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If you If you marma, abura, t buin t Ši‹n ‹ŠŒ ‹t‹hŒ ey thgaey ingaed inaen d eaxn tra exbtroa ost booof st woof rlwdworildde wifdame e fame were were a subsistence a subsistence farmer farmer like like Ernesto Ernesto who who grows grows all his all own his own food food from frothm e bthest e bsest eller selBorn ler Born to Runto Run. Th. e Tbhoe o bopoo rtpraoyrs trtahyem s thaem s a a“s ha id“hidwithout without the the help help of machines, of machines, why why would would you you ever ever spend spend precious precious den dten ribet” riboef ” baof refbaooreft, ouoltt, raul hteraal htheya, lt“hsuy, p“ersuaptherleatteshl” eteswh” o wrhoo utrinouelty inely time time and and calories calories e…ercising e…ercising ƒust ƒust for the for sake the sake of keeping of keeping fit or fit to or prove to prove 11 run ruunn imunagiminaagbilne adbistle adnistces.ances.that that anything anything is possible€ is possible€ Ernesto Ernesto reinforced reinforced my conviction my conviction that that what what Intr iIgnutreidg, uaendd , atno d coto lleccot lldeactt a doan ta hoon w how they threay n rwan ithwouitt homuot dmerond, ercnu, shciuosnheid onreud nnruinng nisnhg oessh, oI est, raI vetrlead veulep d up I observed I observed at Ironman at Ironman was was bi†arre, bi†arre, and and he even he even caused caused me to me uestion to uestion and adnod wdn owfon urfo thouru tshoandusa fondot  foraovt inraes vinoes n poern iploerus ilosuws itscwhbaitcch barco adrs oads the sanity the sanity of my of own my own efforts efforts to train to train for a for marathon. a marathon. Ernesto Ernesto also also inteninten-- with wa ith gua idgeu, iadn e, iann terinptrereterpr, etaernd , asncd iensctiifienc tiinfistc rinustmrenumts ento ts mto eamsuerae sure sified sified my curiosity my curiosity about about Tarahumara Tarahumara running, running, which which seemed seemed more more peoppleeo’s pfleee’s t faened t arnud nnruinng nbiniog mbeiocmhaencihcas. n“icy s. th“e y ttihme e tiI mme eI t m†rent est†rno, estI o, I mythical mythical than than actual. actual. Even Even though though Ernesto Ernesto never never trained, trained, and and I hadnI hadn’t ’t had hinatd erinviteerwveid ewaend d amned amsueraesud dreod ‰endos ‰enof s otohf er otThaer raThaurmahaurma maren a maen nd and seen seen any any Tarahumara Tarahumara running running on their on their own, own, I had I had heard heard and and read read womwen omaen nd awnad s wbaes gibnengiinng ntio ng hato ve hdavoe ubtdos uabtbos uat baolumt oast lmeovst ereyvtherinytg hI ing I numerous numerous accounts accounts about about how how Tarahumara Tarahumara men men and and women women have have had hraed ad reaabd ouat bothueit r threiur nnruinngn. inˆges. pˆitese ptihte eir threiepr urteaptiuotn atiaos n eaxs traeoxrtdraiorditheir their own own Ironman-Ironman-like like competitions. competitions. In the In womenthe women’s race, ’s race, known known as as nary nraury nnruersnn, ersI h, adI nh’at dsne’en t sea en sina gsle inTgale raThaurmahaurma raura nnruinng nainng ywanhyerweh, ere, ariwete,ariwete, teams teams of teenage of teenage girls girls and and young young women women run run about about twenty-twenty- let alleot nae lobanre efbaooreft. o“outt . “I duit d I odbid serobvse erthvem e thtem o be to hbae rd hwarod rwers oraers nd ainndd eindefive five miles miles while while chasing chasing a cloth a cloth hoop. hoop. In the In menthe men’s race, ’s race, the rarájipari,the rarájipari, fatigafabtilgae wblae lwers. alers. Most Moof st thoe f tphee opplee oI plie ntI erinviteerwveid ewsead id stahid ey theiety her either teams teams of men of men run run up to up eighty to eighty miles miles while while kicking kicking an orange-an orange- si†ed si†ed didnd’t idrnu’n t rour n paorr tpaicirpaticteipad itn ed uist n ounst e orance e rpaer ce ypeer ary. e‡aort . ‡alol t Taalrl aThaurmahaurma ara wooden wooden ball. ball. If the If Tthe arahumara Tarahumara think think needless needless e…ercise e…ercise is foolish, is foolish, why why appeaaprpeed arto ed be to sbe illsed ilrleud nnruersnn, ersand , amnd anmy aonf y thoem f thhem ad hpaad unpachues nchoes r or do some do some of them of them sometimes sometimes run run insanely insanely long long distances distances like like IronIron-- were owervere owveiergwheit.ght.men€ men€ ˆust ˆas ust important, as important, how how do they do they accomplish accomplish these these feats feats without without ‡ot ‡†ornt est†rno. estA os. lA ighst ligmhat n mian n hiis n sheis vensetvies entwies ho wlhooo ls ootws entwty enor ty or training€training€ Copyrighted Material Lieb_9781524746988_all_3p_r1.z.indd 6Lieb_9781524746988_all_3p_r1.z.indd 67/8/20 7:01 PM7/8/20 7:01 PMLieb_9781524746988_all_3p_r1.z.indd 7Lieb_9781524746988_all_3p_r1.z.indd 77/8/20 7:01 PM7/8/20 7:01 PM