Inspired to run - The persistence hunt & what we can learn from it for modern life.
The animal will always be faster than you but you can still outrun it by being more persistent. Probably the most fascinating of tribal hunting techniques - humans over thousands and of years developed the upright walk and then the ability to run.
In our modern age with mas transport and fast food, elevators and hardly enough time for the gym and exercise it almost sounds surreal when we hear of people who run to eat, who hunt in order to survive and basically still hunt with their feet.
The Pronghorn antelope can run up to 35 mph for 4miles, it will outrun any hunter but persistence hunters follow the tracks continuously and run after the animal for mile after mile until the animal is totally exhausted. The animal overheats and is literally outrun by a long distance runner.
What does this tell us for our modern life, what is fascinating and meaningful for us? Don't we feel outrun as entrepreneurs, employees, living in busy cities and modern times? Maybe we can get some inspiration that our persistence can achieve anything. Like the small fragile drop of water that persistent enough over time will go through stone.
It works, the human will and persistence can achieve about anything - from the first runner after the Greek battle of Marathon to today's mass sport and Maraython phenomena to its roots in African tribal persistence hunting - people inspire us to believe, to move forward despite all odds, despite all challenge, to make progress one step at a time and to just never give up.
Keep moving forward, find something you want to be persistence about and have a powerful week everybody!
PS: A great modern test of persistence hunting and more information in this inspiring article http://www.outsideonline.com/1996281/does-persistence-hunting-really-work
