Born to Run
Subtitle: a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen
By: Christopher McDougall.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780307266309
Subjects: Running races -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region; Tarahumara Indians -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region; Long-distance running -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region; Long-distance runners -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region; Long-distance runners -- United States -- Biography; Running -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region; Athletes -- United States
Genres: Biography
Description: 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.