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Set Yourself Up For a Lifetime of Injury-Free Running

Whether you’re brand new to running, returning from an injury, or remaining active while aging, you can create a foundation for healthy movement with ChiRunning. A perfect program for a beginning & recovering runner.

Run with Confidence

Bring the ChiRunning technique into your body and move with confidence. Since 1999, we’ve helped tens of thousands of beginning and recovering runners develop and transform their technique––reducing and preventing injuries.

Yet, ChiRunning isn’t just about running. It’s about the principles that empower you to live a healthy and balanced life.

Run the Right Way

It’s easier than you think! ChiRunning has developed step-by-step lessons to show you how to run with less impact and less effort.

We’ll show you how relaxation and natural efficiency can become an integral part of how you move your body. You’ll discover that every run becomes an opportunity for a simple, effortless, and feel-good experience.

Move the Way You're Meant To

ChiRunning takes its guidance from the inner design of T’ai Chi which asks us to move the body in a natural order, where the big muscles do the heavy lifting, the smaller muscles do less and the tiniest muscles do very little.

This runs counter to how most people run which is using the small muscles of their legs for propulsion, neglecting the abundance of power in their core.

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Become a Certified Instructor
Becoming a Certified ChiRunning / ChiWalking Instructor is one of the most gratifying endeavors you can undertake. The ability to bring people joy through movement and to help them accomplish goals they never thought possible is life altering – for both you and your students.
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ChiRunning will be back at the the Boston Run Show on Jan 27-28 at The Hynes Convention Center! Don't miss founder Danny Dreyer, top runners' sessions, Treadmill Tryouts, and exclusive gear deals. Redeem free tickets with code: CHIRUNNING before Jan 27-28.
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Join ChiRunning School - Online learning experience!
Memberships starting at $11 a month. Spring training is here. Set yourself up for a successful year of running with ChiRunning School. Live webinars, video lessons, and audio downloads and more  to take with you on the run. Get the full ChiRunning experience from anywhere in the world!
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Move the "Right" Way with ChiWalk-Run
Download your Free eBook - Recently updated, this 2-week guide is a great introduction to the ChiWalk-Run basics. You’ll receive daily exercises and focuses specifically designed to get you moving the right way!
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Run Smarter Not Harder

Train for your 5K while learning the foundation of the ChiRunning technique in only 6 weeks and increase your aerobic and cardiovascular capacity, improve efficiency, and stay injury-free!

In just 6 weeks, this program will teach you the foundation of the ChiRunning technique, including longer running times to build aerobic and cardiovascular capacity. The Form Focuses will help your running become more efficient so you can reach your performance goals.

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See What Others are Saying
I got the ChiRunning book, read it, watched the DVD, and have been running 3x/week for 3 weeks without feeling the normal aches I feel, and I'm even a bit faster! This is really neat! I also applied some of the theory to a recent hiking trip, and was able to hike 18 miles in 1 day without destroying my legs and feet. Just that little lean and picking up the feet make a huge difference.
Eileen L
I am running in the NYC Marathon and could not have even contemplated it without learning to ChiRun. ChiRunning seems too good to be true when you hear or read about it, and I was skeptical at first, but it has changed my life for ever. My runs had never really been more than 3-5 miles at a time and I was in pain and exhausted after each run. Now I can physically breeze through 7-10 miles with less than a moderate effort. Half marathons are like 5ks were before learning to Chi Run.
Rich S
I’ve been ChiRunning for two months and have dramatically improved my running. I ran a 10k last week in 49:02 versus 56:08, a year ago!
Jim M
My first marathon took me 6 hours. My second took me 6 hours and 3 minutes. My third only lasted 19 miles. I read the book. I watched the DVD. I relaxed my legs, straightened my posture, leaned forward, let my arms and legs swing behind me, and finished my fourth marathon in under 5 hours! And nothing hurt! Just wait until I work with the metronome–maybe I’ll make it to Boston!
Nadiah H
I had a history of shin splints, knees hurting, plantar fasciitis, and tendonitis in one of my feet. Now I no longer experience any pain. You can feel the proper form in ChiRunning. Tthe run becomes so effortless. I am very passionate about the wonder of ChiRunning because what I experienced was actually this good.
Rich S
I expected ChiRunning to make me fitter and faster, I didn't expect it'd make running more fun! Probably the biggest change, and the most unexpected change, has been the mental one. Running has become a form of meditation.
Cat T
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