--- title: "13 Way Quotes By Christopher McDougall" description: "13 Way quotes by Christopher McDougall. Plus more from Christopher McDougall and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/christopher-mcdougall-2557_conquer_the-only-way-to-truly-conquer-something_2150328.png" --- > [The only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/the-only-way-to-truly-conquer-something-as-every-great-philosopher/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/christopher-mcdougall-2557_conquer_the-only-way-to-truly-conquer-something_2150328.png) > [Deny your nature, and it will erupt in some other, uglier way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/deny-your-nature-and-it-will-erupt-in-some-other-uglier-way/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/christopher-mcdougall-2557_deny_deny-your-nature-and-it-will-erupt-in-so_2377620.png) > [There's something so universal about that sensation, the way running unites our two most primal impulses: fear and pleasure. We run when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/there-s-something-so-universal-about-that-sensation-the-way-running/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/christopher-mcdougall-2557_ecstatic_there-s-something-so-universal-about-tha_873396.jpg) > [Faced with the almost inescapable conclusion that it had been selling lemons, Nike shifted into make-lemonade mode. Jeff Pisciotta became head of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/faced-with-the-almost-inescapable-conclusion-that-it-had-been-selling/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/christopher-mcdougall-2557_bucks_faced-with-the-almost-inescapable-conclu_923794.png) > [But you can't muscle through a five-hour run that way; you have to relax into it like easing your body into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/but-you-can-t-muscle-through-a-five-hour-run-that-way-you-have-to/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/christopher-mcdougall-2557_baths_but-you-can-t-muscle-through-a-five-hour_1635381.png) > [Perhaps all our troubles - all the violence, obesity, illness, depression, and greed we can't overcome - began when we stopped living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/perhaps-all-our-troubles-all-the-violence-obesity-illness-depression/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/christopher-mcdougall-2557_deny_perhaps-all-our-troubles-all-the-violenc_2445263.jpg) > [Only recently have we come up with the technology to turn lazing around into a way of life. We've taken our sinewy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/only-recently-have-we-come-up-with-the-technology-to-turn-lazing/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d90/christopher-mcdougall-2557_artificial_only-recently-have-we-come-up-with-the-t_665993.png) > [Way before we were scratching pictures on caves or beating rhythms on hollow trees we were perfecting the art of combining our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/way-before-we-were-scratching-pictures-on-caves-or-beating-rhythms-on/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/877/christopher-mcdougall-2557_art_way-before-we-were-scratching-pictures-o_2371911.png) > [ But yeah, Ann \[Trason\] insisted, running was romantic; and no, of course her friends didn't get it because they'd never broken through.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/but-yeah-ann-trason-insisted-running-was-romantic-and-no-of-course/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/christopher-mcdougall-2557_baths_but-yeah-ann-trason-insisted-running-was_385829.jpg) > [Humans are built for endurance, not speed. We're awful sprinters compared to every other animal. We try to run our races as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/humans-are-built-for-endurance-not-speed-we-re-awful-sprinters/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7d/christopher-mcdougall-2557_animal_humans-are-built-for-endurance-not-speed_1723378.jpg) > [Distance running was revered because it was indispensable; it was the way we survived and thrived and spread across the planet. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/distance-running-was-revered-because-it-was-indispensable-it-was-the-2/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdf/christopher-mcdougall-2557_born_distance-running-was-revered-because-it_2199241.png) > [Nearly all runners do their slow runs too fast, and their fast runs too slow." Ken Mierke says. "So they're just training…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/nearly-all-runners-do-their-slow-runs-too-fast-and-their-fast-runs/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/christopher-mcdougall-2557_body_nearly-all-runners-do-their-slow-runs-to_32301.jpg) > [That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/that-was-the-real-secret-of-the-tarahumara-they-d-never-forgotten/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a4/christopher-mcdougall-2557_ancestor_that-was-the-real-secret-of-the-tarahuma_1480680.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Christopher McDougall > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/we-run-when-we-re-scared-we-run-when-we-re-ecstatic-we-run-away-from/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) > [“Whenever an art form loses its fire, when it gets weakened by intellectual inbreeding and first principles fade into stale tradition, a radical fringe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/whenever-an-art-form-loses-its-fire-when-it-gets-weakened-by/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/nearly-all-runners-do-their-slow-runs-too-fast-and-their-fast-runs/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/death-valley-is-the-perfect-flesh-grilling-device-the-foreman-grill/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) > [We were born to run; we were born because we