- ISBN13: 9780307266309
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description Full amazing characters, amazing sports performance, modern science, and especially pure inspiration, “Born to Run” is an epic adventure that began with a simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall is looking for a strain of the greatest distance runners in the world and learn their secrets, while showing us that everything we thought we knew the run was bad. By the wildest country in North America, the shy Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon of Mexico Isolated killers are the guardians of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced the techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and something to chase a deer to Olympic marathoner, while enjoying every mile of it. Disturb your superhuman talent through the health and the peace and balance, so that the Tarahumara torment immune diseases and disorders of modern life. With the help of Caballo. . . More>>
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
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I made it for about half of the book, and there was little inspiration in the stories. If you spend half the book written in Spanish, followed by a translation into English, you can survive the story right around. Maybe people will find familiar with the Tarahumara and their culture, the book useful, but not every runner, too. Rating: 1 / 5
Ok, I’m not a runner, and I hate any kind of shoes or socks, stuck between my toes. But I love a good story. I am fascinated by the mechanics of the body. And read all kinds of travel literature, memoirs of sports and popular science. I wanted to love this book. But I could not keep up. I read a little and had always down.Je waited for the runner to the equivalent of “Eat, Pray, Love”. But it was too disjointed. Too many “what I have during my summer vacation.” I stopped pretty quickly interested. How to Repair Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: “I do not understand what all the fuss. Maybe I do not belong in the Vibram Five Fingers Fan Club Rating: 1 / 5
Recently, while promoting this book, Christopher McDougall, the Tarahumara people of Mexico: * No * No *) crime cholesterol (unlike all other animals, No War * No * No * No * heart disease, clinical depression and cancer are known, can run on 435 miles in a foisVous judge for themselves whether these data are credible. I personally believe that everything McDougall said or written must be taken with a grain of sel.De McDougall, of course is that people have not developed to run in sneakers. And I am personally very interested in running the more natural style, he is promoted. Just know that Christopher McDougall is exaggerating the truth to such an extent that it would “Born to Run” mostly fiction. Rating: 1 / 5
Wonderful book by Christopher McDougall. I can not recommend it enough. But the publishing house Alfred A. Knopf has disabled text-to-speech on the Kindle version of this book. In return, check them garner a 1-stars. Check this one out in the library. Rating: 1 / 5
I started this book very excited because I had heard good things. The style of the author turned me off faster than any other book I read. The Over-the-top description and metaphors not annoyed me. Rating: 2 / 5