Lesson 2 from the Tarahumara: Keep smiling and enjoy

Enjoy running! Well into the 100 miles arduous (understatement!) ultra Leadville race, observer Ken Chlouber was struck by something as he saw two of the Tarahumara at the Twin Lakes aid station.

“As Ken watched Juan and Martimano exit the fire house, he was struck by something else: when they hit the dirt ramp, they hit it laughing. Everybody else walks up that hill Chlouber thought as Juan and Martimano churned up the slope like kids playing in a leaf pile. Everybody. And they sure as hell ain’t laughin’ about it“. (Page 90 Born To Run)

You can be highly competitive and still smile!

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