Chi Running Workshop

With Catriona McKiernan

Nick Walsh has very kindly organised a chi running workshop with Catriona McKiernan for Sunday the 21st of October from 10am until 4:30/5pm. Location will either be Castleknock or Blackrock.

Below is an outline of what will be covered during this course. There are 12 places  up for grabs on a first come first serve basis. The commitee have decided to subsidise this workshop by €50 per person. This means that this workshop will only cost you €60 rather than the ususal €110. As the places are limited please only put your name down for this (by commenting below) if you definitely will make it. Please also state which location you’d prefer. If there is demand, we will be organising more workshops when Catriona is free again, which will most likely be after Christmas. 

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Please see below the format for the one day workshops. The workshop starts at 10am and finishes at 5pm and the cost is 110 euro which can be paid on the day 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 focuses in everyday life 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 Chi running 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 about 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.

If you require further information on ChiRunning you can check out my website www.catherinamckiernan.com orwww.chirunning.com

Kind regards,

Catherina McKiernan

Master ChiRunning Instructor