ChiRunning by Danny Dreyer

Author:Danny Dreyer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: 2009-03-01T16:00:00+00:00

LESSON TWO: ENGAGE YOUR LEAN

Review the lean. Review the section on leaning before heading out the door, then take it out for a “test drive.”

Practice engaging your lean: The Three-step Process.

Step 1: While moving down the road, check in with your Column.

Step 2: Drop your mental focus to the bottoms of your feet.

Step 3: Keep your feet hitting where they are (at the bottom of your Column) and let your whole Column fall slightly in front of where your feet are hitting.

Balance yourself by practicing the Window of Lean Exercise. Repeat the exercise three or four more times during every run. Practice adding the lean to your one-legged posture stance in this way for a week, or more if you need to.

When you engage and disengage the lean several times while maintaining your one-legged posture stance, you’ll begin to feel the effect leaning has on your running. Over time, you will find your comfort zone with your lean, so play with it. If you begin to feel any tension in your calves or shins, it means you’re leaning too far forward and holding your lean by tightening your lower leg muscles. Back off a bit and try to balance yourself in the “window of lean”—not too far forward, and not too upright. This is subtle stuff. You don’t need to lean as much as you think.

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