Way before we were scratching pictures on caves or beating rhythms on hollow trees we were perfecting the art of combining our breath and mind and muscles into fluid self-propulsion over wild terrain.
Christopher McDougallI received the best advice for running I ever heard: 'You're not going to win, so just relax. If it feels like work, you're running too hard.
Christopher McDougallWe've got a motto here-you're tougher than you think you are, and you can do more than you think you can.
Christopher McDougallBut you can't muscle through a five-hour run that way; you have to relax into it like easing your body into a hot bath, until it no longer resists the shock and begins to enjoy it.
Christopher McDougall