McDougall .
Actually McDougall , the writer of the book Born to Run, said it eloquently at the Google talk he did recently which was we're kind of a culture now where we've thrown somebody
And McDougall was recording this entire trip.
Chris McDougall : Hi.
Chris McDougall : Yeah. Chris McDougall : He's telling me how handsome I am.
Chris McDougall : I'm doing fine without you.
Chris McDougall : You're talking about my good looks and _______ Q I was saying I got a chance to read the book and found it wonderful as a historian,
Chris McDougall : Yeah, that's a great question.
Chris McDougall : Oh.
Chris McDougall : Yeah.
Chris McDougall : Thanks.
Chris McDougall : Yeah.
Chris McDougall : Yeah.
Chris McDougall : Yeah, I mean you can buy these things too.
Chris McDougall : And these are too painful for you?
Chris McDougall : Yeah.
Chris McDougall : Oh yeah.
Chris McDougall : Oh, good.
Chris McDougall : Mind if I interrupt you and tell this story?
Chris McDougall : Hang on.
Chris McDougall : Yeah, it's a great question.
Chris McDougall : Absolutely, buy this book, number one.
Chris McDougall : Yeah, it's true.
Chris McDougall : Yeah, I was going to tell you.
Chris McDougall : Those guys actually have the best "before and after" videos I've ever seen online for running.
Chris McDougall : You got one person there?
Chris McDougall : Yeah, thank you.
Chris McDougall : Oh thanks.
Chris McDougall : Great, great.
Chris McDougall : Well, let me ask you, "What would you do if you're facing this kind of crisis or this scandal as an advertiser/marketing person?
Chris McDougall : Yeah.
Chris McDougall : Yeah, you'd design something else and try and capitalize on it, right?
Chris McDougall : Yeah, thanks a lot.
So what I think McDougall says in the book and I agree with and what I think the science backs up and I agree with, is that this capacity to run is a fundamental human capacity, and
TED McDONALD: Actually McDougall mentions that in the book, too.
Q Chris McDougall : Sure.
Q Chris McDougall : Sure.
Q Chris McDougall : No.
So thank you once again to Allison McDougall Wheel from the Roots user experience team who's
Please join me in welcoming Chris McDougall .
I'd like to welcome Chris McDougall to Google today.
maybe go to marathons without training Chris McDougall : Yeah.
I'm pleased to introduce Christopher McDougall , the author of "Born To Run.” His writing apparently has inspired a handful of Googlers to compete in relay races as long
episode that's just about barking and we shot on McDougall in third which was really crazy.
And I was going to be going down there with Christopher McDougall , who happens to the writer of that book, and if you've read the book 'Born to Run', what I'm going to be telling
Chris McDougall : Sure thing.
Chris McDougall : Yeah.
Chris McDougall : Take them off.
Chris McDougall : You know, pretty much not.
Chris McDougall : Sure thing.