He was onto something. Something huge. It wasn't just how to run; it was how to live, the essence of who we… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“Strictly by accident, Scott stumbled upon the most advanced weapon in the ultrarunner's arsenal: instead of cringing from fatigue, you embrace it.… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“Know why people run marathons? Because running is rooted in our collective imagination, and our imagination is rooted in running. Language, art,… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
I received the best advice for running I ever heard: 'You're not going to win, so just relax. If it feels like… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
The words of the social critic Eric Hoffer were ringing true: "Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
Ask nothing from your running, and you'll get more than you ever imagined! — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
We run when we're scared, we run when we're ecstatic, we run away from our problems and run around for a good time. — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“Whenever an art form loses its fire, when it gets weakened by intellectual inbreeding and first principles fade into stale tradition, a radical fringe… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
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… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“Death Valley is the perfect flesh-grilling device, the Foreman Grill in Mother Nature’s cupboard. It’s a big, shimmering sea of salt ringed by mountains… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“that it took him nearly the entire walk to notice what was happening: his back didn’t hurt. Didn’t hurt a bit. Heyyy … Ted… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
Extreme heroism springs from something that no scientific theory can fully explain; it's an illogical impulse that flies in the face of biology, psychology,… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“To live with ghosts requires solitude. —ANNE MICHAELS, Fugitive Pieces” — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
...there was some kind of connection between the capacity to love and the capacity to love *running*. The engineering was certainly the same: both… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“You get leafy greens in your body first thing in the morning and you'll lose a lot of weight.” — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“Distance running demands a brain-body connection that no other creature is capable of.” — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
