Proper Running: Mindful Movement in the Moment
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / April 26, 2010 / Posted in Mindful Running, Running Form & Style, Running Injury Prevention, The Running Mindhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/asvolcans/ / CC BY-NC 2.0
Mindlessness is made of those habits and behaviors that that we do automatically and habitually with little or no awareness. Mindfulness focuses attention and awareness on the present moment. As there is only “Hic et Nunc” - Here and Now.
Last month the San Diego Marathon Clinic celebrated 35 years of service [...]
Mindful Running & Lessons to be learned from Evolutionary Biology
5 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / December 8, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Running, Oz On Marathoning, Oz on Injuries, Running Form & Style, Running Injury Prevention, The Running Mind Had a lengthy, informative, and enlightening phone conversation with Dan Lieberman, from Harvard’s Department of Evolutionary Biology. We weren’t able to link schedules for a run. For both of us family and friends came first during this Thanksgiving holiday in Boston. So the phone had to do.
After speaking with Dan I am excited [...]
30 Years of Rolfing & Lessons in Mindfulness
3 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / December 6, 2009 / Posted in Injury Prevention, Mindful Running, Oz on Injuries, Running Form & Style, Running Injury Prevention, The Running Mind“If you can imagine how it feels to have a fluid, light, balanced body, free of pain, stiffness and at ease with itself and earth’s gravitational field, then you will understand the goals of Structural Integration.”
– Ida P. Rolf Ph.D.
Jim Haselmaier wrote me inquiring about Rolfing as he had been a Rolfer at a party [...]
Mindful Running: Ya never know your impact.
2 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / November 24, 2009 / Posted in Injury Prevention, Mindful Running, Running Form & Style, Running Injury Prevention, The Running MindInteresting where one’s thoughts end up being shared. I was looking up some info on Barefoot Running and came across this quote quoting me from a 2001 post of mine on Ball/Heel/Ball Is The Correct Way To Run. Pleased to have an impact on barefoot running and proper running.
In a March 30th, 2004 [...]
Run Softly Over Hard Surfaces & Train on Uneven Terrain
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / November 2, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Running, Oz On Marathoning, Oz on Injuries, Running Form & Style, Running Injury Prevention, The Running Mind, UncategorizedTara Parker-Pope wrote an interesting article this week in the New York Times Well Blog: The Human Body Is Built for Distance. She talks about Christopher McDougall’s book on the Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon: Born to Run. What follows are some of my reflections made years ago as I championed and continue [...]
Better Running Through Walking & My Biased Reflections
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / June 2, 2009 / Posted in Injury Prevention, Mindful Running, Oz On Marathoning, Psyching Series, Running Form & Style, Running Injury Prevention, The Running MindMarathoning is about mindful movement. The article Better Running Through Walking in the New York Times gives some helpful hints and testimonials to the run/walk approach championed by Jeff Galloway for many a year.
Over the next 5 months as Tara Parker-Pope prepares for the New York City Marathon on November 1st, there will be [...]
World Class Runners Same Form as Running on Ice.
2 Comments by Ozzie MR / May 1, 2008 / Posted in Running Form & StyleThis video gives a very convincing visual of the Pose Running Method. This keeps one aware that the turnover rate of 180 steps a minute is just the beginning when learning to run in good form and style. Back to my old saying: Running is a dance. You can do it gracefully or [...]
Some Thoughts & Observations on Breathing
2 Comments by Ozzie MR / October 29, 2007 / Posted in Running Form & StyleSome quick thoughts and observations on breathing:
1. Keeping the same cadence, my speed depends on the lean of the body from ankle to the top of the head. The more the lean, the faster I go and the quicker I have to move my foot through its cycle while maintaining the same cadence.
2. [...]
If you’re interested in Movies/DVDs/Videos on Running
0 Comment by Ozzie MR / September 4, 2007 / Posted in Running Form & StyleA few years ago someone turned me on to Mark Hale-Brown’s website: RunningMovies.com . Mark keeps you up to date on any and all movies, DVDs, and videos that have anything to do with running. As Mark’s motto says: Your ultimate resource for anything captured on film.You can check out all the films that Mark has [...]
Heel Landing Due To Fear of Falling-Oz GFOFT
0 Comment by Ozzie MR / August 26, 2007 / Posted in Running Form & Style— In RunningBarefoot@yahoogroups.com, “tim” wrote:
> I noticed that in the picture of Ken on the barefoot web page has most of the runners in the back landing heel first. I often ask myself why does something that is incorrect become a thing the majority does. I am guessing it is due to [...]
