Running with the Pack (27 page)

human societies,
125

Hume, David,
161
,
169

hunter-gatherers,
66–7

immortality, objective,
99

India,
129

Industrial Revolution,
35

information processing, and rhythm,
48–52

instrumental value,
xi–xiii
,
87–8
,
93–4
,
100
,
183–4
,
191–4
,
196
,
200
,
203

intentionality,
167

intrinsic value,
xiii
,
87–8
,
92–3
,
100
,
153
,
172
,
188–9
,
191–5
,
198
,
203–4

and joy,
200–1
,
204

and Platonic Good,
191–2
,
194–5

running and,
92–3
,
97
,
100
,
180
,
184
,
193–5
,
203

introspection,
161

joy,
150–3
,
172
,
180
,
199–201
,
204

Julius Caesar,
15

Kant, Immanuel,
188

Karnazes, Dean,
7

Ketterle, Wolfgang,
51

Keys
100
,
19

Kid Rock,
162

kin altruism,
126

Kinsale,
56–8
,
89
,
96
,
101
,
103
,
146
,
155

Knockduff Lodge,
62
,
68

Koch, Christof,
50

Kolnai, Aurel,
14

Kundera, Milan,
202

Lake Okeechobee,
84

Layard, Richard,
197

Leadville
,
8
,
17

life, meaning of,
xiv–xv
,
25–8
,
86
,
100
,
153
,
182–4
,
202

Tolstoy and,
97–100

linguistic conventions,
167–8

living things, structure of,
114

love,
122–8
,
130–2
,
151

lusory attitude,
90–1
,
95
,
187

McDougall, Christopher,
7

mammals,
141–3

Marathon, battle of,
192

Marathon des Sables
,
8
,
16–17

marathon running

Cartesian phase,
159–65

chip time,
180–1

city marathons,
5

Humean phase,
161–5

music and,
162

origins of,
192

pace runners,
156
,
176

Sartrean phase,
165

Spinozist phase,
162–5

training,
2–3

ultramarathons,
8
,
16–17

meditation,
52

memories,
33–4
,
53
,
81
,
201–2

memory, and anticipation,
118–19

mice,
48
,
142

midlife crises,
16–18
,
20–1
,
24

mind

and intrinsic value,
194

states of,
161

mind-body dualism,
22–3
,
159–61

money, love of,
192

monkeys,
125
,
129–30
,
132

Murakami, Haruki,
49

muscle fibres,
42–3

myelin sheaths,
140–1

Mynydd Maen,
34–5
,
38
,
40
,
43
,
49
,
55

Nantyglo,
35

natural resources,
xii

neurogenesis,
48

neuronal action potential,
141

neurons,
140–1

Newport,
35
,
39

Nietzsche, Friedrich,
145
,
202

nihilists,
26

Nina,
56–8
,
61–4
,
68
,
71
,
75
,
79–80
,
82
,
84
,
88
,
100–1
,
105–6
,
110
,
137–8
,
148–50

Oates, Joyce Carol,
49

Olympian gods,
186–9
,
195

O'Nuallain, Sean,
53–4

oocytogenesis,
142

optimism,
8–9

optogenetics,
50

orangutans,
66

Orb, river,
79
,
133
,
135
,
141

osteo-arthritis,
12

pain,
176–9

Palmetto Bay,
82–4

parietal cortex,
50
,
54

Parkes, David,
41

parvalbumin,
50

Pasteur, Louis,
61

pessimism,
120

Pheidippides,
192–5

Philosopher and the Wolf, The
,
8–9
,
65

Plato,
55
,
189–91
,
194

Meno
,
28

Republic
,
144

play,
88–9
,
91–7
,
148
,
153
,
182
,
184–9
,
195

pleasure,
195–201

rabbits,
57–8
,
70
,
92

rabies vaccine,
61

Rage Against the Machine,
162

Rathmore Peninsula,
56

rats,
142

reasons, and actions,
170–3
,
177–80
,
199–200

reincarnation,
28

relaxation,
51

religion,
97–100
,
191
,
194

reptiles,
141–3

rhythm,
48–52
,
97

Rilke, Rainer Maria,
34

Rimbaud, Arthur,
103

Ringcurran Castle,
68

Riquet, Pierre-Paul,
135
,
148

Roux, Emile,
61

rugby,
20
,
36–7
,
39–40
,
80–1

running

Americans and,
7–9

effects on brain,
48–54

enjoyment of,
94–5

and evolution,
73–5

final cause of,
75–8

and instrumental value,
184
,
192–4

and intrinsic value,
92–3
,
97
,
100
,
180
,
184
,
193–5
,
203

and play,
91–2
,
184
,
195

as undifferentiated activity,
92–3

women and,
17

running magazines,
45

Saliva,
162

Sam,
108–9

sanctions,
125

Sartre, Jean-Paul,
165–70
,
172–5
,
180
,
200

Satan,
113
,
115

scavengers,
69–70

Schiller, Friedrich,
185–8
,
195

Schlick, Moritz,
85–8
,
92
,
94
,
96
,
152–3
,
183–4
,
199

Schopenhauer, Arthur,
116–18
,
120
,
122–3
,
144–5

sculptors,
64–5

self, dissolution of,
162–5

self-realization,
144

Sérignan,
136

sex,
94–5
,
186–7

Shakespeare, William,
185

sheep,
38

Sillitoe, Alan,
171

snake venom,
111–12

snakes,
16
,
102–3
,
107–13

coral snakes,
111–12

diamondbacks,
112

moccasins,
109–11

pygmy rattlers,
112

soccer,
36

social groups,
124–5

social instincts,
125

Sparta,
192

Spinoza, Baruch,
21–3
,
30
,
162

sports, high-velocity,
20–1

statues,
64–5

stress fractures,
12

suffering,
116–17
,
119–20

Suits, Bernard,
90
,
92
,
95
,
187

Tantalus,
87

Taoism,
21

teeth,
142

tennis,
20
,
91–3

termites,
124

Tess,
56
,
58
,
62–4
,
71
,
75
,
79–80
,
82
,
84
,
88
,
100–1
,
105–6
,
110
,
137–8
,
148–50

thermodynamics, laws of,
113–16
,
120
,
122–4
,
126
,
131

thumbs,
66

time,
134

tiredness,
126

Tolstoy, Leo,
97–100

tragedy,
202

Trason, Ann,
17

truth, metaphysical,
119
,
185

Twmbarlwm,
39

undifferentiated activity,
92–3

utilitarianism,
197

Utopia,
189

Vienna Circle,
86

Village of the Damned
,
45

Villeneuve-les-Béziers,
136

visual experience,
50

voles,
142

whales,
142

Whitehead, Alfred North,
189

Williams, Bernard,
143

winning,
94–5

Wittgenstein, Ludwig,
14
,
26
,
89–90
,
201

wolves,
68–70
,
125

see also
Brenin

women,
17

work,
9
,
86–9
,
91
,
93–7
,
148
,
186
,
188–9
,
196
,
198

worms,
114–15
,
130–1

Wrangham, Richard,
x

writing,
95–6

wu wei
,
21

Wyndham, John,
45

‘yips, the', see choking

youth,
152–3

freedom of,
20–1
,
23–4
,
44

Zatopek, Emil,
1
,
6

Zeus,
187–8
,
198

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