One Of The Most Dangerous And Best-kept

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.

We've Got A Motto Here-you're Tougher Than You Think You Are, And You Can Do More Than You Think You Can.

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.

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.

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.