We've Created An Unnatural Form Of Running.

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.

But Yeah, Ann [trason] Insisted, Running Was Romantic; And No, Of Course Her Friends Didn't Get It Because They'd Never Broken Through. For Them, Running Was A Miserable Two Miles Motivated Solely By Size 6 Jeans: Get On The Scale, Get Depressed, Get Your Headphones On, And Get It Over With. But You Can't Muscle Through A Five-hour Run That Way; You Have To Relax Into It, Like Easing Your Body Into A Hot Bath, Until It No Longer Resists The Shock And Begins To Enjoy It.

Blaming The Running Injury Epidemic On Big, Bad Nike Seems Too Easy - But That's Okay, Because It's Largely Their Fault.

The Only Way To Truly Conquer Something, As Every Great Philosopher And Geneticist Will Tell You, Is To Love It.

Everyone Is Built For Running.