my-super-bowl-story/ Recently there has been a lot of discussion on the concept of running barefoot. There are some purists who suggest we should all be running barefoot, period. Personally, I don't care for the word 'should' in any context. It implies someone else telling us what to do or be, when ... http://chirunning.com/blogs/instructors/2010/02/02/should-we-be-running-barefoot/ A few days ago, my boss forwarded a Nature magazine article to me that he thought I'd be interested in.  Thinking it was about something we were working on, much to my pleasure, I found it was an article by Daniel Leiberman et al regarding barefoot running. By now, most ... http://chirunning.com/blogs/instructors/2010/02/02/good-running-form-in-bare-feet/ Its week 13 of marathon training and I have managed to keep up with the marathon training plan more or less.  I'm not quite where I should be in terms of the length of my longer runs due to other demands on my time and as the long run is the most ... http://chirunning.com/blogs/instructors/2010/01/29/running-from-my-core/ In a previous post (Running Motion for a Midfoot Strike), the ChiRunning motion was described as a midfoot (full-foot) landing with a heel lift/knee bend. Along with this motion, it is also very important to keep the legs and feet relaxed. Running with a relaxed midfoot (full-foot) strike allows a subtle ... http://chirunning.com/blogs/instructors/2010/01/17/running-with-a-relaxed-midfoot-strike/ As wonderful and liberating as trail running can be, it is almost inevitable that a fall is somewhere in a trail runner's future. The question is not "if" but "when" and how well the runner will roll, recover and begin running again. Along these lines, I'd like to share a recent ... http://chirunning.com/blogs/instructors/2010/01/17/trail-runningtrail-falling/ For those of us in northern climates, winters with cold, snow and ice are facts of life. Nothing against my surfing ChiRunning buddies, but northerners know that our winters make us tough. They can also make us better ChiRunners. I’ve come up with a few examples of how ChiRunning in the ... http://chirunning.com/blogs/instructors/2010/01/17/snow-ice-and-chi-winter-running-tips-for-the-great-white-north/ With the start of the New Year I’ve got back into hill running. Some people love running hills; others avoid them like the plague. I’m one of those runners that normally enjoy running uphill more than downhill. Unfortunately I’ve slowed down and perhaps as a consequence my love of hills ... http://chirunning.com/blogs/instructors/2010/01/12/variety-in-uphill-running-makes-it-fun/