Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Unabridged) Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Unabridged)

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Sports & Outdoors
NARRATOR
FS
Fred Sanders
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
11:07
hr min
RELEASED
2009
May 5
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
687.3
MB

Customer Reviews

joser61893 ,

Running is beautiful

This book taught me that running is such a beautiful sport and that you don’t need an expensive pair of running shoes to be good at it.

Kdub2328 ,

Great story!!

Highly recommended for everyone since we were all born to RUN!! ❤️

EricAlexander66 ,

Incredible

Incredible book that will no doubt transform how I run.

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