Comments on: Book Notes: Born to Run by Christopher McDougall

By: Bill Barnett

Bill Barnett — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:01:49 +0000

Michael, I would like to let you know that you can follow a colorful writer in his own right, Billy Barnett " Billy Bonehead". Billy is living, working and running on the big island of Hawaii. A few of his current exploits can be viewed at his bolg; billybarnett.blogspot.com. Some of your readers may want to know what the characters in the book are up to.

By: P.J. Murphy

P.J. Murphy — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:23:50 +0000

I fear I've found this site too late, but here's why I'd like to receive a copy of "Born to Run'

I'd like to share it with my dad. I'm just now starting to get back into running, and my dad feels like he's reaching the end of his recreational running career. He's run several marathons, but due to recurring pain in his feet and legs, he said he might be done. I'd love to read this book and see if it provides any insight into prolonging my dad's running career.

By: Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:17:41 +0000

I didn't START running until I was 50. It's never to late to start—or re-start!

By: Frank Chimento

Frank Chimento — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:07:18 +0000

I'm out of integrity due to difficulty in sticking to a running plan… because I guess I've become injury prone and that is completely knew and foreign to me. You see, I'm a peak performance coach and I made a commitment that I would run my first marathon before my 40th birthday, which just passed. I didn't honor my commitment and now I will have to re-arrange all my belief systems as a result. There is no failure in life, just feedback, outcomes and results and all the feedback I have received is that I missed my mark.

I grew up running cross-country and could run for days and in '93 I moved to Nashville, TN to work for your company… and stopped running. Additionally, my wonderful, certified personal-trainer wife of eleven years just cannot comprehend me as a "runner."

I will run that marathon.

By: Dove

Dove — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:46:00 +0000

If you have anymore, I'd love a copy of this book :) I had to stop running a few years ago, and it's taken its toll on my legs. No other exercise compares when it comes to getting strong, gorgeous legs. But I was told if I didn't stop, I'd be risking my knees… Hoping this book has the secret, as to how to avoid harming my body and still getting to do this joyous activity.

I do believe we were "born to run." If not, why would it feel so good afterward :) Why would our bodies/legs look so good from doing so… In fact, I think human beings were meant to do whatever they can bring themselves to truly believe they can do. Seems like a no-brainer that if something makes one feel so good, look so good, be so much healthier in doing it… that they were meant to do it.

And this reasoning that we are not meant to run just because we don't start running right out of the womb… we also don't walk right out of the womb, were we not meant to walk either? :) *picturing people crawling into work* lol

Since sitting is what most of us do, most of the time, maybe that's an indicator of what we are meant to do? On the other hand, since so many of us are dying at about half the age we should be, maybe not so much.

I say, run baby run ;)

By: the-arc

the-arc — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:37:50 +0000

Humans aren't born to run; deer and horses run within hours of birth, human infants take more than a year or two and must be carried, since they can't cling. Our endurance running stems from the same source as endurance walking, endurance cycling, endurance swimming, a ground dwelling omnivorous ancestors who evolved capable breath-hold seafood-forage-diving and backfloating at tropical lagoons and beachcombing/wading/walking and jogging along rougher waters between optimal lagoons. Note that all marathoners must have plentiful water and electrolites along the route and struggle through high humidity where sweat cooling doesn't work well, not a problem at seashores. Before horses, dogs and crops were domesticated and boats, TV, computers developed, people were far more physically active habitually, seashores provided the perfect natural firm pathway for endless jogging, swimming and shore cave cliff climbing. The Tarahumara have simply maintained this at a higher altitude in the absence of a horse/auto culture while their lowland floodplain neighbors have joined the global diabetes-obesity-automobile-'modern' lifestyle.

By: Ed Norton

Ed Norton — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:25:41 +0000

Last week, while picking two books fro my 10 year old, I picked up “Born to Run”; I’m an ex runner (cross country in college, one marathon…could run all day many moons ago ), stopped due to knee inuries years ago, have been rowing over the past ten years, biking in the last two months, wondering about getting back to running,. I opened the book to check it out…opened to somewhere in the midsection, when the author is talking about diet with this woman who is rated top woman athlete in the country after taking up running after being diagnosed with cancer….wait a minute, I was just diagnosed a month ago (colon cancer–I’m 51 caught in screening) she’s talking about this super corn, ultra running, 300% difference in cancer reoccurance…I’m saying to myself I picked this book up for a reason…..but i had promised two books to my son who just got an all A (basically ) report card, I was pretty much broke, and put the book down to buy another day. Tonite I come home to research this pecole corn for its anti cancer qualities, but I forgot the name “pecole”, so I googled “Born to Run” the book, and came up with your blog, referencing it…….. its all in the stars baby; love to get a copy gratis from you and your gracious supplier….can’t believe the coincidence. Thanx, have fun Edzo from Boston

By: Martin Novom

Martin Novom — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:16:29 +0000

My physician told me about the book and the shoes. I am 61 years old and a very active person. I told him that I had really enjoyed running but that I had inured my knee and had stopped running about a year ago. jHe suggested that I read the book. He was convinced I would be able to start running again.

By: Andrew Decker

Andrew Decker — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:42:44 +0000

I have just finished reading the book over the weekend. It truly is a "must read" if one considers themselves to be a runner. This is why I would love to have a copy of the book: My daughter is a Freshman taking track at Syracuse University and she wanted to read this book but I had the library copy. She is on the track team and I feel she needs to know the information revealed in the book and possible share it with her coaches if they would be receptive to it. I also have a friend who has completed several marathons and again, this is MUST reading. I myself only read the book because a fellow running friend told me how fascinating it is.

I have the habit of sharing a particulary good book with those whom I feel would benefit from it. There is the double pleasue of not only knowing that the other party will enjoy it as much as I but also then having the pleasure of a "shared experience" later on in discussing it with them, much like you do with your blog. If I was given a copy that is what I intend to do– pass it around. THanks for your kind offer.

By: Barefoot Running Intro Resources — mike goldsworthy

Barefoot Running Intro Resources — mike goldsworthy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:00:14 +0000

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