Recently my company got a trainer on chi running to teach those interested to take up chi running. The total participants is about 12, not a lot of given that the lesson is conducted after work near the park connector. Most people will love to get out of office after office hours.
In any case, Chi running focus on the running form & breathing. There is little difference between Chi walking or running except for the speed taken. Chi walking is within 120 metronome while running is within 170 to 175 depending on the runner's height. I must admit it takes a while to get use to this form of running and to take things further, i change to run in barefoot. I started running only with my running socks but as there is lots of small foreign objects on the park connector path, my socks gets dirty after that plus i had a hard time to avoid them as there is no protection. The good thing out of it is my running stride gets smaller and i can feel my running as my feet impact on the ground.
I since bought a pair of aqua socks from Army market for S$23 after some reviews and runners running with them on the Runner's world forum. Yes, its more for people taking water sports and does no have any form of protection. But the whole idea is to have some small form of protection of the elements when running on the road and it does have the thin rubber difference. It still takes time to get use to it as I have to avoid landing on the heel. As i can feel my feet impact, i can adjust my running stride and form as i progress. Now I impact on the whole feet and i running small stride. My knee no longer feels the pain after a run and my legs no longer has any muscle ache. ( that is provided that i run correctly, it not the muscle ache will still be there)
I have been practicing Chi running for the past 3 weeks and move from 2K to 9K on runs once every 2 days. The results are good & encouraging for now. I will have to move up the distance to 20K to better prepare for my upcoming KL 42K marathon.
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