In "Born to Run," the author writes about the joy that is visible in long distance runners. It's something he keeps coming back to. Did joy propel them to run, or did they run and then subsequently find joy?

I bought Vibram Five Fingers over the weekend. It wasn't entirely planned-- actually I was just going to go into the store to try to figure out what size I was going to order online (thinking that the store would be much more expensive than online, it was not) when I was ready to make the commitment to actually trying this barefoot running stuff. I ( Read more... )