Everyone Is Built For Running.

Try The Meditation Of The Trail, Just Walk Along Looking At The Trail At Your Feet And Don't Look About And Just Fall Into A Trance As The Ground Zips By," Kerouac Wrote. "trails Are Like That: You're Floating Along In A Shakespearean Arden Paradise And Expect To See Nymphs And Fluteboys, Then Suddenly You're Struggling In A Hot Broiling Sun Of Hell In Dust And Nettles And Poison Oak... Just Like Life.

For Nearly 2 Million Years, Our Ancestors Survived And Thrived And Spread Across The Planet Because They Could Run Other Mammals Into Heat Exhaustion.

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.

Deny Your Nature, And It Will Erupt In Some Other, Uglier Way.

Make Friends With Pain, And You Will Never Be Alone.~ken Chlouber, Colorado Miner And Creator Of The Leadville Trail 100 Mile Race