Skills | Discover Discomfort

All about learning new skills and getting fitter.

Roger Bannister running the 4 minute mile. How fast can you run it?

How Far and Fast Should You or I Be Able to Run?

May 6, 2019 by Dana Hooshmand

If you have running goals, you have to decide: how far do you aim to run? And how fast? Here’s me benchmarking myself and setting goals for everything from the 100m run to the 100 mile ultra marathon.… Read More

Running methods - Chi, Pose, Natural, Barefoot

Running | Skills

Running techniques: Chi, Pose, Natural and others

April 28, 2019 by Dana Hooshmand

Comparing running methods: ChiRunning, Pose running, Natural running, barefoot running and others. What do they have in common, and what are the differences?… Read More

two people running across a field with good form.

Running | Skills

Preventing Running Injuries — Summary of “Ready to Run”

April 20, 2019 by Dana Hooshmand

A summary of all the lessons from the book Ready to Run, a book on preventing running injuries, by Kelly Starrett and PJ Murphy.… Read More

Rechov Rakevet, a train line in Jerusalem that doubles as a walking (or running) path.

Fitness | Running

Why run?

April 18, 2019 by Dana Hooshmand

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 … Read More

running faster and longer - training running along beaches in Kenya

Fitness | Running | Skills

How to Run Faster and Longer

October 2, 2018 by Dana Hooshmand

Join me on my quest to run faster and longer, training in Kenya in June 2019.… Read More

Skills

Operation Open Water: Learning to Swim a Kilometer

September 30, 2018 by Dana Hooshmand

I’m Australian, and I’m terrible at swimming. This is my plan to swim an open water kilometer.… Read More