Age Quote by Christopher McDougall

“The first great secret to the Tarahumara’s endurance and speed and vigorous health was that running and eating were essential parts of their lives.…

— Scott Jurek

“That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running was mankind's…

— Christopher McDougall

We've created an unnatural form of running. It's not just the shoes, but we run on artificial surfaces - straight ahead, hard and steady…

— Christopher McDougall

“The truth is that running in shoes is high impact, heel-centric, promotes bad form, is relatively unstable and inflexible, tends to weaken rather than…

— Michael Sandler

I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc

— Bill Rodgers

“We were born to run; we were born because we run. We're all Running People, as the Tarahumara have always known”

— Christopher McDougall

That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running was mankind's…

— Christopher McDougall

There is a growing subculture of barefoot runners, people who got rid of their shoes. And what they have found uniformly is you get…

— Christopher McDougall

“Ironically, more impact may result from more cushioning because, to regain balance, the pillowish pile encourages the foot to plow into the ground like…

— Ken Bob Saxton

“When people focus on how the foot should land, they try to impose a forefoot landing without changing their overall running technique. But to…

— Ken Bob Saxton

Humans had run barefoot for millennia, and some still preferred doing so in the modern Stone Age of the mid-20th century, when the handful…

— Steve Rushin

Walking in softer substances like sand and grass forces the feet to work to stabilize the body and really strengthens them.

— Laird Hamilton