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9/5/2010	... I am quite happy with my present normal time below 27 minutes on 5 km training distance. It is 10% better than last Autumn. I started thinking about this year's edition of the 10 km Polish Independence Day Run on the 11th of NOV and I plan to run below 56 minutes. And one important change - this Summer I bought New Balance MT100 [ Read More ]
8/29/2010	Hi. I'm from Spain (Europe). I knew about Chi Running from the Total Immersion Book. Since that book has made me enjoy my swimming a lot more than I did before, and I stopped running two years ago for chronic tendinitis in my knee, I got interested in Chi Running and.... Incredible!!! I´m running again!!! Maybe my Chi Running technique [ Read More ]
8/28/2010	A few years ago when I started running again after a 20 year hiatus, the shin splints that plagued me in high school returned. I spoke with a cousin of mine from San Francisco who recommended Chi Running. She talked about Danny’s mindful and scientific approach to low impact and efficient running. After reading the Chi Running book and practicing Chi Running, I was delighted with extraordinary results. After two months [ Read More ]
8/25/2010	I feel that the timing in taking the course was absolutely perfect for me. It seems that this practice, combined with Feldenkrais, has been my missing link in terms of what I have needed for years! I have come off of years of crisis. I am glad to say that I am on the other side of things now. But what I have found in retrospect was that my strategy in getting through the [ Read More ]
8/21/2010	I am a 48 year old woman and I walk 3.5 miles a day. Just found out about the Chi Walking technique and tried it this morning, Aug. 17, 2010, for the first time. Wow! I'm amazed at the difference. My walking pace was faster and I felt as if I were gliding across the pavement rather than a heavy hard step each time. I could also feel my hips rotating [ Read More ]
8/17/2010	Chi Running Team, My story - 60 year old male; occasional exercise runner for 5 years, and a more dedicated exercise runner for the past 18 months. My constant lower back and lower leg pains limited my workouts (street running) and I had a truly difficult time running beyond 30 minutes, even though I am in good shape (5' 9", 146 lbs.). I have been a Tai Chi [ Read More ]
8/11/2010	Hi Katherine, Your recent article on per-form-ance is very important to me. Your last paragraph suggests the greatest truth: Running is not about competition with others or yourself, rather running is to serve the purpose of helping us each to fulfill our calling in life. Years ago my wife, Dana, gave me your book, and over that time I have slowly [ Read More ]
8/9/2010	I just completed my first half ironman. I am 54 and obese and it took me a bit over 12 hours to finish. However, I completed the half marathon part in slightly under 5 hours completely relaxed. People were teasing me because I didn't look tired. I had the best race. It was like a dream because I didn't hurt at all in my legs, just a bit sore in [ Read More ]
8/3/2010	I just wanted to let you know what a difference your Chi Running book has made in my running. I'm 47, and it has been a goal of mine to break the 3 hour marathon barrier for a number of years. Up to this point, my best marathon time was a 3:01:50 in Big Sur 2002 (yes, please tell Danny I must have been near him most of that race...in fact [ Read More ]
7/25/2010	In 2008, I tore my right miniscus, a small ligament on the left side of the knee. I was 56 at the time. I simply over-trained one day and ran too far for the condition I was in and tore it, that injury shut down my running almost completely. I could still manage a half mile now and then but basically my running days were done. In [ Read More ]
7/24/2010	Thanks to Chi Running, I just completed a gnarly, hot (90’s) hilly (2,500ft of climb) Ohio single track 50k. I was practically the oldest @ 62 and won my AG and finished within the top 2/3irds of all AG’s. I’m happy just to be able to move and get through it pain free! Three and a half months ago when I got the Chi Running book my arthritic [ Read More ]
7/23/2010	We thoroughly enjoyed the Level 2 ChiRunning workshop in Seattle with Danny! We have written a posting and included an image on our blog, "OCEANPAX paddle / run" www.oceanpeace.ca. We thought Danny might be interested in our story - a most happy ending, as with so many others! Duncan and Joan B. Vancouver Island, BC
7/19/2010	It was great to see your latest newsletter mention the 5k and 10k training programs. It reminded me that I wanted to share a recent Chi Running success story with you. I'll start by saying it's a bit strange to realize I was turning 50 this year. However, that opened a whole new running "door" that I wasn't aware of. There is something called the "State Senior Games" that is held each year in [ Read More ]
