I don’t know if you watch cooking shows on TV occasionally or even obsessively I have to admit I do now and then although I can’t stand Gordon Ramzey….. but I digress… So the Meez or the mise en
Can runners still benefit from a coach?
Running like any other sport can be performed at various levels of skill, awareness, and presence. For many runners, getting out the door is a major achievement and from there we go on automatic pilot, accompanied and supported in
Getting to the Starting Line: the Power of Intention
As I debated whether or not to compete in this year’s Master’s Indoor Track and Field Championships the word “intention” kept coming up. The definition of the word includes: a determination to act in a certain way, resolve, and ‘what
RUNNING TECHNIQUE : HELP OR HINDRANCE
Try googling ‘running technique’ and see how many hits you get, a hundred if not more. Pose, Chi, Evolution, plus dozens of outliers…the list seems endless. And if you’re like me, the idea of discovering the secret, of finding
The Thorny Question of the Foot Plant in Running
Runners, especially those new to the sport, are often torn between the various schools (aka ‘religions’) of thought regarding where and how the foot should land when we run: on the heel, flat, on the ball, the toe…I recently
Mind and Body
Finding the ease in the run
It’s 5:20 on a cool and wet mid-April Monday evening and I’m off to meet up with the McGill Olympic Club for our weekly speed session. For the non-runner it’s not a very nice evening but once we’re moving, the
Posture and Running
In my book, The Art of Running, Raising Your Performance With The Alexander Technique, I devote an entire chapter to the question of good posture in running. This is a popular topic in the running press and you don’t have
Hamstring stretch for runners
An intelligent way to stretch your hamstrings
Watch where you land your feet
Harvard Professor Daniel Lieberman has released ground breaking research into foot strike and injury rates in endurance runners. His research shows that runners with a rear foot strike have almost twice the rate of injury as those who strike the