Running on Clouds

Chi Gung for Mountain Running

A small pamphlet on using specific Chi Gung (QiGong) exercises for running.
Including

Volcano leg strength / Cool space tide flushes tiredness cycle
Sparkling water melts knee/leg pain
Circulate pearl to maximise effort - for those deseparate climbs
Float down on clouds - for serious downhill running especially for those with painful knees
Open mountain breath cycle
Peng ji lu an - Tai Chi for running
5 element inner smile in the generative cycle - especially for the longer distances...thanks to Mantak Chia
etc...

When this is done and I have had some feedback it may become a small book. Still practical, mainly exercises and insights, with some vignettes. Still later may come another and quite different work called "The Girl who couldn't run"

Let me emphasise the lack of formal training in physiology - and the passionate concern with matters of the primal urge.

General ideas for chapters:
Chapters on running in specific conditions
The woods are lovely dark and deep
Some nice quote about mountains
Some nice quote about running at night

Other chapters:
Your body knows how to run - including some exercises to connect to your surroundings. Also including the work of Bernd Heinrich and allusions to "Draggin' a Piano"
The War against sleep - getting up and doing it
All my ancestors - tibetans, plainsmen, Chris Gibson, john prohira
The Doing of Deeds - Heroic efforts, on "perceived effort"
Grooven', Counten' and Puken' - on the management of suffering and distress

And various other elements from the mindmap - foundations for thinking about running.

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