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A review by noapathy
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
3.0
When I picked up Christopher McDougall's Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, I was expecting some sort of anthropological how-to manual on running. What I ended up with is a fascinating story of the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico, crazy ultra-marathoners, and the ultimate ultra-race between the two.
Plus, there's lots of information on how everything we know about running is wrong. I buy his arguments -- well, mostly. I would have preferred a few more citations when he's quoting all these research studies, rather than the layman's attitude that anything written by someone with a PhD must be true. Still, he makes a pretty solid case against the running shoe industry. Although I don't think I'm going to start running barefoot anytime soon , it will certainly change how I think about my shoes and influence my next purchase, and definitely makes me think a lot about my running form
I'm also a sucker for reading about amazing feats of the human body and about the crazy people who've gotta keep push the endurance envelope. Definitely an entertaining, quick and light read. All in all, good fun!
Plus, there's lots of information on how everything we know about running is wrong. I buy his arguments -- well, mostly. I would have preferred a few more citations when he's quoting all these research studies, rather than the layman's attitude that anything written by someone with a PhD must be true. Still, he makes a pretty solid case against the running shoe industry. Although I don't think I'm going to start running barefoot anytime soon , it will certainly change how I think about my shoes and influence my next purchase, and definitely makes me think a lot about my running form
I'm also a sucker for reading about amazing feats of the human body and about the crazy people who've gotta keep push the endurance envelope. Definitely an entertaining, quick and light read. All in all, good fun!