I assume everyone on this List is aware of the Tarahumara and other
peoples of the Sonoran and Mohave Deserts who run 60, 80, 100 miles at a
time and more? And that's everybody, not just a few.
[log in to unmask]  Pat Barrett


-----Original Message-----
From: Paleolithic Eating Support List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Elin Ross Pedersen
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 2:43 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Running

"Like the weight lifting regime I'm
> suggesting.  What's unnatural and decidedly un-paleo is running miles
a
> day .
Funny then, that humans are among the slowest and poorest of sprinting
animals, but right near the top of distance running ability. How could
this ability have come about if they didn't actually run?"


I saw a programme about an African tribe (living very traditionally).
The
men there used a very special method to catch the antelopes. They
basically
picked the one they wanted to kill, then ran after it (tracking whilst
they
ran) for hours and hours until they wore the animal out completely. The
animal resigned, and lay down ready to die. It is a very old method of
hunting, and one that I think shows that people have been running
throughout
time.

Of course - running for hours like this was not something they did every
day. And - there were only a few of the men who were able to do it.

Still - a beautiful way to hunt, and a method that really shows how
amazing
people are.

Elin

(first post - normally only lurk here)