Sublime

Somebody may beat me—but they’re going to have to bleed to do it.”

When my colleague Dr. Aaron Baggish attached accelerometers (tiny devices, like Fitbits, that measure steps per day) to more than twenty Tarahumara men, he discovered they walked on average ten miles a day. In other words, the training that enables them to run back-to-back marathons is the physical work that is part and parcel of their everyday lif

In less than a year, I’d traveled from quitting running to twentieth at nationals, then to sixth, and now, second among the Americans at worlds. It seemed as though when my mind talked, my body listened, opening me to progress. My plan was to keep making more.

Before running a big race, you always want to walk the track.

tarahumara: ‘Cuando corres sobre la tierra y corres con la tierra, puedes correr para siempre’ ”.

Run 2,020 kilometers and raise $20,200 for charity along the way! Through training and racing of all distances.” —thecopper28