When It Comes To Mentors,

Everyone Is Built For Running.

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 To Burn Sugar, Which Is The Last Thing A Distance Runner Wants. 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.

Deny Your Nature, And It Will Erupt In Some Other, Uglier Way.

Only Recently Have We Come Up With The Technology To Turn Lazing Around Into A Way Of Life. We've Taken Our Sinewy, Durable, Hunter-gatherer Bodies And Plunked Them Into An Artificial World Of Leisure.

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 First Fine Art, Our Original Act Of Inspired Creation.