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Born to Run

by Christopher McDougall

  • FINISHED
  • Finished July 2016
  • First published 2009

narrative nonfiction sports

McDougall travels to Mexico’s Copper Canyons to learn how the Tarahumara run enormous distances without injury.   The book mixes a story about a legendary ultramarathon with arguments about running shoes and form.