Article 9/15 - Caveman Running

http://www.runnersworld.com/sports-psychology/caveman-gym

This article from Runner's World talks about why people as a whole experience boredom while running on a treadmill. It states that why treadmill running is so boring to us may be because of our "caveman instincts" still somewhere in our brain. Way back when during the Pleistocene age our ancestors only had one goal: eat or be eaten. Our ancestor would kill the mammoth and have dinner, instant gratification. Compared to today where we have to train for months for our reward of a successful race. Also, while our ancestors were running, there would be a stimulus from a change of scenery and terrain compared to a treadmill where there is neither. Even with both of these setbacks, the author tells us that we can still train our brain to cope with treadmill running by reflecting on ourselves, like how we feel. The author's purpose is to give reason why runners have such a hard time running on a treadmill. The intended audience is runners and possibly other athletes that use treadmills. Rhetorical appeals are ethos (the author wrote a book about the subject), logos (not much factual evidence but the argument is logical), and pathos (talking about the mouse and the usual running on a treadmill situation).