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

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The story of Shane Benzie's quest to discover the secrets of the most fluid/natural born runners on the planet. I'm a UK Athletics qualified and licensed Coach in Running Fitness (CiRF), Endurance Event Group Coach and Certified Running Technique Coach.

‎The Lost Art of Running: A Journey to Rediscover the

Our posture should be upright, like a figurehead on the bow of a ship, thus optimising our fascial system so that we create elastic recoil and elastic energy.Instead it's more of a potted history or a memoir of sorts of how he became interested in running technique/human movement.

The Lost Art of Running: A Journey to Rediscover the The Lost Art of Running: A Journey to Rediscover the

Even after you complete this first month of fartlek runs and begin weekly track workouts, I suggest you insert a fartlek run every three to four weeks in place of your track workout. The Parkrun is a free event in the UK (and now many other countries), and the book may be focused in good part on Olympians and world record holders but we can all give it a go, and practice down at the local park. Shane Benzie has undoubtedly had success with many athletes however I had the feeling that the anecdotes were cherry picked and wanted more hard science backing up the individual data points. Here is a quick description and cover image of book The Lost Art of Running: One Man’s Mission to Rediscover Our Capacity for Effortless Running written by Shane Benzie which was published in —. 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.

Two-thirds of The Lost Art of Running is a travel log of Benzie's many travels all over the globe, though you get none of the descriptive, immersive writing of real travel writing. The book tries to do it all – come up with its own theory, tell stories from all around the world and give practical tips to every runner. Whether experienced or just tackling your first few miles, this groundbreaking book will help you discover the lost art of running. Emotionally, however, you can’t help it as you drive yourself based on numbers on the watch and the times in your log book.