Some time ago I posted What's Your Cadence? about compatibility between runners when it comes to cadence. That post suggested picking your running partners carefully and/or paying close attention to maintaining your own cadence when running with others. But I often see running advice that suggests everyone should run at a the same 180 cadence [...]

This past weekend I worked with a triathlete to address some past injuries and the fear of injury. It is not just what happens but the fear of what might happen that can greatly affect our running experience. The private session had a number of 'AHA' moments related to how lifestyle, work environment and fitness [...]

Fellow ChiRunning Instructor Bryan Huberty (Miami FL) won the Bahama Marathon this past weekend in 2:42.53. This is what he had to say: "I just want to get this out there. I won the Bahamas Marathon yesterday and the other two I have won ([Miami] A1A in 2010, Trailbreaker in 2009) thanks to ChiRunning.com. [...]

In a previous blog post (Going Running or Being Run?) I described a visualization that has worked extremely well for me. It is also probably the most popular focus point based on participant feedback. This balloon visualization keeps you tall, aligned and forward into gravity - many of the points you need to support a [...]

This blog consists of posts from a range of subjects; from my running to running technique, to posture to fitness to health to mind/body to life lessons. All variants of a similar topic on lessons we might consider for a full, meaningful, energized life. Here are the Top Ten EverChi Fitness Blog Posts of the [...]

A very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year to all. A brief post on the 2011 Running Year ... Running Focus My primary focus was and probably always will be to run (live) healthy, both physically and mentally. Events are tests of health, not of fitness (related blog post). To increase health, I focused on [...]

A whole year ago December 20th, 2010 I received this wonderful email. I kept in on my desktop as a great reminder of the people I get to meet and how simple ideas can be shared with great benefits. I have looked at it many times since then. David, Thanks so much I am so [...]

We have probably all heard the statistics which suggest running is hard on the body. The numbers you hear range, but they indicate a high % of runners get injured every year in some way that inhibits their running program. But of course it does not have to be that way; a focus on technique [...]