Tommy read and liked Dav's review of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen:

"The breathless storytelling of this amazing book cautioned me to take everything with a grain of salt but I was wildly entertained and my thinking fundamentally altered. The bulk is an exploration of the characters of the ultra-running world, includi...more The breathless storytelling of this amazing book cautioned me to take everything with a grain of salt but I was wildly entertained and my thinking fundamentally altered. The bulk is an exploration of the characters of the ultra-running world, including a tribe in Mexico known as the Running People. Characters who are totally nuts and incredibly sane at the same time, for the same reasons. This gets you wobbly and in position for the end of the book which knocks you down with a wallop of science.

The gist is that running shoes, with their heel cushions, are a complete disaster and the primary reason we have running injuries. We evolved to run; also we evolved to run barefoot or close to it. I'm a believer. Within two days of finishing the book I went out and purchased a pair of Vibram KSO 'five fingers' (I've taken to calling them 'go-toes' since 'go' is 5 in Japanese) and they felt great to run in.

I got my copy of this book because a friend was so inspired by it, he bought several copies to give out. I feel like doing the same.

I'm giving it 4 instead of 5 stars just because I do prefer a little less breathless style of storytelling. I agree with another reviewer who said it felt more like a really long magazine article than a book. But that didn't stop me from reading it every chance I could until I finished it.(less) "