Quotation

Born to Run

a Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
“Pronation has become this very bad word, but it’s just the natural movement of the foot. The foot is supposed to pronate.” === “Vin, what’s up with the barefooting?” they called to Stanford head coach Vin Lananna. “Didn’t we send you enough shoes?” Coach Lananna walked over to explain. “I can’t prove this,” he explained, “but I believe when my runners train barefoot, they run faster and suffer fewer injuries.” === Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone. —KEN CHLOUBER, Colorado miner and creator of the Leadville Trail 100 === Every year, anywhere from 65 to 80 percent of all runners suffer an injury. === PAINFUL TRUTH No. 1: The Best Shoes Are the Worst RUNNERS wearing top-of-the-line shoes are 123 percent more likely to get injured than runners in cheap shoes, according to a study led by Bernard Marti, M.D., === What a cruel joke: for double the price, you get double the pain.