Running techniques: Chi, Pose, Natural and others
Comparing running methods: ChiRunning, Pose running, Natural running, barefoot running and others. What do they have in common, and what are the differences?
Comparing running methods: ChiRunning, Pose running, Natural running, barefoot running and others. What do they have in common, and what are the differences?
I learned Hebrew for an hour a day for 30 days, using a new technique: learning 10 sentences and recording myself. Here’s the result — me speaking.
A summary of all the lessons from the book Ready to Run, a book on preventing running injuries, by Kelly Starrett and PJ Murphy.
This is one of a series of posts I’ll make on running, in the lead-up to our mission to run distance in Kenya. One of our missions (really, one of my missions) coming up soon in our plan is to go running in Kenya. I’ve been preparing for this, ramping up distance, pace and technique,…
Hebrew is thousands of years old and yet has evolved into a language that many use as their primary — or only — language. This is its story.
Mandarin Chinese was my sixth language to learn to fluency. Here are my favourite resources that I used, all of which are the best today. Most of them are free or cheap!
The story of the Zabaleen – “Garbage People” who have for generations been the informal backbone of Cairo’s waste management.
The best resources we used to get good in beginner Hebrew fast, all of them cheap (and some free).
Lingvist is a fun app that teaches you sentences by getting you to put in the missing word. However, we wouldn’t recommend it for serious language study.
Examining how hard Korean is for English speakers. Quite hard! Don’t be fooled by the phonetic alphabet.