Radiant Running Seminar April 6th & 13th
March 6th, 2010
by randy
Radiant Running Presents: RUNNING FROM THE CORE
Further, Faster, with Greater Ease, less Wear and Tear, and a Whole lot more Fun!
This Seminar is Two 2-Hour Sessions:
Tuesday April 6th & 13th @ Starting at 5:30pm Each Night
$179.00 For BOTH Nights
($149.00 For CrossFit Denver Members)
• Before and After Video Taping and Gait Analysis
• A Body Understanding of Proper Alignment and Movement Principles
• Individual Instruction on Your Stride Mechanics and Form
Day 1
Video Taping and Gait Analysis: In this clinic we will video your running form and biomechanics. This is an indispensable tool that gives you an opportunity to see yourself in action and receive expert feedback that both reinforces the things you are doing right in your form and movement, and helps you to correct the habits and inefficiencies that hold you back from feeling and performing your best. This process helps you to become significantly more aware of your posture and gait, and sets the stage for making lasting positive changes. Get Hip to Your Full Power:
The biggest obstacle that prevents people from improving their running performance and avoiding injury is the failure to utilize the powerful core muscles of the torso, hips, and pelvis for forward movement. You will learn how to engage these prime movers, which extend from the torso and pelvis, and move downward into the hips. You will be pleasantly surprised at the results you get from the techniques that will be presented in this clinic. Skillful use of the hips and pelvis is central to fluid efficient movement and provides the foundation for continued improvement. For more information contact Douglas at 303 499 2060 douglas@radiantrunning.com Visit my website at www.radiantrunning.com
Day 2 Putting it All Together:
In this clinic, you will practice and build upon the foundation that was established in the first class. You will learn to maximize your running efficiency through integrated use of all body segments and systems. Topics will address structural alignment, upper body skills, stride mechanics and individual refinement. “Terrain adjustments” for uphill and downhill running are among the techniques that will be covered. Any individual questions and concerns will be addressed in this class. Workshop Will Be Presented By: DOUGLAS WISOFF Licensed Physical Therapist Douglas has combined training in traditional sports medicine, with a comprehensive study of current holistic approaches to the body, healing, and movement. In addition, fifteen years of intensive endurance training and racing has given him an understanding of the specific problems associated with running. Out of this he has developed a system of sports movement that has a significant impact on injury rehabilitation, injury prevention, form efficiency and performance.
Racing Accomplishments: •2003 Ad Astra Ultra & Relay, Men’s 100 K Champions •2002 Texas Trail 50 Miles, First Place 50 Year Age Group •2002 Crown King Scramble 50 Miles First Place 50 Year Age Group •2000, 1999, 1998 Leadville Trail 100 First Place 50 Year Age Group
•2001 and 1999 Western States Trail 100 Silver Buckle Winner
•1998 USATF Road Championships, Masters 2nd Place 50 Miles
•1998 USATF National Trail Championships, Masters 3rd Place 50 Miles
Through both his example and rapport with “ordinary athletes” of all ages and abilities, Art has helped numerous clients improve their running prowess and go on to succeed in foot races as grueling as The Leadville and Western States 100 milers as well as several the major marathons, to name a few. Now, 25 years later, the way he works with athletes creates lasting positive changes in their bio-mechanics, physical capability and mental attitude. This leads to both improved performance & perseverance, enhanced self esteem and his ultimate goal; lifelong robust health and participation in athletics. Other areas of Art’s lifework and passion extend to Alternative Sports Medicine, Sport Sociology, Sport Psychology & Life-span Motor Development.
Qualifications:
Coach & Creator of www.TheWayofRunning.com
Art of Running Coaching &Consulting,
Art Ives Sports Training Systems, Sport Speed Youth
Athleticism Camps
Running Wild Camps, New Mexico
USA-Fit Franchises in Denver & Boulder, Colorado
Performance Enhancement Group, Boulder, Colorado
Physical Education Teacher, Running River School, Lafayette, Colorado
National Strength & Conditioning Association, Certified Personal Trainer
City of Boulder Recreation Centers
University of Denver Ritchie Fitness Center
Several Trail Ultra-marathon Silver Belt Buckle & Age Group awards
including 3 Leadville 100 Mile (1 Masters Championship), Western
States 100, Elkhorn 100K, Texas Trail 50K and Mountain Mist 50K
Many books and other materials on running form will offer advice. But like mail order clothing the instructions may or may not fit your body, and in addition it doesn’t take into account your particular learning style or the sequence of changes that might be necessary for you, the individual.
In Radiant Running workshops we teach both the basics of great running form, and by keeping the number of participants to fifteen, are able to attend to the specific form needs of each runner mechanics and form.
For more information contact Douglas at 303 499 2060 douglas@radiantrunning.com
Visit my website at www.radiantrunning.com
1st April 2010
at 8:25 pm
31st March 2010
at 9:18 pm
29th March 2010
at 9:20 pm
I just wanted to throw my 2-cents in here and thought you could share this with everyone if appropriate.
My experience with this coach has been nothing short of life changing for me, and it all started when I attended one of his seminars.
I wasn't a runner as a kid. I started running casually after college-- 2 to 3 miles a few times a week along the neighborhood sidewalk. I "trained" for local races like the Cherry Creek Sneak and the Bolder Boulder. I even signed up for a marathon training group. I thought running a marathon would be an incredible accomplishment.
