The Lost Art of Running: A Journey to Rediscover the Forgotten Essence of Human Movement

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After almost a year of trying to put some of the advice into practice (mostly stopping heel striking, and paying better attention to my posture), I did find that the occasional ankle or knee discomforts went away. The Lost Art of Running is an opportunity to join running-technique-analyst coach and movement guru Shane Benzie on his journey across five continents as he trains with and analyses the running style of some of the most gifted athletes on the planet. The Foundations - The formulation of his understanding about running technique and the specifics of key aspects

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I've read many books on running technique, I'm also a certified running technique coach. Shane's book is quite different from all the others. In quite a refreshing way. It doesn't simply focus on running technique and talk about angles, forces or vectors and go into great depths about the human anatomy and which muscles do what at every point in the running cycle. There is a chapter about him doing research in the Arctic... All I can remember from this chapter is how he broke his leg and like superman did not go to the doctor for a week... Wow... But I have absolutely no recollection as to what the point was with regard to his conclusions about running technique, as each chapter is supposed to be about his journey of discovery. As far as I’m concerned, if you have truly lived - if you have truly connected with what you are and where you are in the world - it’s because you run.” The basis of the book or his theory is that we should utilising the fascia system, basically to run with more bounce and elasticity in our strides, run tall, run like the Kenyan, land in the tripod of the feet(midfoot). Our training should be focusing on forms, rather than efforts, eg less training time but more quality in terms of focusing on forms (not efforts such as pushing hard paces). He also advocates for videoing ourselves when we run.Fartlek No. 2, Week 2—After a warm-up, perform four to five surges lasting 3 to 5 minutes each with a 1- to 2-minute jog in between. Your effort should be slightly faster than 10K race pace effort but not as fast as in Fartlek No. 1. Most runners find this to be at about 80 to 85 percent of full effort. Research indicates that running at this intensity for a total of 15 to 20 minutes results in a higher lactate threshold—the balance point between the production of lactic acid and your ability to keep it from building up. Full Book Name: The Lost Art of Running: One Man’s Mission to Rediscover Our Capacity for Effortless Running I think it’s because we don’t think of running as a movement skill. We see it as a try hard skill. It’s an innate ability. All humans can do it. So we do it. We lace up our trainers, walk out of the front door and start into the actions of us running. We don’t have any real perception of how we are moving or whether it might be the most efficient or effective way. We just presume that if we work hard and put maximum effort in, then we will move forwards as well as we physically can. If we want to improve, we run further or harder. The rest is on autopilot. Running beautifully doesn’t really enter the equation." This book is about the author's theory without any scientific basis, eg control group, about running/training. It's full of stories about his athletes and race reports from his athletes which have very little to do with the theory. I looked up his firth athlete, his performance (eg timing for the same race), did not even get any faster (actually slightly slower). Here I was. I thought I was a runner. Now, I realize that I know next to nothing about it. That I have been doing nothing more than a glorified foot plod all along. Sigh. This is a depressing book.

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And what is most important to me is that I have less to no pain. And that for me this says it all. For now I am cautiously positive about the techniques explained by Shane Benzie. But from the first try outs and my own experience, I feel he is onto something real! I am sure he will learn much more through research about the fascia and its use in the human body. The story of Shane Benzie's quest to discover the secrets of the most fluid/natural born runners on the planet. A very interesting and entertaining read. Very different to most of the other books I've read on the topic of running technique. Shane's approach to running movement really works. Shane helped me prepare for my fourth Marathon des Sables. I am convinced that the insight from these sessions was instrumental in me being able to run as well as I did and secure my second win in a highly competitive race.

Part narrative, part practical, this adventure takes you to the foothills of Ethiopia and the ‘town of runners’; to the training grounds of world-record-holding marathon runners in Kenya; racing across the Arctic Circle and the mountains of Europe, through the sweltering sands of the Sahara and the hostility of a winter traverse of the Pennine Way, to witness the incredible natural movement of runners in these environments. Part narrative, part practical, this adventure takes you to the foothills of Ethiopia and the 'town of runners'; to the training grounds of world-record-holding marathon runners in Kenya; racing across the Arctic Circle and the mountains of Europe, through the sweltering sands of the Sahara and the hostility of a winter traverse of the Pennine Way, to witness the incredible natural movement of runners in these environments. I almost gave this book two stars, but there were some interesting moments and I do think he's on to something with the fascia theory. I will spare you the time reading this book and provide the best takeaways: Running technique has to be one of the most subjective issues out 10 minutes' investigation on the internet will generally confuse rather than confirm what you should or should not be doing. Mother Nature gave us some amazing gifts as runners – if we rediscover them and use them, we can transform our dynamic and everyday movement.' Shane Benzie Tensegrity is a word that I'd never heard of before meeting Shane. It's one of the key tenets of his theories on running technique and indeed how we as humans move.

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An engaging and interesting read, with an excellent practical section on how to make our running movement more 'natural'. I'm sure I'll revisit that over and over as I seek to improve my running. Instead it's more of a potted history or a memoir of sorts of how he became interested in running technique/human movement. Plus it gives an insight into his travels around the world to study the best most fluid naturally talented runners on the planet. The Lost Art of Running" is a book about, well, running. Not your average grudging stumble or persevering putting one foot in front of the other; No, proud, bouncy, floating on air, pure joy running.Called “one of the best and smartest distance running coaches in America” by Runner’s World’s Amby Burfoot, Greg McMillan is renowned for his ability to combine the science of endurance performance with the art of real-world coaching. While getting his graduate degree in Exercise Science he created the ever-popular McMillan Running Calculator – called “The Best Running Calculator” by Outside Magazine. A National Champion runner himself, Greg coaches runners from beginners to Boston Qualifiers (15,000+ and counting!) to Olympians. The book is an easy read. The stories as examples to explain the benefits of a specific technique are an inspiration to read. Of course most important is what this technique will do to our own running.

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Hi, I'm Dave. I'm a UK Athletics qualified and licensed Coach in Running Fitness (CiRF), Endurance Event Group Coach and Certified Running Technique Coach. I coach groups and individuals of all abilities both online and in person.

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There's a ton of good in here for anyone interested in running more comfortably and faster. The form advice and running mechanics and technique information are fantastic. I'm not sold on the science-y bits or the author's explanatory model - even if his illustrative examples (elite runners) pass the eye test - and unfortunately I think it is, to some extent at least, a matter of trying it for yourself. Explains in layman's terms how to run efficiently by utilising elasticity: you can't but help go out the door for your next run and try to put it all into practice The Lost Art of Running: One Man’s Mission to Rediscover Our Capacity for Effortless Running by Shane Benzie – eBook Details