Chi Running Conditioning | Chi Running Technique Trains Mind and Body

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What makes ChiRunning’s training different from virtually every other training program is the focus on creating a pain-free experience through technique. We know forced physical effort while training is risky and may cost you your race. So we teach deep, healthy conditioning of the mind and body that leads you to successful finishes time and again. If you’d like to run multiple distance events in a season, it is important to focus on technique and conditioning, developed from training regularly and mindfully.

Training is just as important for beginners as it is for seasoned racers. Conditioning your body and mind for your personal best is as easy as following one of our training plans.

Build a Solid Base

The Technique Phase teaches you how to build upon your body's strength with the building blocks of good technique

Specific form focuses keep you relaxed and efficient while running. Once your technique is honed, you’ll be able to run any distance, at any speed, and enjoy running for as many years as you choose to do so.

Condition Your Mind & Body

The Conditioning Phase trains your mind and your body to work together as a team to create optimal results.

During this phase, you’ll condition yourself to hold and consistently apply the basic skills of the technique over longer and longer distances. The physical efficiency and focused mindset build the conditions for feel-good running.

Train for Your Next Race

The Master Phase gives you confidence from rehearsing your race before you even step up to the start line. Manage your energy for speed without overstressing your body.

You’ll easily adapt the form focuses to the specific details of your event. You’ll be optimally prepared to handle all of the challenges that could possibly be thrown at you on race day.

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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Rock Your Next Marathon

Learn the ChiRunning technique while you train to run farther and faster with less effort.

Imagine the confidence you’ll feel at the starting line, after having top-notch injury-free technique training, physical conditioning, and race-specific training in the lead-up to your marathon.

Run your best half/full marathon yet!

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.

The book is great, but the video is fantastic. I had a great Army Ten Miler this past weekend, using the ChiRunning techniques. Thanks for making running fun again.

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.