"Try the meditation of the trail, just walk……" — Christopher McDougall
"Try the meditation of the trail, just walk along looking at the trail at your feet and don't look about and just fall into a trance as the ground zips by," Kerouac wrote. "Trails are like that: you're floating along in a Shakespearean Arden paradise and expect to see nymphs and fluteboys, then suddenly you're struggling in a hot broiling sun of hell in dust and nettles and poison oak... just like life."
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59 Quotes by Christopher McDougall
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We were born to run; we were born because we run.
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If you can run six miles on a summer day, then you, my friend, are a lethal weapon in the…
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The only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love it.
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Anyone can do running. Running should be easy. It should be fun. It should include everyone. It shouldn't be a…
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There is a growing subculture of barefoot runners, people who got rid of their shoes. And what they have found…
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We are the biggest sissies in the jungle. Every other animal is stronger than we are - they have fangs,…
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