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• ISBN13: 9780307266309
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• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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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.
  
  
  From the Hardcover edition.

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• Over 200 lbs and out of shape? This is the inspiration and education for you.. I ve been running since I was 12 and chubby. Running not only helped me get in shape, but it gave me a place of my own and some peace in a chaotic life. And in the years since, I ve gone through periods of running and not running, but never really thought it was something I really did. I was almost apologetic about it. I m a weightlifter and a jock, not a runner. Running was just something I did to stay in shape for other things, and always with the awareness that I was just asking for injury by doing so.
  
  Then I read this book. It was like reading something of my own story. And the stories of runners, mythical, real, and somewhere in-between. The story pulled me in so hard that I read it cover-to-cover in one afternoon at a bookstore (despite the fact that I already bought and downloaded it to my Kindle... it just needed old-fashioned reading). And now I m back running because I understand that is quite literally what I am born to do.
  
  If you have ever wanted to truly ENJOY running, read this book.
• One of the best things I ve ever read. I enjoyed this book so much. I ve been running regularly for 17 years, and this book re-kindled the joy of it for me. Even if you re not a runner, there is much to enjoy here. It also showed me how I ve bought in to the running shoe myth, and now I m running more naturally in some old, barely-padded sneakers, and feeling better than ever. Highly recommended.
• CampMom. A very inspiring book with lots of terrific hints into running, and more importantly for me, life. A great read for anyone, not just an athlete. Full of interesting people, it paints a vidid picture of a very remote part of Mexico and the people who live there. It also shares the world of Ultra Marathon runners...amazing!
• Very interesting and informative. A good read.. This book tracks a remote mexican tribe that call themselves the running people. Noted for their long distance running (100 miles +), the author works to become accepted and to set up a race between the best of the tribe and some US ultraruning champions. It s well written and held my attention throughout the book. A sub theme is the fact the tribe runs in flat sandals and delves into barefoot and minimalist footwear running. I read it for more insight into barefoot running but thought it was a great read also. If you re into running highly recommended, even if you re not, it s a great read.
• Totally Pumped to Run!!!!!. My Mother-In-Law recommended this in audiobook format for me to listen to on the plane trip from Florida to Iraq. I m in the Air Force and needed something to kill the time on my loooong trip to my deployment. I slept very little on the trip and listened to this entire book. I was so pumped up by this great story and so tired of being cramped up in an airplane for almost 24 hours that when I reached Qatar I immediately went and ran 2 miles in my combat boots! The story telling is done in such a way that by the end of the book you re totally on the edge of your seat waiting to hear the outcome of the big showdown between the ultrarunners. I also liked all of the theories interspersed throughout on running shoes, diet, and how humans are evolved to be distance runners. Just days before leaving my wife talked me into purchasing these goofy new shoes called Vibrams. They make me look like I have big animal paws! After listening to this book, I can t wait to get to Baghdad and fish my Vibrams out of my luggage so I can go for a long run. Thanks, Judy, for the recommendation! Thanks, Pookie Bear, for talking me into the Vibrams! And thanks Oso for inspiring me run like a real human was meant to run!

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