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Title: Chirunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running by Danny Dreyer, Katherine Dreyer ISBN: 0-7432-5144-X Publisher: Fireside Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Danny's Methods Gave Me Back My Running Life
Comment: Ignore the one negative review. This book is a brilliant print presentation of Danny's methods which are revolutionary. He deserves the much wider following he will get with this (his CD is great too).
My story: I've been a runner for 45 years. I nearly gave up running at age 57. The pain in my knees and lower back made me seriously think of quitting. I literally saw an ad in the newspaper for Danny's class and took it as a last resort. He was at the time in his 50's and a nationally ranked ultramarathoner. I figured he ought to know something about efficient running.
I learned his initial techniques in two hours. It took about five or six runs to feel comfortable with the changes in my stride, but from the first day, there was no back pain and such minimal knee pain at the end that I couldn't believe it. I've taken his advanced techniques workshops too (all in the book). The "sidewise" stride up steep hills is another brilliant technique that literally makes running hills fun.
I went from struggling to run for 30 minutes at a time to 1.5 hour runs on steep hills without pain. I'm not a ranked runner. I run for fitness, for weight control, and for the sheer joy of it. I did finish third in my age group in a local race a year ago -- first medal I've ever won (I'm 62 now). But I got my running life back, and that's priceless. I plan to be running into my 80's now -- pain free!
And for what it's worth, I have a doctorate and I'm trained in physics. Danny's techniques are scientifically valid. There's a spiritual side to his methods too. If you don't think running has a spiritual side, I feel sorry for you, but don't ignore his methods just because of that.
Jerry L Fletcher
Rating: 5
Summary: I am the suspicious writer
Comment: I am the suspicious writer, yes, a long time friend of Katherine Bergin, now Dreyer, but I've never met Danny. I stayed at their home in California while on a trip from where I live in Stamford, Connecticut, while they traveled. I am a long time runner and I still say I've never read a better book about running, but now it's the third review I've written and that too probably won't look good. However I feel obligated to straighten out the mess I created. I wrote the review from Katherine's computer...so it's showing up as her...a terrible mistake on my part. I've never done this before. I tried to cancel it, thought I had and wrote my second review minutes later from my own email thinking the first one was deleted.
I mostly apologize to Katherine and Danny but also to everyone who thinks they've done something underhanded. I wrote because I think people should know about this book and this technique. Lousy with computers, I am an OK athlete and I was able to quickly pick up on Danny's suggestion and now I have less pain. Again, my apologies for making a mess of this.
Seems I've created a problem that was not my intention.
Rating: 5
Summary: World of Difference! A Testimonial
Comment: I recently purchased the book "Chi-Running" while in Boston to run the marathon. What a difference it has made in my world! Following Boston, I completed the 8 mile run of a team event in our area called "Ski-to-Sea." There are 8 member teams consisting of skiing (cross country & downhill), running,canoeing, biking (road and mountain biking), and kayaking. The run portion is an 8 mile run from the base ski area near the top of Mt. Baker, in Washington state, to the Dept of Transportation center, near the bottom.
The entire 8 mile downhill course consists of a grade of about 3 - 5%. I was envisioning total quad damage, shin splints, and other aches and pains. Fortunately, the night before I ran, I skipped ahead in the book and read the section about techiques for running down hill. To make a long story short, I ran the 8 mile course in 56:07 (not bad for age 51)and have experienced little, if any, residual aches and pains. These techniques really work! Chi Running is a highly effective program for running (not to mention a nice philosophy of life and living!). Sincerely, Dr. Tim Wittman, School Psychologist, NCSP.
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Title: Chi Fitness : A Workout for Body, Mind, and Spirit (Harperresource Book) by Sue Benton, Drew Denbaum ISBN: 0060957301 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Dr. Nicholas Romanov's Pose Method of Running by Nicholas Romanov ISBN: 0972553703 Publisher: Pose Tech Press Pub. Date: 16 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Programmed to Run by Thomas S., Phd Miller ISBN: 0736037497 Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers Pub. Date: 01 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Explosive Running : Using the Science of Kinesiology to Improve Your Performance by Michael Yessis, Michael Yessis PhD ISBN: 0809298996 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Lore of Running by Timothy Noakes ISBN: 0873229592 Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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