Tag: Running

Why we need nomads [Article]

Another awesome article, this time by Vanessa, writing about the need for nomads in society, a breed that is fast disappearing, or is very healthy, depending on your current situation in your life.

We learn from the nomad that happiness comes in different shapes, despite society’s insistence that more money equals more freedom. We see nomads working as their own bosses, or exploring their true passions. Watching them gives us the courage to do the same.

Running from addiction – Walter Barrera [Article]

Want to give up your drug-addiction? Take to untra-long distance running, like Walter Barrera did The Washington Post’s Ken Babb writes about the challenges that Barrera had to face, fight and overcome – cocaine, prison, paranoia. He’s kicked the habit, but is only that much away from a relapse. He runs, on an average, 125 miles, getting ready for the Leadville Trail 100, a 100-mile marathon through the Rocky Mountains at altitudes of upto 12000 feet to be run within 30 hours.

What can a man do when his body and mind are at odds — one sending painful signals to cut back, the other pushing him to go longer and farther?