When It Comes To Mentors,

The Tarahumara Would Party Like This All Night, Then Rouse Themselves The Next Morning To Face Off In A Running Race That Could Last Not Two Miles, Not Two Hours, But Two Full Days. According To The Mexican Historian Francisco Almada, A Tarahumara Champion Once Ran 435 Miles, The Equivalent Of Setting Out For A Jog In New York City And Not Stopping Till You Were Closing In On Detroit.

Running Is The Heart Of What It Means To Be Human.

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 - Instead Of Speeding Up And Slowing Down, Reacting To The Terrain With Changes Of Pace And Rhythm.

Perhaps All Our Troubles - All The Violence, Obesity, Illness, Depression, And Greed We Can't Overcome - Began When We Stopped Living As Running People. Deny Your Nature, And It Will Erupt In Some Other, Uglier Way.

When I'm Out On A Long Run," She Continued, "the Only Thing In Life That Matters Is Finishing The Run. For Once, My Brain Isn't Going Blehblehbleh All The Time. Everything Quiets Down, And The Only Thing Going On Is Pure Flow. It's Jus Time And The Movement And The Motion.that's What Love--just Being A Barbarian, Running Through The Woods.