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Like many other runners, I was drawn to Born to Run because it captured the tale of the fascinating Tarahumara Indians—a community of cultural ultramarathon runners in Mexico. This book is much more than a book about running, though.
McDougall's book takes the reader on a whirlwind adventure through the dangerous Copper Canyons of Mexico and some of the craziest ultramarathons in the U.S. The first two-thirds of the book centers around his experiences trying to find the mysterious Tarahumara and ...more
McDougall's book takes the reader on a whirlwind adventure through the dangerous Copper Canyons of Mexico and some of the craziest ultramarathons in the U.S. The first two-thirds of the book centers around his experiences trying to find the mysterious Tarahumara and ...more
Oct 11, 2016
pianogal
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it was amazing
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I really enjoyed this one - and I'm not a runner. It inspired me to be more active, and I thought all the sidebars about barefoot running and other running injuries were very interesting. I wish I could go back and read this one again for the first time.
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I don't know why more people don't read narrative nonfiction. This book is packed with all the page turning elements of a good book: a sympathetic narrator, explorations of a unique and not well known culture (Tarahumara), rich descriptions of endurance and human strength, almost unbelievable characters, layman's science and explanations of anatomy and evolution, and a thrilling climax of a race through Mexico's colorful Copper Canyons. I alternately gasped and laughed throughout, and am better
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This was excellent - great, suspenseful storyline interspersed with lessons in science, history and anthropology. Interesting, intriguing, informative, inspiring, it really rang true for me. I remember the feeling as I finished my first marathon that I was made to run, that I had finally found what my body was meant to do. I felt so good I could have kept on running. I didn't recapture that feeling with subsequent marathons, but I haven't forgotten it, and a little pilot light that was turned on
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A really interesting book about what our bodies were actually made for and finding yourself by going back to nature.
Jul 09, 2017
Carrie
marked it as to-read
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