7/12/2010	Yesterday I finished my first marathon! I accomplished this using the Chi Walking technique, with a few Chi Running moments thrown in for good measure. The focuses helped me get through the tough parts, and when I got to the last few miles and I was exhausted, each step was a reminder to perfect my form, breathe completely, and gather my energy from the earth. Six months ago I was an overweight 54 year [ Read More ]
7/12/2010	This is the first of what I believe will be multiple emails. I'm not even through chapter 4 of Chi Running yet but the concepts are making sense to me. I am a large 39 year old man, 6'3" and 223 lbs. Last season I recorded a sub 22 minute 5K and this year my goal is a sub 20 minute 5K. I did my 5K run this morning and really tried to focus on [ Read More ]
7/9/2010	Well, I'm almost 54. Although I ran some during my 20s and partially my 30s I can not say that my late years have been healthy at all. But this year (2010) since Jan 1st, I started running. I thought it was going to be easier. It wasn't at all. I ran from one injury into another. I had to go to physical rehabilitation and to the hospital. [ Read More ]
7/4/2010	Thanks. I've had phenomenal results so far with using ideas from Born To Run...and then from Chi Running. I should have read Chi Running first. I started getting my feet tuned up in Feb after discovering Born to Run...then advanced a bit too quick with barefoot running. The upside to that was I realized barefoot was not my problem...but poor running form was. Born to Run was [ Read More ]
7/1/2010	Age: 56 Weight: 205 Height 5' 8" Health: Diagnosed hypertension, pre-diabetic, 3rd-stage kidney disease Medications: 2 high blood pressure, one blood sugar and one for cholesterol Lifestyle: Non-athletic, couch potato, hated running Based upon blood tests in Feb. 2010, my MD sent me to a renal specialist because I had lost over 30% of my kidney function. After many tests, on March 12, 2010 the renal specialist recommended the following actions [ Read More ]
6/17/2010	I just ran the same trail 15% (7 minutes) faster than I ran it 3 days ago. This is just after spending 3 evenings with the Chi Running book. Not only that, I'm not sore at all. I always ice my knees after running. Wow. Cool. Thanks! Wade
6/13/2010	I’ve been running for almost twenty years and I picked up the Chi Running book after spending about a year toying with “pose technique”. Pose helped me to a more fluid running technique, but I just wasn’t getting it. Since incorporating the Chi Running exercises my training hasn’t been the same. My joints are never sore and my core muscles have never been stronger. I’m only a month into it but I’m converted. I’ve been [ Read More ]
6/10/2010	Chi Running has changed my life! I was dealing with an injury for a couple of years and finally got it under control, and then I discovered the Chi Running book at a local supermarket. I picked it up and introduced myself to the process and got started about a week before running my first 10K at the age of 38! It went so well that I signed up for a half marathon which [ Read More ]
6/7/2010	Hello, I am a 72 year old male and have been running since early 2001 when I started training with the Team In Training Group for the Marine Corps Marathon. My wife and daughter talked me into it and I've never stopped running. We just finished our 4th annual ultra on June 3. It is called Tom's Run Relay and is run on the C&O Canal Trail from Cumberland, MD to the Bethesda Naval [ Read More ]
6/4/2010	Chi Running is an awesome way to get back to fitness. After having surgery that left me with lack of energy, my husband suggested that I try a Chi Running session with him about 2 years ago. I had been a runner for about 5 years and had no energy after my surgery. Danny and his team at the workshop were great. They showed me how to augment energy by simply doing a [ Read More ]
6/3/2010	Hello! Just wanted to tell you that this weekend I used my new Chi skills to go kayaking! WOW, what a difference! So much more effective and great for paddling. When you paddle, you are supposed to twist your upper body at the same spot you twist for Chi Running ...and it makes for a great efficient, comfortable stroke. Plus, your legs and core are working with your arms too! I was not even sore [ Read More ]
6/2/2010	Just wanted to say that after reading Chi Running and trying it for a week, I felt like it finally "clicked", and I cannot even remember how to run the old way (which I did faithfully for over 20 years). The only caution I have is for Southwest trail runners: when you come around the corner and are surprised by a rattlesnake on the trail, you won't be ready [ Read More ]

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10/4/2009	I haven't been running for very long - I only started jogging on a treadmill in February 2009 and only at 9 kph for short intervals. I covered my first 5 km course in March and I've been steadily enjoying running further and faster since then. My story is that in November 2008 I weighed 133 kilos and I had a 50 inch waist. Since the [ Read More ]
