Category Archives for "Natural Running Form"

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of being interviewed on one of my favorite podcasts, Endurance Planet. Tawnee Prazak, the host, has

A couple of weeks ago this article from the Guardian came to my attention. It explains that German doctors are advising people to walk like

Though it can be harder to keep your fitness up, running through the holidays allows you to give yourself a truly valuable gift: novelty. Accept

Runners need to lean forward when they run. I’ve written before why that is; it’s also a cornerstone of ChiRunning, Pose Technique,

The Olympics are right around the corner, and pretty soon we’re going to be looking at what helps people run fast. So let’s take a moment

Four blog posts ago I started this series on running and stress by sharing a stress-reducing “orienting” exercise that involves simply looking

Today, as I continue to write my series of blog posts on stress, I’m sitting up tall with my computer set on a stand to bring the screen to

Last week I told you about an orienting exercise I’ve been doing to relieve stress. Maybe exercise isn’t the right word, let’s call it

This week as I’ve introduced The Balanced Runner Online Camp, a number of people have emailed me with questions about it. Since they’re

Over the course of this week I’ve told you my story of learning how to run—complete with some real dunderhead moments. Through that, you

In the past couple of posts I’ve been telling the story of my frustrating, miserable early days as a runner, as I fruitlessly chased the

Down deep every runner has The Dream, the fantasy in which they run almost without effort, just flowing or flying over the earth. But if you

In the spring of 2001 I was really frustrated. I badly wanted to run, but it felt awful. Every single time I went out the door I struggled through

As I worked my way through a series of blog posts on tight quads over the last three weeks, a reader asked me to write about tight/sore calves