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    Summary and Analysis of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen: Based on the Book by Christopher McDougall
    Summary and Analysis of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen: Based on the Book by Christopher McDougall
    Summary and Analysis of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen: Based on the Book by Christopher McDougall
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    Summary and Analysis of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen: Based on the Book by Christopher McDougall

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    So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Born to Run tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Christopher McDougall’s book.

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    This short summary and analysis of Born to Run by Christopher McDougall includes: 
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    About Born to Run by Christopher McDougall:
     
    Christopher McDougall’s New York Times–bestselling Born to Run brought the underground sport of distance running to the forefront of American conversation, spurring trends like barefoot running and chia seeds’ recognition as a superfood.
     
    Centering around two long-distance races, the second of which McDougall intends to run, the book is written in a distinctly Gonzo journalism–style. The author focuses on the Tarahumara, an ancient tribe of runners that lives isolated in Mexico’s Copper Canyons, but he also pulls in plenty of other characters, past and present, and explores the biological reasons we are all born to run.
     
    The summary and analysis in this ebook are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of nonfiction.
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateFeb 21, 2017
    ISBN9781504044042
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    Summary and Analysis of Born to Run - Worth Books

    Context

    Born to Run was published in 2009, not long after barefoot running started to become trendy and not long before a big surge in American race participation. According to statistics put out by Running USA, the number of US running event finishers increased by almost 50% between 2010 and 2013.

    The book was met with widespread acclaim and spent more than 200 consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. When asked by Competitor.com how he felt about the book’s achievements, author Christopher McDougall said, "I always envisioned it as running’s answer to White Men Can’t Jump or The Perfect Storm. … I never anticipated it would be what it is."

    Despite Born to Run’s success, McDougall has admitted to being frustrated that many people have implemented the book’s practices without fully understanding the theories behind them. For example, many runners have adopted the barefoot method without modifying their form. McDougall explains, I think a big part of the problem was that it’s very difficult to translate movement into language (Competitor.com). He also thinks that Americans are, perhaps, too focused on performance and not enough on the many other benefits of the sport, such as camaraderie and running purely for the joy of it.

    Overview

    Author Christopher McDougall tells the story of long-distance running through the eyes of past and current fanatics. While learning to become a better distance runner himself, McDougall takes the reader from Death Valley to freezing mountain ranges to cutting-edge science labs all to show that human beings were, in fact, born to run.

    The story is focused on McDougall’s personal journey as well as the running tradition of the Tarahumara, an isolated indigenous tribe that lives in Mexico’s Copper Canyons and is dedicated to the art of distance running. McDougall seeks out Caballo Blanco, a mysterious figure who lives amongst the Tarahumara, to act as his cultural translator.

    Two races lie at the center of Born to Run. First, the 1994 Leadville 100, in which two of the best Tarahumara runners race—and ultimately defeat—ultramarathoner Ann Trason. Second, a race created by Caballo, for which he enlists McDougall to help him get elite American ultrarunners to race in Tarahumara country. Famed runner Scott Jurek and a handful of other runners—including the author—trek fifty miles through the treacherous terrain. The result is a transcendent display of kinship and community around running and an inspiring story of what we can accomplish together.

    Summary

    Chapter 1

    Christopher McDougall has been searching Mexico’s Sierra Madre for Caballo Blanco (the White Horse) for days. He’s desperate to find this mythical man, hoping he’ll share the Tarahumara’s ancient secrets about running. The Tarahumara are a tribe of superathletes renowned for their ability to run great distances on the tough terrain of the Barrancas, the remote desert canyons they’ve called home for generations. Since Caballo Blanco has been living among them, he’s the perfect link to the outside world. Finally, Caballo walks into the same remote hotel lobby as Christopher.

    Chapter 2

    At 6′4″ and 230 pounds, Christopher has been through a number of experiences that have been physically testing—from long-distance mountain biking to river rafting to reporting from African war zones—yet he has sustained the most injuries

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