Bushy Eyebrows Before And After

Born to run.

finished reading the book I gave Vicente. In "inglis pitinglis." It's been tough. It is not yet published in English, but soon.

"Born to run. A tribe hidden Superathletes race and the largest the world has ever seen." This is the full title of the book. Christopher McDougall is the author, a journalist, stockbroker and much more.

What's inside: on the grounds of a race among the Tarahumara, a tribe hidden in the Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico and the U.S. ultra-marathon best, the author outlines a lot of issues: the ultra-endurance racing, ultra-endurance runners, injuries, the origins of man and the link between career and development as a species ... And the running shoes. This book has sparked in the United States a whole new vision of the tread, slippers, cushion, foot anatomy, etc.. so that more and more runners choose to run barefoot or ... with new models ... Sneakers call it ... a simple tied soles or a sort of "glove" of foot sole.

I will not reveal anything about the book (¿quién ganará la carrera?) pero si dejo un par de cosas que he dejado subrayadas:

..." revisamos los datos del marathón de Nueva York de 2004 y comparamos los resultados por grupos de edad. Lo que encontramos es que a partir de la edad de inicio de 19 años, los corredores son cada vez más rápidos hasta alcanzar el máximo en los 27 años. A partir de esa edad comienzan a declinar. Y ahora esta es la pregunta:¿Que edad tienes cuando vuelves a hacer la marca que hacías a los 19 años? (... el autor del libro hace aquí unas cuantas cuentas que no voy a transcribir y responde... )

- ¿Cuarenta?

- Error

- Forty-five?

- Error

- Fifty

- No

- can not be ... "Fifty-five?

- You're right. No way. Is ... sixty-four. Really? That's a difference of forty-five years. Does that mean that teens of 19 can not beat someone three times her age?

- Is not it amazing? Quote any other sport in which people of sixty-four years can compete with kids of nineteen. "Swim? "Boxing? Not nearly. (...) The human being is not only good at long distance running, is that we are good over a long time!. We are a machine made to run. And the machine never wears.

Is not this fantastic? It is a hymn to optimism. Of course ... but also failed to agree entirely with reflection (You know, that that does not wear ...)

And finally, the last one:

You do not stop running because it gets old ... You get old because you stop running.

This sentence is to put it in front of the linen closet to run, if one day of those who are more lazy, you are not sure whether to leave or not.

There's more to the book.

Do not forget it.

"Nasio pa 'run."

Thanks Vincent.