5/13/2023 0 Comments Christopher mcdougall born to run![]() ![]() ![]() “This is something that has been natural to humans for generations but it’s lost on us, and we are trying to grope our way back. “That’s when it dawned on me that this was something broader and deeper,” he said. But as he learned about the animal’s need to be useful, and the long history of human-animal partnerships, his narrative began taking shape. He didn’t think initially that Sherman the donkey would carry his next book. In it, McDougall adopts an outcast donkey from one of his Amish neighbors and embarks on an unpredictable adventure of rehabilitating the donkey, which becomes his jogging partner along with a rag-tag crew of humans, eventually coming to Colorado to compete in the annual Burro Days races in Fairplay. McDougall’s latest book “Running with Sherman,” published in October, makes an argument for forging relationships with animals. ![]()
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