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A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
by Christopher McDougall
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?
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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Me again with a few more favs for non-fiction sub-categories I didn't see a lot of mentions for: Non-fiction (Animal/Environment): Soul of an Octopus (Sy Montgomery) Birding to Change the World (Trish O'Kane) Running with Sherman (Christopher McDougall) Non-fiction (Sports - even if you aren't sp...
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"A tale so mind-blowing as to be the stuff of legend." —The Denver Post
"McDougall's book reminded me of why I love to run." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Fascinating... . Thrilling... . An operatic ode to the joys of running." —The Washington Post
"Born to Run is funny, insightful, captivating, and a great and beautiful discovery." —Lynne Cox, author of Swimming to Antarctica
"Driven by an intense yet subtle curiosity, Christopher McDougall gamely treads across the continent to pierce the soul and science of long-distance running." —Hampton Sides, author of Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers
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Christopher McDougall is the author of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen and Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance. He began his career as an overseas correspondent for the Associated Press, covering wars in Rwanda and Angola. He now lives and writes (and runs, swims, climbs, and bear-crawls) among the Amish farms around his home in rural Pennsylvania.
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