Born to run : a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen / Christopher McDougall.
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TextPublication details: New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 287 p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 0307266303
- 9780307266309
- McDougall, Christopher, 1962-
- Athletes -- United States
- Long-distance runners -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region
- Long-distance runners -- United States -- Biography
- Long-distance running -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region
- Running races -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region
- Running -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region
- Tarahumara Indians -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The astonishing and hugely entertaining story that completely changed the way we run. An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt?
"Equal parts quest, physiology treatise, and running history.... The climactic race reads like a sprint.... It simply makes you want to run." -- Outside Magazine
Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning journalist and often-injured runner Christopher McDougall sets out to discover their secrets. In the process, he takes his readers from science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultra-runners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to a climactic race in the Copper Canyons that pits America's best ultra-runners against the tribe. McDougall's incredible story will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.
Look for Born to Run 2 , out now!
McDougall reveals the secrets of the world's greatest distance runners--the Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon, Mexico--and how he trained for the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of super-athletic Americans.