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Bringing home the bacon

PIGS DON’T HAVE A NUCHAL LIGAMENT.IT WAS A KEY POINT IN CHRISTOPHER MCDOUGALL’S BORN TO RUN WHEN DISCUSSING RUNNING EFFICIENCY. THIS CAN BE BEST SUMMED UP IN THE FIRST LINE FROM THE PAVEMENT SONG, ‘STEREO’: “PIGS THEY TEND TO WIGGLE WHEN THEY WALK.”

I was at work when my phone sqwerked. It was my friend, Dave. He was running at Riverhead. He’d found a pig. “I found a pig.” his message read. What does he mean he’s found a pig? I thought. We live in Riverhead, which these days is more Wisteria Lane than Where the Wild Things Are.

“A pig,

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