Stories from ChiRunning
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Check out the USA Today article
ChiRunning &bull May 18, 2010We've got some exciting news. There's an article about Chi Running in USAToday 5/18/2010. Go to this link and you can see the article and a video they did as well. It is really exciting to get this coverage in… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Running Shoes
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Plantar Fasciitis Prevention and Cure
ChiRunning &bull Apr 13, 2010Wearing lots of different shoes in lots of different environments can leave me feet feeling sore on the bottoms. The last thing I need is a case of Plantar Fasciitis. So, yesterday, when I felt that all-too-familiar tinge of discomfort… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Layering
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Winter Running Shoe Tricks
ChiRunning &bull Feb 24, 2010I'm sure I've mentioned in a past blog that my running buddies and I used to screw sheetmetal screws into the bottoms of our running shoes whenever the conditions got especially treacherous. Well, a good friend just sent me a… Full Story »
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- Running Shoes
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Comparison of Harvard Study Results with ChiRunning
ChiRunning &bull Feb 15, 2010Since the release of Dr. Liebermans study Ive had a few requests from folks wanting me to show my test results from a gait analysis I had done at the UVA human performance lab. Theyre curious to see how my Ground Reaction Force (GFR) chart compares with the one shown in the Nature video showing a barefoot runner (Im assuming Lieberman himself) landing on a strike plate with a GFR chart beneath. In the… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Running Shoes
- Racing
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ChiRunning's perspective on Harvard barefoot study
ChiRunning &bull Jan 29, 2010
Since Chris McDougall's book, Born to Run came out, there has been an increasing amount of press coverage around the question of running technique in general and especially with respect to barefoot running. Well, this week the discussion jumped to a new level when Dr. Daniel Lieberman, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, published his recent comparative study of the gait patterns and subsequent impact for runners wearing shoes and running barefoot. You can see Lieberman actually running barefoot in a YouTube video interview. There was also an article in this week's Time magazine about his study as… Full Story »
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ChiRunning winter running clothing suggestions
ChiRunning &bull Jan 2, 2010I got really spoiled living in California. I was in the Bay Area and I think I saw it snow maybe twice in the nine years I was there. Winter running there is no problem at all if you didn’t… Full Story »
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Minimal ChiRunning Shoes
ChiRunning &bull Oct 29, 2009I just finished reading Born to Run while I was on my way out to Death Valley to teach ChiRunning. I can see why it’s such a popular book and also why it’s causing such a stir in the running… Full Story »
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Ray Zahab, Marshall Ulrich and Bart Yasso in a ChiRunning class!
ChiRunning &bull Oct 19, 2009I had the great pleasure of being surrounded by three men who are legends in the sport of running. I was invited to teach ChiRunning at a running camp organized by Marshal Ulrich and Ray Zahab. It was the first… Full Story »
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Half Marathon Race Report
ChiRunning &bull Sep 13, 2009Another race day today. I ran in the Asheville Citizen Times Half Marathon. The week immediately following my 10K Trail Championship race I ran easy but hilly runs and then, since these two races were only two weeks apart, stepped… Full Story »
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Taking Your Running (and your Life) to a New Level
ChiRunning &bull Sep 8, 2009Katherine and Journey and I were out on a run today around the lake near our house when we ran into a neighbor. As she stopped to say hi, she said, “I promised myself that the next time I saw… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Running Form
- Racing
- Training






