Chi Running and YouTube

As I've mentioned before, I was recently introduced to the concept/technique of ChiRunning. After having read the book and tried out using some of the ideas, I really liked it. Being a person who likes to find out all there is to find out about a subject, I started researching on the internet about ChiRunning.

First, I found a group on Sparkpeople.com dedicated to people who run using the Chi Running technique. While reading through various threads on that team, I came across a post which mentioned Chi Running videos on Youtube.

In my initial searches, I had not come across any videos. But once I saw that there were some, I of course had to head over to Youtube and see what I could find.

There actually are a good bit of videos on Youtube related to Chi Running or Chi Walking. The author even has quite a few video blogs where he explains in great detail about proper posture, and how to stop from over/under pronating, along with other subjects.

Those videos were very interesting to watch, but there was one video in particular which I found quite fascinating, and cemented for me that I want to learn how to run like this. It is a video showing the top (elite) male and female runners in the 2008 Boston Marathon. If you decide to watch it, it does start out a bit slow, but the analysis of how the top runners use their form to almost appear as though they are flying through the air, is well worth the time.