Running with Donkeys with Chris McDougall

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🗓️ 21 October 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Chris McDougall is the author of the bestselling books “Born to Run” and “Natural Born Heroes.” His new book, “Running with Sherman,” documents the adventure of his family's adoption of a donkey named Sherman who had been neglected by an animal hoarder. Their solution to getting Sherman happy and healthy was to give him a purpose and teach him how to burro race. It's a must-read if you like animals or just want to hear an amazing story about running with donkeys, human performance, and so much m

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0:00.0	Remember Chris McDougal, the author of Born to Run who put Barefoot running on the map and who I once traded surf lessons for Barefoot running lessons with?
0:13.2	Well, Chris has a new book,
0:14.9	running with Sherman.
0:16.2	It's so entertaining.
0:17.8	It's about adopting a neglected donkey, teaching it
0:21.0	to run, and so much more.
0:23.0	On this show we talk about everything from what you can learn from animals,
0:27.0	so if you have a pet or love animals, this is definitely a great listen.
0:30.0	Why having a purpose is important not only for animals but humans too, how to run with a
0:36.1	donkey which is actually a real sport, and so much more. If you love animals and pets, you're
0:42.0	in for a treat.
0:43.0	I'm a huge Chris McDougal fan.
0:45.0	He's become a good friend.
0:47.0	Let's jump right in.
0:48.0	I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is Wild ideas worth living.
0:53.0	So here's what happened,
0:59.0	so here's what happened, Shelby.
1:00.0	My daughter got in her head when she was nine years old that she wanted a
1:06.1	donkey. That's a pretty bizarre request for any nine-year-old anyway but in our case
1:11.2	it made a slight amount of sense because we live way out in the countryside in Pennsylvania Amish country
1:18.0	There literally is not a house within viewing distance of our home and our closest neighbors are Amish and midnight farmers.
1:25.3	So, you know, we've adopted like sheep and goats and some cats over the years,
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