8/31/2009	I want to thank you for your book "ChiWalking" !!!!! A stroke left me with limited balance and some weakness in my right side. I spent about three years depending on a cane and walker. People now say that they have never seen me look better. I am walking about 2 miles twice a day at 40 strides per min. That may seem a little slow but I feel it is OK for [ Read More ]
8/21/2009	I just want to thank you Katherine for the life-changing course you taught at Kripalu in May. Both you and Ryan (Miller) gave me the motivation to start a walking program. I am proud to say that this is my 13th week and I have doubled the time I was walking and increased both speed and distance. But the best part is that I have been consistent. I have never stayed with an exercise program [ Read More ]
5/12/2009	I just wanted to tell you that I am still working on perfecting my technique in ChiWalking, and am going great. I had my first outdoor dog agility trial of the season last weekend, and ran strongly and without pain! Wow! I am so thrilled. Right now I have just a hint of under-foot (plantar fascia) sensitivity and tightness (probably after the extra weekend running, and in the excitement of the moment, forgetting my [ Read More ]
5/22/2008	Danny, I am just discovering ChiWalking and I am amazed. I started reading your book yesterday and for my walk today I tried aligning myself and body sensing. I couldn’t believe with just that small bit of change the great walk I had. I walked 50 minutes and it felt like 30 or less and no pain. I have a herniated disk and it felt great. all I can say is wow. I [ Read More ]
5/16/2008	Danny, I met you in person at the 2007 Marine Corps Marathon Expo, and you helped me with a pulled hip flexor--I wasn't successfully following the ChiRunning like I thought I was. Anyways, I kept practicing what you told me and just ran my fastest marathon time beating the time I set for myself 12 years ago, when I was 30, and I was faster by over 5 minutes, and not sore after [ Read More ]
5/9/2008	Dear Katherine and Danny, I am 59 years old and 230#, and I have spent the last 30 years trying to run--even small amounts. But I inevitably (usually quickly) re-injured my calf muscles (you probably already know what's coming). Then I would have to lay off for quite awhile. Then I'd go back and do the same thing. I tried M.D.s, D.C.s, exercises, stretching, everything I could think of. I gave up and [ Read More ]
2/28/2008	Wow, what a weekend! Cindy and I went to San Antonio for a ChiWalking Workshop with Ken Runner, a ChiWalking/Running coach. We learned so much and he helped us to figure out what we needed to work on. The whole thing was lots of fun and really valuable to our whole goal of walking 60 miles in 3 days for the Breast Cancer 3-Day. He showed us what a difference it can make to use [ Read More ]
9/24/2007	I have read many, many books in my life and this is the first time I have ever felt compelled to contact the author, but I just had to thank you. I am 39 years old and I am over weight. I have back pain and sciatica. My son is 9 years old and I want so badly to do more with him but these ailments have limited my activity. I was almost ready [ Read More ]
9/22/2007	ChiWalking is a walking technique that places much less stress than conventional walking on the joints and supporting structures in the legs and back. I have recommended the technique to many patients who suffer from arthritis in the legs and/or back, but would like to continue to walk regularly for exercise. Using ChiWalking, my arthritis patients are able to walk farther, more frequently, and [ Read More ]
8/9/2007	I saw a patient last week whom I have followed for many years, with, among other problems, severe knee arthritis that limited his walking. I put him onto Chi Walking 3 months ago. He is now Chi walking at all times, and states that by eliminating the heel strike in his step, his knee pain is about gone, and he has been able to take up exercise walking again. [ Read More ]
5/15/2007	I just thought I would touch base while I had a chance while I am recuperating a bit in Kathmandu. Wow. Talk about an opportunity to put ChiWalking to work in a very real way. After walking about 150 miles or so (as best we can guess) up and down mountain trails in the Himalayas up to Everest Base Camp (at over 5300 meters/around 17,500 feet in altitude) and back, I can honestly tell you [ Read More ]
4/25/2007	I've got the book and I love it. It's inspiring and very well written. Already my calf muscles are no longer stiff when I run. I'll get the DVD and continue to practice. Think I might get my boyfriend to try the ChiWalking! Thank you, Sue
4/23/2007	I gave birth to our first child, Mae Louise, two weeks ago. I was able to do ChiWalking the last two trimesters of my pregnancy. I had to make a few small changes in stride length and postural alignment, but still felt the generation of well-being energy and avoided back/pelvic pain!
