Chi Running Session

Guys and Gals following on from the success of the earlier Chi Running sessions Catriona McKiernan has kindly agreed to open up another day in her already busy schedule for a dedicated Piranha Chi Running day if there is sufficient demand.

The cost of the day long session is €110.  The format of the day is set out below.  Please post up if this is something that you are interested in.

 Please see below the format for the one day workshops.  The workshop starts at 10am and finishes at 5pm.  The cost of the workshop is 110 euro per
 person which can be paid on the day.  I take 14 people maximum in a workshop.

 The day is all about learning to run efficiently, to reduce impact on the body and to prevent or clear up running related injuries. It is suitable for
anyone who wishes to run with an easy efficient relaxed style and with less impact on their body.  It is a very relaxed informative day.

 I video tape everyone at the start of the workshop to see their style of running. Then we go inside and practice the ChiRunning form focuses through
a series of drills and exercises. Posture is the most important part of good running form. When people run with incorrect posture it causes fatigue,
 discomfort and eventually pain.  The beauty of learning ChiRunning is that you can practice the drills  in everyday life movement, so that they become
familiar and then easy to transfer into your running.

A big mistake that people make when running is heel striking and this puts a lot of pressure and impact  on the lower legs, knees and hips.  With
ChiRunning we learn to land mid-foot which is a much safer place to land because there is a lot less impact on the body.

Then we do another drill of learning to lean the whole body forward from the ankles so that we are working with gravity in our favour as opposed to using our legs to push us forward while we run. This takes an immense amount of pressure of your legs. The next drill is to learn to keep our lower legs nice and relaxed to prevent all lower leg injuries like shin splints, calf strains etc. Then I show the group the correct arm swing and explain the
best mechanics for running up and down hills.

After we have practiced the drills which takes over two hours, we go out for a nice easy relaxed  practice run, where I talk the group through one focus
 at a time and this gives people the opportunity to get the feel of running more efficiently and with good mechanics.

The next part of the workshop is to analysis the video-tape. This is a great learning tool. Everyone has a good understanding of the whole concept at
 this stage and I advise what people need to practice to improve their running form. One or two changes can make a big difference and help people
greatly with their running. We have a questions and answers session, where I answer a wide variety of running related questions about training, diet,
 footwear, breathing technique etc.

We finish off the day with another short run, and I run along with each person at different stages and make sure everyone is going home happy
 knowing what they need to practice. I conduct these workshops all year round and I update my website on a
 regular basis with new dates