Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Vintage books) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Born to Run Part adventure story, part extreme sports, "Born to Run" is a riveting tale about one journalist's quest to discover the secrets of the world's greatest distance runners--a reclusive Indian tribe living deep in the Copper Canyon of northern Mexico.
Full description- Publisher: Vintage Books
- Published: 29 March 2011
- Format: Paperback 304 pages
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- Categories: Biography: General | Indigenous Peoples | Social & Cultural Anthropology | Track & Field Sports, Athletics | Marathon & Cross-country Running | Guidebooks
- ISBN 13: 9780307279187 ISBN 10: 0307279189
- Sales rank: 580
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Full description for Born to 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.
