About Brenda

"I discovered ChiRunning, and my running life was reborn".

Brenda Gibson became Ohio's first certified ChiRunning and ChiWalking instructor in 2006. Since then she has been teaching regularly in the Dayton, Ohio area. She has traveled to Chicago and California to teach ChiRunning at workshops with ChiRunning creator Danny Dreyer and Master Instructor Kathy Griest. She also has served as an assistant instructor at the ChiRunning Instructors Training in Asheville, NC preparing upcoming instructors. Brenda also travels annually to California for private on-going lessons with a Master Instructor.

I’ve always had an on-again, off-again love affair with running. I loved it; it didn’t love me. I loved the endorphin release – even if the run itself, was always hard work. I didn’t love the daily aches and pains. The athletic injuries in high school and college, and a car accident in my 20s didn’t help matters any. Shin splints, back pain, and years later knee pain made running more trouble than it was worth. After years of starting and stopping for injuries and pain, I abandoned it altogether about many years.

I discovered ChiRunning in September of 2005 and my running life was reborn. After flying to Baltimore for a class, I knew I wanted to bring back this amazing technique to Ohio to those who have stopped running because of pain, to those who never started because running was “too hard,” and to experienced runners who wanted to go faster and run into old age without injury. 

I wanted to bring back ChiWalking for those who want to build health and fitness through walking, whether in races, around the block, or to and from their car at the grocery.

ChiRunning has truly changed my running life. I am running for the first time without pain and with so little effort I have to force myself to stop so I don’t do more than my body is ready for.

Because of past injuries, I am very susceptible to injury so proper form is crucial to my pain-free running. And I’ll be watching your form as carefully.

While I became an instructor for running, ChiWalking has been a pleasant surprise. With ChiWalking, my legs don’t tire, and I’m walking faster than I ever have before.

I am so excited to bring ChiRunning and ChiWalking to Ohio. Let me help you learn to run or walk faster, farther, with greater ease and balance than you’ve ever known before.

Brenda