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Born to run : a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen / Christopher McDougall.

By: McDougall, Christopher, 1962-.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009Edition: 1st ed.Description: 287 p. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780307266309 (hbk.).Subject(s): True, Micah, 1953-2012 | McDougall, Christopher, 1962- | 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 StatesGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: 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.
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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.

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