Danny Dreyer and Sinead Haughey: How Mindfulness Can Help You Run Pain-Free
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
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🗓️ 17 February 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
When ultramarathoner and running guru Danny Dreyer attended a tai chi class in 1999, a lightbulb went off.
He believed the martial art's principles of alignment, relaxation, and balance could allow him to finally make the next leap in training, and he wasn't disappointed.
After he began incorporating tai chi into his running, Danny not only witnessed dramatic improvements in his performance, but he also wasn't getting injured anymore.
In fact, he'd finish a run feeling exactly the same as when he started.
Wishing to share his discovery, Danny founded ChiRunning through which he's helped thousands of runners conquer injury and run more efficiently to reach new levels.
A mindful and process-driven exercise rather than simply a means to an end, ChiRunning is also known as "moving meditation", and it's helped both recreational and elite athletes reduce impact for improved health, better performance, and more enjoyable running.
Listen in as Danny discusses the benefits of ChiRunning as well as how to master the technique so many runners swear by today.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the run to the top podcast I'm your host |
| 0:09.4 | coach Claire Bartholick the planted runner what we do on the show is bring on the best experts in athletes in the sport of running |
| 0:18.0 | with the goal of helping you become a better runner each week. |
| 0:29.2 | From January 27th through February 17th of 2021, |
| 0:36.2 | we are going to be revisiting some of our most downloaded shows we've ever had here at the run to the top. |
| 0:37.8 | Former hosts Shinnade Hockey and Tina Muir are back and we're bringing you their top rated episodes of all time from way |
| 0:46.6 | back in 2017. |
| 0:49.9 | If you're a new listener to the show, it's a great way to catch up a little on what you've missed. |
| 0:54.8 | Or if you're a long-time listener, it's a perfect way to look back. |
| 0:59.4 | I'll be back with fresh episodes of the Run to the Top on February 24th. |
| 1:04.0 | Enjoy the show and have a great run today. |
| 1:07.0 | Hey everyone, Chinnade here with you for this latest episode of Run to the Top, brought to you by Runners Connect. |
| 1:14.7 | Thanks so much for joining me today. |
| 1:16.4 | I hope you're off to a great day so far and enjoy this podcast. |
| 1:21.0 | This week we're speaking with renowned Running guru and ultra-marathoner Danny Dreyer, who back in 1999 developed the Chi running technique, a running style that uses the principles of Thai Chi to focus on alignment, relaxation, and proper form. |
| 1:37.0 | Since then, Danny founded his company, Chi Running, through which he's helped thousands of runners |
| 1:42.4 | beat injury and run more efficiently to reach new levels in their running. |
| 1:47.0 | Components of the Chi running style are widely practiced by running professionals and sports therapists today. |
| 1:52.8 | And I think you'll probably recognize quite a few of those components, |
| 1:56.2 | like for instance, the Forward Lean. |
| 1:58.5 | I'm thrilled to have Danny on the show and can't wait to learn a little more |
| 2:02.2 | about this method. |
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