There Is A Growing Subculture Of Barefoot

If You Can Run Six Miles On A Summer Day, Then You, My Friend, Are A Lethal Weapon In The Animal Kingdom.

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

Know Why People Run Marathons? …because Running Is Rooted In Our Collective Imagination, And Our Imagination Is Rooted In Running. Language, Art, Science; Space Shuttles, Starry Night, Intravascular Surgery; They All Had Their Roots In Our Ability To Run. Running Was The Superpower That Made Us Human — Which Means Its A Superpower All Humans Posses.

In 'tarahumara' Land, There Was No Crime, War Or Theft. There Was No Corruption, Obesity, Drug Addiction, Greed, Wife-beating, Child Abuse, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Or Carbon Emissions. They Didn't Get Diabetes, Or Depressed, Or Even Old: 50-year-olds Outran Teenagers.

We're Constantly Told That Running Will Ruin Our Knees And Outrage Our Hearts, But For Nearly All Of Human Existence, It Was Associated With Freedom, Vitality, And Eternal Youth.