That Was The Real Secret Of The

Endurance, After All, Is The Only Reason We Even Exist. We Think Of Ourselves As Nature's Deadliest Animals, But The Truth Is, A Naked Human Is The Biggest Wimp In The Wild. We Have No Fangs, No Claws, No Strength, And No Speed.

He Was Onto Something. Something Huge. It Wasn't Just How To Run; It Was How To Live, The Essence Of Who We Are As A Species And What We're Meant To Be.

We Were Born To Run; We Were Born Because We Run.

...there Was Some Kind Of Connection Between The Capacity To Love And The Capacity To Love *running*. The Engineering Was Certainly The Same: Both Depended On Loosening Your Grip On Your Own Desires, Putting Aside What You Wanted And Appreciating What You've Got, Being Patient And Forgiving And... Undemanding...maybe We Shouldn't Be Surprised That Getting Better At One Could Make You Better At The Other.

In 'tarahumara' Land, There Was No Crime, War Or Theft. There Was No Corruption, Obesity, Drug Addiction, Greed, Wife-beating, Child Abuse, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Or Carbon Emissions. They Didn't Get Diabetes, Or Depressed, Or Even Old: 50-year-olds Outran Teenagers.