run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/we-were-born-to-run-we-were-born-because-we-run/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/that-it-took-him-nearly-the-entire-walk-to-notice-what-was-happening/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/extreme-heroism-springs-from-something-that-no-scientific-theory-can/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) > [You don't have to be fast. But you'd better be fearless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/you-don-t-have-to-be-fast-but-you-d-better-be-fearless/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) > [“To live with ghosts requires solitude. —ANNE MICHAELS, Fugitive Pieces”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/to-live-with-ghosts-requires-solitude-anne-michaels-fugitive-pieces/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) > [...there was some kind of connection between the capacity to love and the capacity to love \*running\*. The engineering was certainly the same: both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/there-was-some-kind-of-connection-between-the-capacity-to-love-and/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) > [“You get leafy greens in your body first thing in the morning and you'll lose a lot of weight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/you-get-leafy-greens-in-your-body-first-thing-in-the-morning-and-you/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) > [“Distance running demands a brain-body connection that no other creature is capable of.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/distance-running-demands-a-brain-body-connection-that-no-other/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) > [“Ultra god Scott Jurek summed up the Young Guns’ unofficial creed with a quote from William James he stuck on the end of every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/ultra-god-scott-jurek-summed-up-the-young-guns-unofficial-creed-with/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) > [“The way to activate your fat-burning furnace is by staying below your aerobic threshold—your hard-breathing point—during your endurance runs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/the-way-to-activate-your-fat-burning-furnace-is-by-staying-below-your/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) > [“Don't fight the trail. Take what it gives you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/don-t-fight-the-trail-take-what-it-gives-you/) [Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/christopher-mcdougall/#itemlist", "name": "13 Way Quotes By Christopher McDougall", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christopher McDougall" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/the-only-way-to-truly-conquer-something-as-every-great-philosopher/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/christopher-mcdougall-2557_conquer_the-only-way-to-truly-conquer-something_2150328.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/christopher-mcdougall-2557_conquer_the-only-way-to-truly-conquer-something_2150328.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/christopher-mcdougall-2557_conquer_the-only-way-to-truly-conquer-something_2150328.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love…” — Christopher McDougall", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Deny your nature, and it will erupt in some other, uglier way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christopher McDougall" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/deny-your-nature-and-it-will-erupt-in-some-other-uglier-way/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/christopher-mcdougall-2557_deny_deny-your-nature-and-it-will-erupt-in-so_2377620.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/christopher-mcdougall-2557_deny_deny-your-nature-and-it-will-erupt-in-so_2377620.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/christopher-mcdougall-2557_deny_deny-your-nature-and-it-will-erupt-in-so_2377620.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Deny your nature, and it will erupt in some other, uglier way.” — Christopher McDougall", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's something so universal about that sensation, the way running unites our two most primal impulses: fear and pleasure. 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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. 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We try to…” — Christopher McDougall", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Distance running was revered because it was indispensable; it was the way we survived and thrived and spread across the planet. You ran to eat and to avoid being eaten; you ran to find a mate and impress her, and with her you ran off to start a new life together. You had to love running, or you wouldn't live to love anything else. And like everything else we love-everything we sentimentally call our 'passions' and 'desires'-it's really an encoded ancestral necessity. 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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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christopher McDougall" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/nearly-all-runners-do-their-slow-runs-too-fast-and-their-fast-runs/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/christopher-mcdougall-2557_body_nearly-all-runners-do-their-slow-runs-to_32301.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/christopher-mcdougall-2557_body_nearly-all-runners-do-their-slow-runs-to_32301.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/christopher-mcdougall-2557_body_nearly-all-runners-do-their-slow-runs-to_32301.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nearly all runners do their slow runs too fast, and their fast runs too slow.\" Ken Mierke says. \"So they're…” — Christopher McDougall", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. 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