It’s the opportunity to spend hours and hours side by side with someone as skilled as you or better, the two or three or ten of you harmonizing your feet and lungs to that time-tested rhythm.įor many of us, the best running partners we’ll find are already at our feet, and itching for a chance to actually get out of the house. Running is the Great Uniter, not a divider. Mahinahokukauikamoana Choy-EllisĪnd if you feel the same, here’s one big secret I’ll share up front: You’re always stronger in a pack. Running Free on Hawaii’s Ohana Trail: (l–r) Danielle Kinch, Sienna Akimo, Kaimana Ramos, Sky Kikuchi and Daniel Gutowski. Because people didn’t just want to run they want to like running. Eric Orton and I have written an entire training guide called Born to Run 2 that acts as a step-by-step guide for finding the right nutritional fuel, running mechanics, shoes (or not!) for you. That’s why many of the thank-yous I receive end with this plea: Running is a dance, and it takes a while to learn the steps. The power to step outside and explore the world on your own two feet, running wherever you want, for as long as you want, whenever you feel like it.

It’s a story of transformation, of the climb from defeat, to hope, and finally, to power. Born to Run may come across as a rock’m-sock’m adventure story, because let’s face it that’s what you get when a mysterious loner called Caballo Blanco, the White Horse, holds a fifty-mile footrace against a legendary tribe right under the nose of two murderous drug cartels.īut at its heart, Born to Run is something very different. I’m still in their shoes – even when I’m not wearing any.

EVER SINCE BORN TO RUN CAME OUT, I’ve gotten messages from all over the world, many saying exactly the same thing:īecause I was in their shoes.

Cat bradley trail runner magazine