Rating: Summary: If you want straight biomechanical and physiological advice. Review: ...then get Programmed to Run by Miller or Efficient Running by Cady. One has a PhD in exercise science and the other has a Master's degree in physical therapy. No spiritual advice, just sound physics, research, and observations of elite runners.
Rating: Summary: Essential reading for EVERY runner! Review: Chi Running is the best - new read for running. Having hip problems and subsequent difficulty running I was about to give it up when I learned new running techniques from Danny Dreyer's new book, and DVD. I am using his advice and teachings in other aspects of my life. This book is a quick read, and a life's study. I have been back to the book dozens of times and feel the benefits daily! Buy this book.
Rating: Summary: Running doesn't have to hurt? Review: Dreyer has a compelling theory on running (and how to run) that upends our conventional thinking about what it means and what we have to suffer when we do run.
He juxtaposes what he calls "power running" -- understand able, since we, as adults do rely on strength to pull our bodies through each running step -- to a natural, gravity-propelled, and indeed child-like style, based on tai- chi precepts of balance and body dynamics.
Dreyer's book is a real shot of fresh air inshowing us how to minimize effort (and therefore injury) and maximize efficiency, speed and distance.
Dreyer writes with an open, light style that's fun to read. But he's dead serious about running naturally and he's articulately encapsulated his theories in tangible ways.
Dreyer's book shows us that no pain can result in measurable gain in running.
Rating: Summary: I'm so pleased with this running form!!! Review: First of all, I'm a publisher of children's books (Bollix Books.) I see no reason why a friend of the author can't write a review, especially if they're enthusiastic about the book. I've had friends who have read the books I publish (I'm not the author) to their children and expressed enthusiasm, write a review of the book here on Amazon. What's the big deal? It'd be one thing of these friends were misleading the public into purchasing a lemon.
But this book is NOT a lemon! It's amazing. I've read the book and used the method on my last 2 runs. It's incredible. You can relax your legs AND run at the same time. Who would have ever thought? I just love everything about this method. Though I've slowed my runs down considerably to focus on the form (I naturally have terrible posture which is a fundamental element of the form) I did my long run yesterday with astonishing ease, and ZERO soreness today. Because I've had a difficult couple of years of injuries (a stress fracture to my hip, and Plantars) I became interested in this method. I have great confidence in what's to come...
Rating: Summary: Downright wonderful Review: For years I was running incorrectly because I have a tight Achilles tendon in my right leg. After only a few minutes of running, my leg would hurt so badly that I could hardly walk on it. After reading this book, I can now proudly say that I am running correctly every day without any pain at all. Also, I am thoroughly enjoying running now for the first time ever. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone... those who are afraid to run because they think they might get hurt, those who feel that they are too lazy or out of shape to start running now, and anyone else who just wants to try something new, you won't be sorry because it does not get any better than ChiRunning!
Rating: Summary: Great book Review: I am forty years old and ran my first half marathon in February of this year. After the race my body basically broke down. I had intense shin splints, knee pain, joint pain, etc. I could no longer even run a mile and a half without having to stop. I have been completely frustrated because running is one of my great joys and is something that I do to clear my head. A couple weeks ago my friend did an interview with Danny Dreyer and she was kind enough to let me borrow her copy of The Chi of Running and I read it right away. I was enthralled by the book and it gave me renewed hope and I have been incorporating the priniciples as much as possible. I must say it has been a bit of a struggle with the technique because I have always been a heavy foot plodder thus my injuries. But last week I went on a run and incorporated as much as I could and I ran eight miles and felt so strong at the end I couldn't believe it! I felt I could have easily ran a couple more miles. I still am experiencing pain wth my legs but I truly believe that if I follow the principles of the Chi of Running then one day I will be injury free!
Rating: Summary: I am the suspicious writer Review: I am the suspicious writer, yes, a long time friend of Katherine Bergin, now Dreyer, but I've never met Danny. I stayed at their home in California while on a trip from where I live in Stamford, Connecticut, while they traveled. I am a long time runner and I still say I've never read a better book about running, but now it's the third review I've written and that too probably won't look good. However I feel obligated to straighten out the mess I created. I wrote the review from Katherine's computer...so it's showing up as her...a terrible mistake on my part. I've never done this before. I tried to cancel it, thought I had and wrote my second review minutes later from my own email thinking the first one was deleted. I mostly apologize to Katherine and Danny but also to everyone who thinks they've done something underhanded. I wrote because I think people should know about this book and this technique. Lousy with computers, I am an OK athlete and I was able to quickly pick up on Danny's suggestion and now I have less pain. Again, my apologies for making a mess of this. Seems I've created a problem that was not my intention.
Rating: Summary: Best running book I've ever read Review: I am tired of the same old thing in running books, and then I found this book and I could not put it down. It talks about running in a way that is so important to me...the real reason I run comes out of the author's mouth...feelings I've felt but never could put to words, and he really tells you HOW to run, safely and effectively. Having had knee problems (what's new as a runner) I've been practicing his method and I cannot believe the difference. What a joy!! I'm telling everyone about this book...it's fabulous -
Rating: Summary: No pain, lots of gain Review: I bought this book because my wife does tai chi, and I'm a runner. For three years I've run 20 miles a week, with lots of knee pain, so that I always had to ice my knees after a run, and wore braces on each knee. I did all of the leg lifts and workouts to increase my strength. This helped, but not much. Then I read Chi Running, and now I have no more knee pain. I read the book in one sitting, and have reread several passages many times. I've changed my form, and presto, no more knee pain. I feel like a kid again. Getting confortable with the book's method of "leaning" while running takes some time. I still feel a little akward, now 10 days into this method. But believe me, this book has changed my running life. The text is clearly written, and the photographs are helpful.
Rating: Summary: Rediscovered the joy of running Review: I had given up running years ago, because of the pounding, and pain to my joints that it had caused. After learning this method of running and taking the time to practice it, I can run again, but without the pain and impact! The book is easy to read, easy to understand, and has alot of great illustrations. Danny has shared alot of personal insite from his running and tai chi experiences. I highly recommend this book as a must for anyone who is serious about running, and especially for those who would like to run, but are afraid it's too hard, or who have given up running, and miss the benefits of it.
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