Chi Running | Running for Recreation and Health

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Run for all the Right Reasons

Over 30% of ChiRunners describe themselves as a recreational runner. You run to maintain good health, manage your weight and reduce stress. Our goal is to help you run without injury for the rest of your life, so you can continue getting all the benefits from your solid running practice.

You’re the unsung hero of the running world. You are consistent in your training, week-in, week-out, year-in, year-out and you take responsibility for your health which is really commendable.

With ChiRunning you’ll feel immediate benefits and a new-found freedom in body and spirit.

Overcome Roadblocks

If you’re getting in a rut, feeling some aches and pains or slowing down, you might get frustrated or even feel like giving up.

We’ve helped thousands of runners hit the reset button and reinvigorate their running. And, we can do the same for you.

With ChiRunning, there are lots of things you can do to help your run go better, should you find yourself in rough waters.

Learn ChiRunning

Learning is a life-long process and is as important for your growth and vitality as breathing.

In the process of learning ChiRunning, you learn to keep your body truly fit by engaging core muscles that will help develop balance and inner strength.

You learn to keep your joints open, flexible and strong, which lets all that great Chi energy flow throughout your body.

Train with ChiRunning

For some of you, running and event is what keeps you moving forward.

The Chi Training Programs don’t just tell you how far to run, as every other program or plan does. We include key techniques to practice in each workout that teach you to engage your core, relax your legs and run better than you ever imagined.

Is a 10K, Half Marathon or Marathon in your future? Chi has you covered!

Bring Chi into your life

ChiSchool ChiRunning Essentials Course

This NEW COURSE combines personalized Video Feedback with 15 hand-selected Step-by-Step Lessons. Only $95

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Get Your FREE Boston Run Show Tickets

Use code CHIRUNNING to get into the Boston Run Show and The Boston Outdoor Expo for free on March 1st and 2nd of 2025. Stop by our booth H64 and enter to win a $500 Gift Card.

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Don't train alone! Run the ChiRunning way!

Don’t train alone! Our 5k, 8-week training programs includes weekly 30-minute zoom sessions with a Master Instructor that will help you meet your goal of getting to the start and finish line with a smile on your face. Starts July 7th, 2025.

ChiSchool ChiRunning Essentials Course

This NEW COURSE combines personalized Video Feedback with 15 hand-selected Step-by-Step Lessons. Only $95

Learn More & Enroll

Get Your FREE Boston Run Show Tickets

Use code CHIRUNNING to get into the Boston Run Show and The Boston Outdoor Expo for free on March 1st and 2nd of 2025. Stop by our booth H64 and enter to win a $500 Gift Card.

Get Your FREE Ticket

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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Jumpstart Your Running

Running doesn’t have to be hard, and it doesn’t have to hurt. Whether you’re a seasoned runner in marathon training or you’re just getting started, ChiRunning will help you run with ease, energy and joy.

Combine the inner focus and flow of T’ai Chi with running to develop a ground-breaking technique that takes the pain and injury out of running.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.