We Wouldn't Be Alive Without Love We

The Reason We Race Isn't So Much To Beat Each Other... But To Be With Each Other.

We're Constantly Told That Running Will Ruin Our Knees And Outrage Our Hearts, But For Nearly All Of Human Existence, It Was Associated With Freedom, Vitality, And Eternal Youth.

You Don't Have To Be Fast. But You'd Better Be Fearless.

I Have The Idea That Running Shoes Are Based On A Kind Of Cult Idea - That Our Feet Are Flawed And We Need Shoes To Correct Those Flaws. The Shoe Companies Are In The Business Of Selling Shoes. But There's No Evidence From Running Shoe Manufacturers That They're Right. There's No Scientific Data That Running Shoes Reduce Injury.

The Tarahumara Would Party Like This All Night, Then Rouse Themselves The Next Morning To Face Off In A Running Race That Could Last Not Two Miles, Not Two Hours, But Two Full Days. According To The Mexican Historian Francisco Almada, A Tarahumara Champion Once Ran 435 Miles, The Equivalent Of Setting Out For A Jog In New York City And Not Stopping Till You Were Closing In On Detroit.