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Anyone can do running. Running should be easy. It should be fun. It should include everyone. It shouldn't be a punishment for eating cheesecake, which is what we've turned it into.

~Christopher Mcdougall

Topics: Anyone Cheesecake Easy Eating Everyone Fun Include Punishment Running Should Turned Which

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We've created an unnatural form of running. It's not just the shoes, but we run on artificial surfaces - straight ahead, hard and steady - instead of speeding up and slowing down, reacting to the terrain with changes of pace and rhythm.

~Christopher Mcdougall

Topics: Artificial Changes Created Down Form Hard Instead Just Pace Reacting Rhythm Run Running Shoes Slowing Speeding Steady Straight Terrain Unnatural Up Ahead

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Extreme heroism springs from something that no scientific theory can fully explain; it's an illogical impulse that flies in the face of biology, psychology, actuarial statistics, and basic common sense.

~Christopher Mcdougall

Topics: Basic Biology Common Common Sense Explain Extreme Face Flies Fully Heroism Illogical Impulse Psychology Scientific Sense Something Springs Statistics Theory

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I received the best advice for running I ever heard: 'You're not going to win, so just relax. If it feels like work, you're running too hard.'

~Christopher Mcdougall

Topics: Advice Best Ever Feels Going Hard Heard Just Like Received Relax Running Too Win Work You

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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.

~Christopher Mcdougall

Topics: After Animals Biggest Claws Deadliest Endurance Even Exist Human Naked Nature Only Ourselves Reason Speed Strength Think Truth Truth Is Wild

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We don't woo our wives with clubs. We don't leave old folks on ice floes. And maybe the time has come to quit diving into rip tides to save people we don't know. We've outgrown a lot of survival-of-the-fittest strategies, and risking our lives for strangers might be one of them.

~Christopher Mcdougall

Topics: Clubs Come Diving Folks Ice Know Leave Lives Lot Maybe Might Old Our Our Lives People Quit Rip Risking Save Strangers Strategies Them Tides Time Wives Woo

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We're designed for persistence hunting, which is a mix of running and walking. What's built into that kind of running is a sense of pleasure. You are designed and built and perfect for this activity, and it should be enjoyable and fun.

~Christopher Mcdougall

Topics: Activity Built Designed Enjoyable Fun Hunting Kind Mix Perfect Persistence Pleasure Running Sense Should Walking Which You

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There's this kind of war on running - people keep telling you you'll get hurt, get injured, that you need orthotics, that you need go to a special running store before you try it. There's this totally misconceived notion that it's hard to do, and it's not.

~Christopher Mcdougall

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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.

~Christopher Mcdougall

Topics: Animal Awful Built Compared Contest Endurance Even Every Humans Marathon Now Other Our Races Run Speed Try Way Were

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The 'Tarahumara' use their legs 'as designed.' By running at a young age with minimal footwear, they naturally develop the best biomechanical use of their legs. Cushioned shoes restrict foot movements and allow for over-striding. Short strides are natural.

~Christopher Mcdougall

Topics: Age Allow Best Designed Develop Foot Legs Minimal Movements Natural Naturally Restrict Running Shoes Short Strides Use Young Young Age

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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