In Born to Run, Christopher McDougall spins a wildly careening tale of colorful personas, from hidden tribes to research scientists, penniless college coeds to bizarre millionaires, shameless promoters to reclusive loners. From the plains of Africa to the mountains of Colorado, from Death Valley to the Sierra Madre, he weaves one common thread that binds them all: the love of running.
McDougall, an editor for the magazine Men’s Health, had to stop his recreational running due to foot pain. That pain triggered a bizarre cascade of events that culminated in a secret grueling ultra-marathon in the remote mountains of Mexico that included some of the best runners on the planet. Born to Run is his travelogue of those events.
Each chapter whips and turns like an out of control roller-coaster carrying you on a wild ride where you never know what’s around the next bend. Along the way, McDougall explores the body and soul of the runner, visiting bio-mechanics, evolutionary anthropology, philosophy, nutrition, and more.
I tremendously enjoyed this book on several levels. One, the story itself was a trip, living through all the people and places that culminated in this amazing race. Second, the dips into science were fascinating to me: how uniquely engineered the human body is to run down to the placement of specific ligaments. But most intriguing was the explorations on the spiritual aspect of running, how nourishing running is to the human spirit and how closely tied it can be to our capacity to love.
Born to Run is fascinating reading for anyone with a taste for adventure and a love of running. I had a blast reading it.
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