Monthly Archives: March 2010
Posture, Being on the Pelvic Level
I’m not exactly a fan of the Chirunning philosophy – for technical reasons I will not go into here. However, my recent thinking about posture has been confirmed by MsM a chi running instructor who posted on Fetcheveryone. I think this is a very good summary of what I’m trying to get across and these Read more...
Helping People
I have at long last realised what is wrong and possibly why people misunderstand me. In the past I have been perplexed by some people’s attitude towards me, having heard myself being described as ‘a bit in your face’ etc. which puzzles me greatly, as I do not see myself like that at all, quite Read more...
Enough to Break Contact with the Ground
The above title says what amount of effort should be put into lifting your feet from the ground. The emphasis is on getting the feet off the ground quickly rather than driving the toes into the ground. That is not to say that we do not push at all, our bodies do push us along, Read more...
A Question of Style
Something I saw on Posetech made it absolutely clear to me. Most people think they are good natural runners and lots tend to say that you shouldn’t meddle with “natural running style” as it can only lead to injury etc… It is difficult to talk about this without giving the wrong impression and sounding evangelical Read more...
Let’s Get Minimal
I have numerous issues of note that I plan to blog about shortly; a couple of shoe reviews mainly and a little about how my running is going of late. For now though I thought I would share an article brought to my attention this morning… http://www.run4it.com/blog/2010/02/19/inov-8-the-barefoot-minimalilst-running-debate/ No, barefoot running isn’t for everyone. A lot Read more...