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Born to run a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen

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 American...

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Main Author: McDougall, Christopher, 1962-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Stein, Sylvia tribute
Running races > Mexico > Copper Canyon Region.
Tarahumara Indians > Mexico > Copper Canyon Region.
Long-distance running > Mexico > Copper Canyon Region.
Running.
Athletes.
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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.
Physical Description: 287 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780307266309
0307266303
Author Notes: CHRISTOPHER McDOUGALL is the author of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen and Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance. He began his career as an overseas correspondent for the Associated Press, covering wars in Rwanda and Angola. He now lives and writes (and runs, swims, climbs, and bear-crawls) among the Amish farms around his home in rural Pennsylvania.

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