You Don't Have To Be Fast. But

Know Why People Run Marathons? …because Running Is Rooted In Our Collective Imagination, And Our Imagination Is Rooted In Running. Language, Art, Science; Space Shuttles, Starry Night, Intravascular Surgery; They All Had Their Roots In Our Ability To Run. Running Was The Superpower That Made Us Human — Which Means Its A Superpower All Humans Posses.

If You Can Run Six Miles On A Summer Day, Then You, My Friend, Are A Lethal Weapon In The Animal Kingdom.

Everyone Is Built For Running.

Humans Are Built For Endurance, Not Speed. We're Awful Sprinters Compared To Every Other Animal. We Try To Run Our Races As If They Were Speed Races, But They Are Not. They're Endurance Races. Even A Marathon, The Way It's Run Now, It's Not An Endurance Contest.

Nearly All Runners Do Their Slow Runs Too Fast, And Their Fast Runs Too Slow." Ken Mierke Says. "so They're Just Training Their Bodies To Burn Sugar, Which Is The Last Thing A Distance Runner Wants. You've Got Enough Fat Stored To Run To California, So The More You Train Your Body To Burn Fat Instead Of Sugar, The Longer Your Limited Sugar Tank Is Going To Last." -the Way To Activate Your Fat-burning Furnace Is By Staying Below Your Aerobic Threshold--your Hard-breathing Point--during Your Endurance Runs.