Chi Running

I read about Chi Running a long time ago but never subscribed to it.  This article was interesting enough to read and post.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid42806360001?bctid=86137536001

On track to run free and without pain thanks to 'ChiRunning'

By Janice Lloyd, USA TODAY

When Danny Dreyer talks about his sport, he rhapsodizes about being "injury-free" and how it is "body-friendly" and "effortless."

He is talking about running, the activity that causes many of the nation's 24 million enthusiasts to reach for ice packs or question their sanity.

Dreyer, who lives in Asheville, N.C., is a distance junkie, no less. He has finished in the top three in his division in 39 ultra-marathons, races covering 50 to 100 miles.

His philosophy is outlined in the revised 10-step, how-to manual ChiRunning, A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-free Running. The guide, written with his wife, Katherine Dreyer, is the latest entry in a line of books and studies encouraging weekend warriors and elite runners to consider a "revolution" in the biomechanics of running and running shoes.

He developed ChiRunning after taking a course from a friend in tai chi, an ancient Chinese style of exercise based on moving from your center, aligning your posture and creating conditions for energy to flow.

"It completely rocked my boat," he says.

Read on here.