The Incomplete Book of Running

by Peter Sagal

we talk to ourselves about ourselves and our slow progress.

most people need a little waft of mortality to motivate them to run seriously,

As they say: Those who can’t play sports, run. Those who can’t run, run long.

When you run, you’re actually trying to forget everything you’ve learned about moving, and trying to remember how to do something you’ve forgotten.

We are evolved to run. Or we were “intelligently designed” to run, if you’re stupid.