Born to Run
Subtitle: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Edition: First Vintage Books Edition (6)
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2011-03
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780307279187
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Health, Mind & Body -- Exercise & Fitness -- Running & Jogging; Nonfiction -- Social Sciences -- Anthropology -- Cultural; Sports -- Individual Sports -- Running & Jogging; Travel -- Specialty Travel -- Adventure
Description: The astonishing national bestseller 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?
 
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.
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Notes: US/CAN