Born To Run

I've been listening to Born To Run for about a month during my runs.  I'm sure I've mentioned before that the entire first hour is basically a list of all the reasons a person should not run.  Then it takes you on a montage of stories about incredible and slightly unbelievable runners that compete in 100 mile ultra marathons in the desert, or up a mountain.  I'm about 3/4 of the way through and the author is explaining a few pretty foreign concepts to most of us. The first, and probably most outlandish, is the idea of the barefoot runner.  I wouldn't do it justice, so if you think it sounds interesting you will need to research it yourself, or read this book to find out the details.  The other thing is about diet.  There are all these new style running trainers that are preaching, "eat like you are poor" as the basis of their nutritional advice.  A lot of what I'm hearing makes sense in some weird way.  The barefoot thing is really interesting and I'm very tempted to give it a shot.  At the very least I'm going to try some short runs once it gets a little warmer over at the park, on the grass, barefoot.  My buddy Dave says that my next step from there is to move to Seattle and live in a tree.