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A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Knopf
May 2009
On Sale: May 5, 2009
304 pages
ISBN: 0307266303
EAN: 9780307266309
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
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.
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