![]() ![]() If effortless and injury-free were too idealistic, we were willing to settle for the premise on instructor Mary Lindahl's shirt: "Love running forever." Lindahl, who has been a Chi practitioner since 2004, was assisted by Ed Cotgageorge, who took a 12-year break from running due to nagging injuries before finding Chi. We were drawn by the promise offered in the very title of the movement's bible, ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running, by Danny and Katherine Dreyer. ![]() ![]() I gathered with this hobbled but hopeful group for a daylong seminar on Chi Running. I usually crossed the finish line, but some part of me-feet, hips, or back-suffered excessively for it. For the past four years, my training had become a delicate dance of getting in enough miles to complete a marathon or half-marathon but not enough miles to end up hurt. We were an injured lot-with a combined medical history that included countless hamstring strains, beat-up knees, tweaked backs, and cortisone shots. ![]() On a sunny Saturday morning in Carbondale, Colorado, nine runners, including me, were hungry for happy miles. ![]()
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