So much of running is, unfortunately, associated with this idea that if you’re not uncomfortable you’re not doing it right. It’s completely the wrong message to associate with running. I call it the David Goggins effect – you know, you’ve got to destroy your kidneys or you haven’t really tried your hardest. I’d actually set out to write a different book titled King of the Weekend Warriors and I was writing it because I was disturbed by the “no pain, no gain”, “run yourself into the hospital” mentality that has been spreading through running. I never intended to circle back, but I did for two reasons. What made you want revisit it?Ĭhristopher McDougall: ‘I wasn’t planning ever to do a Born To Run 2 – to me that was a one-off adventure and I felt the curtain dropped at just the right point. Runner's World: Born To Run was one of the biggest books in running history.
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