Here are some of my thoughts on The Mindful Athlete, along with some key quotes from the book. Most of us accept that being mentally focussed when we are running is important, what if we could go further? Have you ever had one of those runs where everything just ‘flows’ and becomes easy? You can’t […]
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Run for your life
A friend mentioned Dynamic Running Therapy on facebook a short while ago and when the book title ‘Run for your Life’ grabbed my attention I was immediately hooked. This book, subtitled ‘mindful running for a happy life’ brings running and therapy together. We seem to be scared of the therapy room (for some reason) in […]
The Chi Marathon Principle
I thought I’d put a few thoughts together to summarise some of the key messages from the Chi Marathon book by Danny and Katherine Dreyer. “I had won three major marathons, Berlin (1997), London and Amsterdam (both 1998). I had very fruitful years with four world cross country silver medals, one European cross-country gold medal, […]
Stuck for which running book to read next? Let me help …
I’ve read all these and they are great reads. They all all highly relevant to the Chi Runner (or in fact any runner.) Why not pick your next read now? You will find blogs on most of these in my book reviews blogs.
How is diet relevant to exercise?
To get the discussion started, I got in touch with Gina Battye, who I met recently whilst she was juicing oranges for my children! Gina is the founder of the worldwide Health and Happiness Movement, best-selling author of ‘How to Beat the Biscuit Tin Blues’ and international inspirational speaker. She looks at it his way in […]