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 enlarge | Author: Danny Dreyer
Creator: Katherine Dreyer
Publisher: Fireside
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  92 reviews
Sales Rank: 1503
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 074325144X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.42
EAN: 9780743251440
ASIN: 074325144X
Publication Date: March 30, 2004
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not Your "Run" of the Mill Running Book April 29, 2008
418 out of 420 found this review helpful
What an interesting running book! Buy this book if you:
-would like to be able to run well into your old age
-would like to improve your running form and have fewer injuries
-would like to have a more philosophical approach to your running
-would like to increase your overall health
Here's how the book roughly pans out:
-Chapter 1: compares power running to ChiRunning
-Chapter 2: goes into the 5 principles upon which TaiChi and ChiRunning are based
-Chapter 3: gets into the "inner" skills of ChiRunning
As you can see, the first 3 chapters lay out the philosopical foundation- that's so when you get to the specific techniques, they make sense.
Chaper 4: learn about the ChiRunning "focuses"- which are the specific physical and mental methods used to run more efficiently.
Chapters 5-9: covers program development, peak performance training and diet. Note: Chapter 7 also covers some info on common injuries such as muscle cramps, plantar fasciitis (also rec. The 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution for more info on this), heel cord problems.
Chapter 10: how to incorporate the ChiRunning principles into your everyday life
As you can tell, ChiRunning, with its mind-body approach, is far from your typical book on running- and shouldn't be missed by any serious runner. Happy trails.
Pain Free April 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
One reviewer wrote, "There is a lot of 'fluff' in this book to make it as long as it is," I totally agree, the book could be half as long, and still provide the great information on how to run pain free.
I've had knee pain for the past five years playing volleyball and running to stay in shape. I purchased this book per the reviews, followed the authors suggestions and WOW, I'm know pain free 95% of the time when I run or during moving activities. Your body tells you everything!
 Disappointed April 8, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
After reading the many positive reviews and endorsements for this book, I anticipated something more thorough and more polished. The book is highly repetitive (the same amount of material might easily have been covered in 40 pages), it lacks organization, the author invents words which have no meaning ("instate" as a verb, anyone?), and the typeset is HORRIBLE.
The author has some good ideas. Let's hear them.....coherently.
 Chi Running March 8, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I haven't completely implemented Chi Running but am headed in the right direction. Book is well written and easy to follow. I am really enjoying the book and it's goal of making running easier.
Chi Running - great for a casual runner! February 16, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Full disclosure: I took the workshop with Danny before I read the book. So my comments probably have less to do with the written presentation than with the technique itself.
I'm a casual runner - 4-6 miles, 3 days a week at most unless I'm training for a particular event. It's one of many things I do along with bicycling, aerobics, Pilates, strength training and kayaking. All my life I've been plagued with "overuse" (i.e. bad form) injuries - patellofemoral dysfunction, Achilles tendinitis, overpronation. With no other coaching than learning the Chi Running method, I no longer have to wear my patellofemoral straps and have no knee pain when I run. My Achilles are improving (more attention was required to my body mechanics in my other activities - but learning Chi Running helped me become aware of this as well). And I hope to someday wean myself off foot orthotics as other Chi Runners have done.
More importantly, Chi Running has made running feel good to me. Before, running was always a painful and rather unpleasant component to my cross-training, that I did because it was a cardio workout I could take with me wherever I travel. Now, I actually enjoy running, and I even competed in a 5K recently (and did rather well for being a very casual runner - top 20% in my age group and top third overall).
I think perhaps some of the critics are spending too much time thinking about the technique and not enough time feeling it in their body. I'm far from an accomplished Chi Runner, but it's really made a huge difference to me, and the more I refine my technique, the better it gets.
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