articles: TESTIMONIALS
A letter from Robert Lindquist
After reading your March 2001 article titled "Tour de Zooming," I was intrigued enough to investigate further. I checked out the BreathPlay website and subsequently ordered both the Zooming and Serendipity CD's. After having a very hard 2000 in regard to racing times and energy level, I was looking for some help.
I had to completely stop running and exercising in October due to a syncope/seizure and couldn't exercise the entire month of January when I hurt my back in a non-exercise related injury in late December. I'm running in the Boston Marathon, for a charity, in April and didn't know whether I could finish let alone even start. Then I happened upon your article.
I've been following Ian Jackson's methods and philosophy for one month now and it is surprising me almost every day. The first run I did using Ian's BreathPlay techniques was a 12 mile run and I had no back pain whatsoever during or afterwards. I felt great overall and recovered quickly. I did a 20 mile run this past weekend, only 4 weeks until Boston. It went so well that I am confident I will have a good run in Boston. (Bob was taking the skills learned on a treadmill through the Serendipity CD out on his training runs.) This has done so much for my confidence I cannot tell you how good it feels.
Ian Jackson is a very articulate writer and gets his thoughts across in a way that everyone can understand. His is so supportive, it's like having my own personal trainer. If anyone's goal is to become the best runner, cyclist or swimmer you can be, which is why everyone reads Triathlete Magazine, I strongly recommend visiting his website and trying out his Zooming and Serendipity CD's. I am beginning to see why one of the medal contenders on the 1984 Olympic Cycling Team said: "Don't tell anyone else about this!"
(Bob had a "perfect" race at Boston. A high point was passing "at least 300
runners" going up Heartbreak Hill at about 21 miles.)