What a great book! The author has the ability to spin a wonderful nonfiction yarn! The characters are so endearing and uplifting. If you like to run...at all, you will like this book. If you like to read fun and lively nonfiction...you will like this book. If you are fascinated by indigenous cultures...you will like this book. History of ultra running, the running shoe, Leadville 100, Tarahumara Tribe, and a crazy gringo named Caballo Blanco. Yippeeeeeeeeeee!Publisher Description:
An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning journalist and often-injured runner Christopher McDougall sets out to discover their secrets. In the process, he takes his readers from science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultra-runners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to a climactic race in the Copper Canyons that pits America's best ultra-runners against the tribe. McDougall's incredible story will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.