287 pages
English language
Published Feb. 23, 2009 by Alfred A. Knopf.
Born to Run
a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen
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McDougall reveals the secrets of the world's greatest distance runners--the Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon, Mexico--and how he trained for the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of super-athletic Americans.
Subjects
- Running races -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region
- Tarahumara Indians -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region
- Long-distance running -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region
- Long-distance runners -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region
- Long-distance runners -- United States -- Biography
- Running -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region
- Athletes -- United States