The bestselling author of born to run now travels to the mediterranean, where he discovers that the secrets of ancient greek heroes are still alive and well on the island of crete, and ready to be unleashed in the muscles and minds of casual athletes and aspiring heroes everywhere. Isolated by mexicos deadly copper canyons, the blissful tarahumara indians have. Christopher mcdougall born 1962 is an american author and journalist. Mastering the lost secrets of strength and endurance. He now lives and writes and runs, swims, climbs, and bearcrawls among. The tarahumara indians are, quite literally, born to run. Born to run chester county library system overdrive. He has also written for esquire, the new york times magazine, outside, mens journal, and new york, and was a contributing editor for mens health.
The book has received attention in the sporting world for mcdougalls description of how he overcame injuries by modeling his running after the tarahumara. Born to run by christopher mcdougall, 9780307266309, available at. Amby burfoot, equal parts quest, physiology treatise, and running history. Part adventure story, part extreme sports, born to run is a riveting story about one journalists quest to discover the secrets of the worlds greatest distance runnersa reclusive indian tribe living deep in the copper canyon of northern mexico. Born to run is funny, insightful, captivating, and a great and beautiful discovery. Christopher mcdougall is an american author and journalist best known for his 2009 bestselling book born to run. Matthew mcconaughey in step with born to run deadline. Born to run by christopher mcdougall overdrive rakuten. In search of an answer, christopher mcdougall sets off to find a tribe of the worlds greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we.
How a daring band of misfits mastered the lost secrets of strength. His work has been featured in a host of publications including readers digest, playboy, rolling stone, the new york times, the philadelphia inquirer, and people magazine. Lynne cox, author of swimming to antarctica galloping along through a multifaceted landscape that is by turns exhilarating, funny and weirdly absorbing, born to run is a breathless read, but sheer endorphinous pleasure. Born to run by christopher mcdougall is an absolute eye opener. It is centered on the tarahumara, an indigenous mexican tribe known for their feats of longdistance running. A hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen. It is updated as of march 15 2015 and includes dursts recent arrest in new orleans.
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