"Our modern sedentary life is one for which we have not been designed and for which, at least biologically, we are poorly equipped. It is a common misconception β pervasive and tenacious, but a misconception nonetheless β that arses are made for sitting on. It seems, instead, they are made for running."
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Running with the Pack (Granta Books, 2013), ch. 3.
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