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Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world’s greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong.
Isolated by the most savage terrain in North America, the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s deadly Copper Canyons are custodians of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down anything from a deer to an Olympic marathoner while enjoying every mile of it. Their superhuman talent is matched by uncanny health and serenity, leaving the Tarahumara immune to the diseases and strife that plague modern existence. With the help of Caballo Blanco, a mysterious loner who lives among the tribe, the author was able not only to uncover the secrets of the Tarahumara but also to find his own inner ultra-athlete, as 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 Americans, including a star ultramarathoner, a beautiful young surfer, and a barefoot wonder.
With a sharp wit and wild exuberance, McDougall takes us from the high-tech science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultrarunners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to the climactic race in the Copper Canyons. Born to Run is that rare book that will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that the secret to happiness is right at your feet, and that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.
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Tarahumara Indians, runners, sports, atheletes, marathon running, Long-distance runners, Long-distance running, Running, Biography, Athletes, Running races, Nonfiction, Sports & Recreations, New York Times bestseller, nyt:paperback_nonfiction=2011-03-26, Carreras, Correr, Tarahumaras, Atletas, Indians of mexico, Athletes, united states, Athletes, biography, Mexico, biography, Marathon running, LangstreckenlaufPeople
Christopher McDougall, Caballo Blanco, Micah True, Scott Jurek, Jenn Shelton, Manuel Luna, Luis Escobar, Barefoot Ted, Ann Trason, Christopher McDougall (1962-)Places
Copper Canyon Region, Mexico, United StatesShowing 7 featured editions. View all 20 editions?
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
2011-03, Vintage Books
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- First Vintage Books Edition (6)
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Nacidos para correr: una tribu oculta, superatletas y la carrera más grande que el mundo nunca ha visto
2011-03, Vintage Español
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in Spanish
- PRIMERA EDICION VINTAGE ESPANOL (1)
030774129X 9780307741295
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Born to Run
2011-03, Vintage Books
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Born to Run: Ein vergessenes Volk und das Geheimnis der besten und glücklichsten Läufer der Welt
2010, Karl Blessing
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3896673661 9783896673664
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Born to Run: a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen
2010-08, Alfred A. Knopf
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- 31st printing
0307266303 9780307266309
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Born to Run: a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen
2009, Alfred A. Knopf
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0307271919 9780307271914
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Born to Run: The Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
2009, Profile Books
Hardcover
in English
- printing (1)
1861978235 9781861978233
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, is a 2009 best-selling non-fiction written by the American author and journalist Christopher McDougall.
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- Are We Born to Run? - Author's TED Talk
- Six Years Later: The Legacy of ‘Born to Run’ - Running Competitor
- Christopher McDougall: 'Every step I run, I'm focusing on form' - Interview in The Guardian
- Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen - Wikipedia
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