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Even Charles Darwin, That Human Decoder Ring Of Bizarre Behavior, Found The Idea Of Saving A Stranger's Life To Be A Total Head-scratcher.

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.

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.

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.

He Was Onto Something. Something Huge. It Wasn't Just How To Run; It Was How To Live, The Essence Of Who We Are As A Species And What We're Meant To Be.