Walking: One Step at a Time
When he slows down, he told us, he can see and feel so much more. Plus, he likes the physical challenge.
Caroline Van Hemert • The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
attention to the sensations of the run, we may notice a sound that our brains usually filter out as unimportant or a smell that reminds us of a meaningful memory. When it comes to our overstimulated sense, vision, picking out a small detail can bring something novel and beautiful to the run. Jay Shetty spoke of this concept in his book Think Like a
... See moreZoë Rom • Becoming a Sustainable Runner: A Guide to Running for Life, Community, and Planet
you need to walk a city’s streets to see its soul.
Edward Glaeser • Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier
Enrique Peñalosa, the former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, sees things in a much simpler light: “God made us walking animals—pedestrians. As a fish needs to swim, a bird to fly, a deer to run, we need to walk, not in order to survive, but to be happy.”