About 1/2 of the way through marathon training, my body started to break down. Somewhere around the "20 miles per week" level of training, I started to get shin splints. The leaders of the marathon training group told me, "you should get professionally fitted for shoes. Go to Runners Roost." I did. They fitted me, and I walked out with a $135 pair of shoes. The shin splints got a little better.
About 3/4 of the way through the program, I dropped out of a 18 mile group training running. I had a pain on the side of my knee that made it excruciating to take steps. My doctor sent me to a physical therapist that diagnosed it as an inflamed IT band. He prescribed some exercises and 2 weeks of rest. I dropped out of the marathon training group, and complied perfectly. The pain went away. ...until I tried to run again. The same pain, with the same intensity, came back after a mile of running. Over the next few months, I would try resting, physical therapy and running without any success.
Has to be the therapist's fault, right? I tried another, and then another, and another. I even traveled to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs a few times to meet with a specialist (a guy that invented something called Active Release). I had great insurance but was still paying a copay for each visit. I was in deep-- several thousand dollars (one $20 copay at a time). I was on my second pair of custom orthotics and had a basement full of stretchy bands, massage sticks, foam rollers, compression socks and other items meant to help. I had my gait video analyzed by a coach at CU who told me it looked 'great, if not excellent.' ...oh yeah, and don't forget all the acupuncture!
But the pain was getting worse. It was now painful just to walk around the house. ...my leg even hurt in bed! At this point, all I wanted to do was walk (fucking walk!) without pain.
I stepped it up a bit and went to the Steadman Clinic in Vail. This is the place where all the pro athletes go to get their knees fixed. I had an MRI, and they confirmed my fear-- "this looks structural. You're not going to fix this through rehab. We need to do surgery."
I knew my fate was probably surgery. I figured that the only thing I hadn't tried yet was something more "alternative" though, and I should give that one shot before going under the knife. That is when I remembered a really weird guy that came to do a seminar after one of the marathon training group workouts. I thought the guy was weird b/c he told the crowd that he had run several 100 mile races. I didn't know that such a thing existed! The guy was lean and looked to be about 45 years old. He told us he was over 60. I also remember him saying that he had knee pain as a beginning runner.
I looked him up and found that he had an office in Boulder. That would certainly qualify as "alternative" ;-). I made an appointment and went to see him. I showed up ready for some stretching and bending and moving on his therapy table. But we didn't do that. I thought maybe he'd have me run. We didn't do that either. I simply took off my shoes, and walked up and down the hallway of his office while he watched. He nodded like he had seen this many times before. Then, he pulled out a video camera to show me what he saw. When we watched the video together he was pointing out things like a 'dropped shoulder' and 'tilted pelvis'. He pointed out 6 or 7 things that he seemed to see clearly. I still had no idea what he was talking about. But this still seemed better for surgery. I decided to come back.
The next few times I visited, we kept walking. Still no running. No water jogging. No balance ball work or wobble boards. No resistance bands or foam rollers. All we did was walk. And talk a lot. And things started to click. I could start to feel the things he was talking about in the video. I could feel a difference in my walk after making the oh-so-slight adjustments he suggested. A few weeks of this, and we moved along to running.
NO JOKE-- after 2+ years of pain and facing a 'no choice' surgery, I was running without pain for miles at a time. It wasn't "less pain", it was "no pain". I threw out my orthotics (at Douglas's request), and started to ramp up my mileage. After a few months, I jumped back into a marathon training program under Douglas's direction. I ran my first marathon in 3:30. I ran some faster before getting the bug to run longer distances. Last summer, I ran my first 50K (32mile) race. I finished 5th in my division.
I've now been running with Douglas for about 4 years. I've been down a few times with injuries, but in each case, they were related to my form and were fixed quickly and without major reductions to training. Heck, i even 'ran through' a sprained ankle for 20 miles one time. ...it wasn't about bearing the pain, it was about correcting the form and letting my body move naturally and efficiently. There was no pain.
Experiences like that have profoundly changed the way I view running. I now see running as an opportunity to study how the body moves and how we interact with forces like gravity and inertia. The running motion to me is now about the whole body, not just my feet. This greater understanding of how all the ‘parts are connected’ has helped me in so many other athletic pursuits. And none of this even recognizes the stronger effect running has had on my life emotionally. …running alone in the woods with your thoughts for 20 miles can open up parts of your soul you didn’t know about (see, I told you this was alternative!)
Douglas helped me to become a good runner. I’m definitely not elite, but I feel like running can be an enjoyable part of my life. …for the rest of my life. I feel like I can now run without pain. And if pain arises, I feel like I know what to do about it. I absolutely love this! I highly recommend Douglas to anyone that wishes they could run effortlessly and feel strong and full of energy.
Epilogue:
So a few months after killing it at the 50K race, I went to a “trial day” at a Crossfit affiliate in Broomfield (near work). I have always been a really skinny/lanky guy, but figured I was in good shape. Actually, I figured I was in GREAT shape after the 50K.
What I learned in 9min30sec at Crossfit that day, was that I wasn’t fit for shit. In warm-ups, I couldn’t do a single pullup or string together 5 pushups. Years of running had wasted away my upper body. The WOD was Burpees and Deadlifts. I was scaled back massively, and thought I was going to die. Nine minutes and thirty seconds was all it took to open my eyes to a new definition of fitness. Crossfit looked really strange and really hard. I signed up! Finding out that an explosive hip thrust is an important part of getting the bar overhead reminded me of the day I found out that a properly placed chin is key to keeping a good running pace.
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