Sublime

Bon élève et avide lecteur, j’acquiers donc la bible de l’ultra-trail, ces courses de plus de 80 km en milieu naturel avec un dénivelé conséquent : Ultra-trail : plaisir, performance et santé, de Guillaume Millet.

Without seeming like a madman or an idiot, how would I explain to a hunter-gatherer, a farmer in Pemja, or even my great-great-great-grandparents that I spend most of my days sitting in chairs and then compensate for my idleness by paying money to go to a gym to make myself sweaty, tired, and uncomfortable on a machine that forces me to struggle to

Many other cities lay claim to being running cities, but Boston isn’t like London or Berlin. In Boston runners are everywhere, in the city, down by the Charles River. There are few places that I have been that I have loved as much. No matter what time of day or night you head out there are always runners. It seems to be in the veins of Bostonians.

running is both exercise and a metaphor. Running day after day, piling up the races, bit by bit I raise the bar, and by clearing each level I elevate myself.

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

The essential premise of this myth is that people like the Tarahumara whose bodies are untainted by modern decadent lifestyles are natural superathletes, not only capable of amazing physical feats, but also free from laziness.