Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen

by Christopher McDougall

The best runner leaves no tracks.

once the gift leaves your hand, it was never yours to begin with.

iskiate is otherwise known as chia fresca— “chillychia.” It’s brewed up by dissolving chia seeds in water with a little sugar and a squirt of lime.

chia is like a smoothie made from salmon, spinach, and human growth hormone. As tiny as those seeds are, they’re superpacked with omega-3s, omega-6s, protein, calcium, iron, zinc, fiber, and antioxidants.

Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone.

they’d never forgotten what it felt like to love running.

running was mankind’s first fine art, our original act of inspired creation.

We were born to run; we were born because we run.

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.

“Think Easy, Light, Smooth, and Fast.

“You could literally halt epidemics in their tracks with this one remedy,” he said. He flashed two fingers up in a peace sign, then slowly rotated them downward till they were scissoring through space. The Running Man.

“Just move your legs. Because if you don’t think you were born to run, you’re not only denying history. You’re denying who you are.”