People have a hard time believing that humans are the best distance runners on the planet. You only need to go to a Wal-Mart to understand why people are skeptical.
Yes, we as a species have gotten really, really lazy; however, it wasn’t always that way. We, Homo-erectus, actually won Darwin’s survival game because we were able to run animals to death. Scientists believe the “persistence hunt" is the oldest form of hunting known to man. Don’t believe that is even remotely possible? The following video is from David Attenborough’s documentary The Life of Mammals:
How crazy is that?!
People, including myself, state that they often get a “high” from running, which is said to occur when strenuous exercise takes a person over a threshold that activates endorphin production (thanks Wikipedia!). Could it be that running stimulates endorphin production because that is what we were put on earth to do?
On a more personal note, Dad and I are still hammering out the details of my marathon schedule. For those of you who don't know, my dad, the self-proclaimed "ICON", was an ultramarathoner back in the day. He may or may not make a few appearances on this blog... Till then, I leave you with the motivational quote of the day.
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will." - Vince Lombardi
Day #4: 5.25 miles - 40 min
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