Humans Are Built For Endurance, Not Speed.

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.

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

If You Read Folklore And Mythology, Any Kind Of Myths, Any Kind Of Tall Tales, Running Is Always Associated With Freedom And Vitality And Youthfulness And Eternal Vigor. It's Only In Our Lifetime That Running Has Become Associated With Fear And Pain.

Perhaps All Our Troubles - All The Violence, Obesity, Illness, Depression, And Greed We Can't Overcome - Began When We Stopped Living As Running People. Deny Your Nature, And It Will Erupt In Some Other, Uglier Way.

Way Before We Were Scratching Pictures On Caves Or Beating Rhythms On Hollow Trees We Were Perfecting The Art Of Combining Our Breath And Mind And Muscles Into Fluid Self-propulsion Over Wild Terrain.