Part II-A: MultiSport World Conference and Expo w/ Danny Dreyer and ChiRunning

March 21, 2009 MultiSport World Conference and Expo at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. T2: Transitioning from the Bike to the Run with ChiRunning Featuring keynote speaker Danny Dreyer … ChiRunning Triathlon T2 Transition Run Walk Bike Swim “Danny Dreyer”

How to Get into Perfect Posture for Walking and Running

www.RenegadeHealth.com – If you have bad knees, hips, ankles, or a lower back pain, you won’t want to miss this episode… This tip is on injury-free running and walking. I’ve been a runner for a long time, but it wasn’t until I learned how to get into the right posture that I was a healthy, injury-free runner. I learned from the principles of ChiRunning that was founded by Danny Dreyer and borrowed from Tai Chi. My friend Steve Mackel from www.SoCalRunning.com is an expert in running and …

ChiRunning Shoes: The New Balance Rumor

www.SoCalRunning.com There’s a hot rumor going around that New Balance is coming out with a ChiRunning shoe this summer. See if it’s true from my ivestigation.

Part I-A: MultiSport World Conference and Expo w/ Danny Dreyer and ChiRunning

March 21, 2009 MultiSport World Conference and Expo at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. T2: Transitioning from the Bike to the Run with ChiRunning Featuring keynote speaker Danny Dreyer

Part III-A: MultiSport World Conference and Expo w/ Danny Dreyer and ChiRunning

March 21, 2009 MultiSport World Conference and Expo at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. T2: Transitioning from the Bike to the Run with ChiRunning Featuring keynote speaker Danny Dreyer … ChiRunning Triathlon T2 Transition Run Walk Bike Swim “Danny Dreyer”

Part II-B: MultiSport World Conference and Expo w/ Danny Dreyer and ChiRunning

March 21, 2009 MultiSport World Conference and Expo at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. T2: Transitioning from the Bike to the Run with ChiRunning Featuring keynote speaker Danny Dreyer … ChiRunning Triathlon T2 Transition Run Walk Bike Swim “Danny Dreyer”

Danny Dreyer Video Blog on Posture

Danny Dreyer of ChiRunning.com discusses proper posture and how it can effect every aspect of your success when running. … Running Fitness Endurance Health ChiLiving ChiRunning ChiRunning.com

Marathon Training: How You Can Prevent Running Injuries

MarathonTraining.TV Head Coach, Steve Mackel explains some vital information you need to know to reduce running injuries
 

 

Persistence Running Technique

In Born To Run by Christopher McDougall, Chapter 28 is a very interesting read about the how and why humans might be ‘runners’; and how ‘African hunters chase antelope … and Tarahumara Indians would race after a deer’ (page 227) in what may be called a Persistence Hunt.

Below is a great video showing Persistence Hunting by the San people of Africa’s Kalahari Desert.  Note the running technique used for efficiency; a mid-foot (full-foot) landing and a subtle lean(*) for propulsion.  This is very similar to so many other examples of how running ‘naturally’ instinctively utilizes these elements of technique:

• Young children
• Kenyans Marathoners
• Tarahumara Indians

[* Also in this Chapter 28 on page 219 of Born To Run states that 'running is just a controlled fall ...'.]

Take a look … the Persistence Hunting process and how it is uniquely possible for humans is very enlightening.

 

From about 2:30 to 3:20 in this video is footage of the running technique used for efficiency or endurance or in this context persistence; a mid-foot landing and a subtle lean for propulsion.  These are the same primary elements of ChiRunning which is based on simple principles of nature, laws of physics and the body’s design for efficiency and injury-prevention.  Interesting that running within our natural environment instinctively from childhood conforms ‘naturally’ to so many ChiRunning concepts of nature.

In the end, how we run is an individual decision.  Most runners would probably agree they would like to be more efficient and prevent injury. In many cases, even one simple idea can help anyone run more ‘naturally’; and make a significant impact on our running experience and consistent mobility.

ChiRunning Lecture at the 2007 China Camp by Danny Dreyer

Danny Dreyer, ultra marathon runner, coach, author and founder of ChiRunning discusses how the internal focuses of tai chi can be applied to the sport of running. In this lecture he discusses how to turn running into an internal practice and how to run by directing ones energy instead of relying solely on the legs for propulsion.Danny has incorporated taijiquan principles with the physics of long distance running in his ChiRunning and ChiWalking instruction, which is quite popular nationally …

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