Some of the history behind Keynan running and the people who influenced it and were influenced by them.

Nice sharing and analysis frm Neil Scholes

Some food for thought when it's hard or impossible to get out the door for a run...no matter how short the distance.

Nothing to add. Just watch, listen, and enjoy.  Practice running lightly over the surface of terra firma.  When you run in sync with a partner or several, you carry each other mile after mile.

Leah Kalish and a growing group of teachers and educators have committed to bring a mindfulness approach along with movement to school children of all ages from early childhood development through K to 12.  UCSD Center for MIndfulness holds it yearly conference in early February: Bridging the Hearts and Minds of Youth: MIndfulness in Clincal Practice, Education and Reserach where the growing number of educators, researchers, and clinicians come together to share what is working.

Google "Mindfulness & Children" to see what is being done around the globe. So much good information and sharing is available.

Interesting video shared by FootKinetics from Canal+. Culture, Attitude, Commitment, Caring and Competition.  Some insights that running is total: Body, Mind, and Spirit.  ozzie MIndfulness.com

Some good advice gathered by Sabrina Grotewold for Active.com

Mindful Running is meditation on the move. One way to play with present moment/only moment; or breath; or being present with each step.

In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, he talks about mechanics working on a car with the music playing.  One cannot hear the subtle sounds that silence allows one to hear.

So for me I listen to my breath, my footsteps, my movement of arms, legs, torso, watching for what self-talk invades my run.  All those subtle cues that I would never hear or be aware of with ear buds blocking out me being present, awake, aware and running intentionally.

A great collection of latest research and suggestions to help you in your marathon running and conditioning.