Notes:

2:29 - Jae’s background and how she went from hating running to loving it

5:27 - what the feldenkrais method is 

11:29 - how changes in running and movement affect the brain

19:32  - how do we work through the challenges in life that prevent us from moving or running

30:12 - how your upper body can effect your lower body

36:02 - foam rollers… should you use them?

38:44 - what data should you track when you are running to optimize your health 

45:44 - what other things you can do between runs

49:49 - can running make you fat and thoughts on fasted runs

59:50 - what shows to wear when you run

Links:

• the balanced runner system
• Feldenkrais Method
• the alexander technique
• ‘Born to Run’ - the book by Christopher McDougall
• animal that becomes a plant based on movement
• standing desk that is a hamster wheel
• the wave tool
• why running on treadmills all the time isn’t the best
• numi chocolate pu erh tea
• bulletproof coffee
• Xero shoes
• FiveFinger vibram shoes
• naboso insoles
• BAER shoes
• softstar  shoes
• vivobarefoot
• the mind your running challenge
• the balanced runners system online camp
   

Quotes:

6:18 - “Your brains exist to organize movement and everything else that a brain does is built on top of that fundamental function.”

7:44 - “Running is a part of our biological inheritance.”

16:37: - “The real end of it all is when you get sent to school and you have to sit at a desk all day.”

31:25- “Wherever you fight yourself you waste a tremendous amount of energy, you create stress and you setup potential for injuries.”

42:33 “We need to vary the stresses on our body… the very worst thing you can do is run always on a treadmill listening to an audio book or watching something.”