EP 621: Does Chris McDougall Still Think We Are Born to Run?
Trail Runner Nation
Trail Runner Nation
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2023
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, we're joined by Christopher McDougall, the author of the best-selling book Born to Run. Christopher's new book with coach Eric Orton, "Born to Run 2 - The Ultimate Training Guide.", which is a practical guide to running for everyone from amateurs to seasoned runners, about how to eat, race and train effectively.
Chris was one of our first guests when we started the podcast and we talked about his first book and how we are designed to run long distances. Now 14 years after the book was published, we ask Chris if he believes we are still born to run.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, and also that the process is the payoff, like I like to just run every day, and I like |
| 0:10.7 | to focus on form. |
| 0:11.7 | Back then I was focusing on form as it means to an end. |
| 0:16.0 | I was only worrying about form because I thought if I don't learn this form I can't do this |
| 0:19.3 | race. |
| 0:20.3 | Now I enjoy it. |
| 0:21.3 | To me that focus on form is what makes each run fun, and so those are the big differences |
| 0:27.8 | between then and now. |
| 0:29.3 | Now I was trying to race and trying to get to this finish line. |
| 0:32.8 | Now I've got no finish line in mind. |
| 0:34.1 | I don't care. |
| 0:35.1 | I feel like every day I get better and better because of that. |
| 0:50.8 | Welcome to the trailhead of Trail Runner Nation. |
| 0:53.4 | This is a podcast where we go on virtual trail runs. |
| 0:56.4 | We're invited to join regardless of how fast or how experienced you are. |
| 1:01.6 | We're going to talk to interesting guests. |
| 1:02.9 | They're going to tell us how to be better runners, have more fun, and maybe be better |
| 1:08.0 | human beings. |
| 1:09.0 | Today we're running with Christopher McDougall, and if that sounds familiar because he is |
| 1:13.5 | the author of Born to Run, and now as we find out, Born to Run 2, and that's what we're |
| 1:18.8 | talking about today on the run. |
| 1:23.1 | If you've been following us for a while, you've heard us talk about the benefits of regular |
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