If I judged books by their hype this would be a five star review. I've heard nothing but glowing praise.

To me the book did not live up to its' billing. I guess my disappointed comes from what I expected. I knew Born to Run dealt with how running shoes are bad for us and that running like ancient tribes would lead to health.

Most of the book tells the various stories of people into ultra running. Ultra running is a bunch of crazy people running a hundred miles in the wilderness. Obviously, anyone who does this would be quirky ie. crazy. I found myself completely uninterested in these stories. I didn't want quirky stories about querky people I wanted the science of running.

Near the end we do finally get two chapters that deal with the science behind proper running but it didn't fill in any details I hadn't already seen.

In short I came for science and I got propaganda.