Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780307266309)

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.

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Author: Christopher McDougall
ISBN-10: 0307266303
ISBN-13: 9780307266309
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 05/05/2009
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.48h x 6.62w x 1.12d
Award: ALA Notable Books - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Books & Culture 03/01/2011 pg. 27
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2009
Booklist 04/15/2009 pg. 13
Outside 05/01/2009 pg. 39
Discover 12/01/2009 pg. 37
Outside 07/01/2012 pg. 60
Outside 06/01/2015 pg. 86