| Born to Run: The Hidden Tribe, the Ultra-Runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen |  | Author: Christopher McDougall
Publisher: Profile Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 211
Media: Paperback
Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1861978774
EAN: 9781861978776
Publication Date: April 15, 2010
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Focuses on the Tarahumara, a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world. This title tells their story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner.
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 Good but not perfect September 7, 2010
Terry (UK)
Much of the advice in the book is useful, some of it very novel. There are a lot of gaps suggesting that the writer let his enthusiasm carry him away without practical evidence to back it up, but overall a very worthwhile book, good value and well worth reading.
 Born to Run September 7, 2010
T. Griffith (London, UK)
I enjoyed this book. If I read it again I think I'd draw a "family tree". By halfway through I was just guessing who Christopher referred to.
I enjoyed the sentence which said that Russian sprinters had to be able to leap 20ft from a ladder barefoot before they could start sprint training. Interesting that peoples' feet became smaller once they got used to barefoot running - their arches toned up.. Most telling was the paragraph where the Nike athletes were found training barefoot. Born to Run: The Hidden Tribe, the Ultra-Runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
I look forward to going for a run with not too springy shoes in the near future.
Inspiring and gripping September 2, 2010
Dazra
This book was recommended to me having bought ChiRunning by Danny Dreyer. I'd also read an article in Men's Health about Barefoot Running.
I started reading Born to Run expecting a lot of information about running, but I found myself engrossed by a story about inspiring people and eye-opening running philosophies. After finishing the last chapter, I couldn't wait to get outside for a run.
If you run for exercise, read this book and learn to run for fun. People might give you strange looks for running down the street smiling, but it feels great.
Life changing? August 29, 2010
Straitty (London)
An essential read for those who run and those who don't run.
A toe opener for those who wear trainers and those who throw away trainers because conventional wisdom tells you they wear out after x miles.
 Very Interesting but not a runners bible August 25, 2010
billysmart
I have read 70% of the book and will finish it as it is very interesting, especially if you are a runner. I may have purchased the book in a hurry (I buy so many off here)thinking that it was more a runners bible than a record of ultra running achievements.
There are some extremely interesting facts and quotes about running barefoot which was worth buying the book for alone.
The facts are all there but I don't think the author lays them out very well. He assumes the reader is knowledgeable of Spanish as there are many short quotes not translated. I never saw the need for him to quote directly, the translation would have been much better.
The book tends not to flow in places with characters changing names and so long as you accept that some chapters can possibly have little bearing on the whole book, you will be fine.
It takes about 5-8 chapters to get going, there is a lot of mundane stuff at the beginning that does not need to be there.
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