Born to run Quote by Christopher McDougall

“Just move your legs. Because if you don’t think you were born to run, you’re not only denying history. You’re denying who you are.” quote by Christopher McDougall — Download Open image

““Just move your legs. Because if you don’t think you were born to run, you’re not only denying history. You’re denying who you are.””

Christopher McDougall

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“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 that bottle up the heat and force it right back down on your skull. The average air temperature hovers around 125 degrees, but once the sun rises and begins broiling the desert floor, the ground beneath…

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“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…

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“To live with ghosts requires solitude. —ANNE MICHAELS, Fugitive Pieces”

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...there was some kind of connection between the capacity to love and the capacity to love *running*. The engineering was certainly the same: both depended on loosening your grip on your own desires, putting aside what you wanted and appreciating what you've got, being patient and forgiving and... undemanding...maybe we shouldn't be surprised that getting better at one could make…

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“You get leafy greens in your body first thing in the morning and you'll lose a lot of weight.”

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“As he ran next to Noriko, a thought suddenly occurred to him. The screaming, their hasty footsteps, and the officer warning them to stop all receded as his mind was occupied with this thought. It might have been inappropriate. And besides… he'd ripped it off. Oh, man. But still he thought this: Together Noriko we'll live with the sadness. I'll…

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