Born to Run

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Born to Run

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ISBN: 9780307279187
author: Christopher McDougall
publishing house: Vintage
publication date: 2011 -3
binding: Paperback
price: USD 15.95
number of pages: 304

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A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall   

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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 of have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning journalist and often-injured runner, Chris 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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