In Born to Run, author Christopher McDougall explores the science of a tribe of Indians in Mexico who are able to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury, as he moves from Harvard labs to extreme landscapes across North America to learn the secrets of these “superathletes.”
| Paperback, 304pp |
| Knopf Doubleday, March 2011 |
| ISBN-13: 9780307279187 |
| Barnes & Noble online price: $10.98 |
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SYNOPSIS
An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt?
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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Christopher McDougall is a former war correspondent for the Associated Press and is now a contributing editor for
Men’s Health. A three-time National Magazine Award finalist, he has written for
Esquire,
The New York Times Magazine,
Outside,
Men’s Journal and
New York. He does his own running among the Amish farms around his home in rural Pennsylvania.
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