Christopher McDougall
Christopher McDougall
Christopher McDougallis an American author and journalist best known for his 2009 best-selling book Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen. He has also written for Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, Outside, Men's Journal, and New York, and was a contributing editor for Men's Health...
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CountryUnited States of America
summer running animal
If you can run six miles on a summer day, then you, my friend, are a lethal weapon in the animal kingdom.
positive basketball running
You don't stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running.
pain race colorado
Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone.~Ken Chlouber, Colorado miner and creator of the Leadville Trail 100 mile race
motivation inspiration thinking
We are the biggest sissies in the jungle. Every other animal is stronger than we are - they have fangs, they have claws, they have nimbleness, they have speed. We think Usain Bolt is fast - Usain Bolt can get his ass kicked by a squirrel.
survival mentor beats
When it comes to mentors, you can't beat survival.
angel games born-to-run
We say the rarajipari is the game of life, ' Angel said. 'You never know how hard it will be. You never know when it will end. You can't control it. You can only adjust.
fearless born-to-run
You don't have to be fast. But you'd better be fearless.
teeth rich humans
human urine is both nutrient-rich and an effective tooth whitener
way philosopher conquer
The only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love it.
taken technology world
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.
spring common-sense psychology
Extreme heroism springs from something that no scientific theory can fully explain; it's an illogical impulse that flies in the face of biology, psychology, actuarial statistics, and basic common sense.
nike running feet
Faced with the almost inescapable conclusion that it had been selling lemons, Nike shifted into make-lemonade mode. Jeff Pisciotta became head of a top-secret and seemingly impossible project: finding a way to make a buck off a naked foot.
epidemics best-kept-secrets drug
One of the most dangerous and best-kept secrets of the medical profession is the epidemic of anesthesiologists who are addicted to their own drugs.
way deny
Deny your nature, and it will erupt in some other, uglier way.