12/8/2006	Hi Danny, I'm sure by now you have taught many workshops, and taught many people...some you've helped and heard from .... and some you've helped and never heard back from. I attended the workshop in Houston in October 2005, and wanted to let you know what a difference you have made in my life....SINCERELY! I experienced a terrible stress fracture April 26th, 2005. My doctor recommended your book, which I picked up and couldn't put [ Read More ]
10/1/2006	The ChiWalking workbook is the best over-all constructed exercise book I have read to date, and I have lots of them, because it addresses the beginnger to expert in a engaging a walking fitness program. The pre-work out check lists are indispensable, along with the instructions for what to do during the activity, and most of all what to do in the after activity [ Read More ]
6/28/2006	I've read the ChiWalking book 2 times now. What a "Masterpiece". I have my wife and mother-n-law doing the ChiWalking. They love it. Thanks for the Newsletter. Hope you guys have gotten all settled in your new home in Ashville, NC.
2/15/2006	"ChiWalking is a truly holistic guide to complete living. Who would guess that the simple act of walking could change your life? I will strongly recommend this book to my clients, most of whom are practicing a variety of life improving exercises, but have been left guessing how to integrate them into a whole life perspective. Thank you for the clarity."
2/11/2006	I have begun implementing some of the techniques of ChiRunning to my walking, and found it extremely beneficial. I have studied taiji and qigong on and off for years, particularly the Zhan Zhuang and Da Cheng Chuan styles. I could never progress far due to the pain and numbness in my feet. The suggestion about loosening your shoes (which was the first time I had ever heard it, often having been told they weren't tight [ Read More ]
1/31/2006	"As physicians we recommend increasing activity to almost every patient, and the simplest form is walking and running. Yet we have never had a reference for techniques to make this easier and more injury free. ChiWalking and ChiRunning provide sound biomechanical principles to make movement more efficient. There is a "how to" on technique for every activity on the planet, yet we assume walking and running are skills which need no refining. I use the [ Read More ]
1/21/2006	I happened to review your notes before going on the 3 mile hike and wow - what a difference it made!!! I guess I hadn't focused enough on some of the specifics you taught us in class (or I misunderstood them). But, today, armed with this new information, was a transforming experience for me as I hiked up the hill! I leaned from the ankle not the hip bone and I used my ankles appropriately. [ Read More ]
1/17/2006	I just returned from a week with the Colombian Police locating and destroying cocaine labs. These labs are hidden deep in the jungle ravines. The typical operation begins with a helicopter landing on a mountain ridgeline, followed by a steep descent to the lab. The lab is destroyed, and then the fun part begins with the ascent back up to the helicopter landing zone. Some of these ascents [ Read More ]
12/16/2005	Hi Danny, My wife has recently lost 10 lbs (I'm not supposed to tell anyone), and a big part of that is walking your way. After my session with you last month, I showed her the basics. She began walking by lifting and leaning. Now, she walks everyday, loves it, goes for an hour or so, her heart rate is lower and she's not pounding hard. The women's fitness magazines have walking all wrong, [ Read More ]
5/2/2005	Hey Danny, I met you a the Big Sur Marathon expo late on Saturday. I'm the one who couldn't train for her 21-mile power walk due to a sprained ankle. Thanks for showing me the basics of chi walking. I incorporated your advice as much as possible. Not only did I finish the event with no trouble at all, I also knocked off about 5 minutes from my previous times in which I had been [ Read More ]

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