Wednesday: 11 km
Thursday: 11 km
Monday: 11 km
About two months ago a friend lend me a fascinating book: "Born To run" by Christopher McDougall. The book is as inspiring as it is thought provoking. In summary, "Born To Run" is about distance running and concludes that mankind was build to run. Like a mythbuster in book form it completely disproves the myth that runni
ng is bad for feet, shins, knees and legs and should only be done in reasonable measures. It labels all that Nike, Adidas and Asics etc have been telling us the last 40 years as nothing but marketing bullshit. Are you one of those persons who can no longer go for a run because your shins, feet, knees or back is in extreme pain after few kilometers? Then maybe you should read this book....When I ran my first marathon 3 years ago I had an incredible surge of what I can only describe as the purest, most intense feeling of happiness I have ever experienced. It started around the 30 kilometer mark and continued until I went to bed. Since then I have noticed that for me, running is a 100% reliable cure for stress, frustration and unhappiness. Go for a run and you're guaranteed to come back happy. My wife feels exactly the same way, as does most of the other running addicts that I know and have discussed it with. Why is that? Why does running, which is such a tiring thing to do, make most people so bloody happy, make them feel so good? I don't know. Surely science will tell us that endorphins, hormones, chemicals and the like are released during prolonged bouts of exercise... Whatever the biological, physiological or psychological reasons are, the fact remains that running makes people happy and makes people feel good. And because of this, it seems to me that Christopher McDougall is right: We were build and born to run. If we weren't then surely we wouldn't feel so good when we do it!
Born To Run! This is a fantastic, and very inspiring fact to have in the back of your mind when you are out on a run, tired and wondering why the hell you shouldn't just give up and go home. There's no arguing with this fact. We run because this is what we were build to do. We run, because this is what we need, to keep us happy and healthy.
If you're a runner, then read this book. If you're not a runner, then read it anyway.
Marathon Madsen
Well done Thomas, but remember "“Once you realize the road is the goal and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal, but to enjoy its beauty and wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural & simple, in itself an ecstasy”. Flemming, on long long holiday in Fuengirola, Spain
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