Anyone can do running. Running should be easy. It should be fun. It sh…

Christopher McDougall
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Anyone can do running. Running should be easy. It should be fun. It should include everyone. It shouldn't be a punishment for eating cheesecake, which is what we've turned it into.
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Blaming the running injury epidemic on big, bad Nike seems too easy - but that's okay, because it's largely their fault. ✨ Christopher McDougall (2009). Born to Run, p.179, Vintage
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Anyone can do running. Running should be easy. It should be fun. It should include everyone. It shouldn't be a punishment for eating cheesecake, which is what we've turned it into.

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