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'Invaluable' - WATERSTONES BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF 2022 'Amazing,
really incredibly inspiring book' Joe Wicks on Born to Run Born to
Run's Chris McDougall and long-time running coach Eric Orton show
us how to join the global barefoot running movement and explore the
world on our own two feet. Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training
Guide teaches every runner, new or experienced, how to master
humankind's first true superpower and tap into hidden reserves of
strength and stamina. With chapters dedicated to the Free Seven -
Food, Fitness, Form, Focus, Footwear, Fun and Family - we learn
exactly how to change our biomechanics, clean up our diets, heal
our injuries, adapt to healthier footwear, and prepare for our
dream challenge. Packed with advice and inspiring stories from
runners who have made the transition, it includes: - A rock-solid
food primer on optimum diet and power-packed On the Run recipes -
Techniques for running with dogs and baby buggies to help you run
with the whole family - 'Perfect Form' exercises that will overhaul
your stride in less than ten minutes - A 90-Day Run Free Programme,
designed to give everything you need to run faster and farther,
forever.
At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican
Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are
reputed to be the best distance runners in the world; in 1993, one
of them, aged 57, came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing
a toga and sandals. A small group of the world's top ultra-runners
(and the awe-inspiring author) make the treacherous journey into
the canyons to try to learn the tribe's secrets and then take them
on over a course 50 miles long. With incredible energy and smart
observation, McDougall tells this story while asking what the
secrets are to being an incredible runner. Travelling to labs at
Harvard, Nike, and elsewhere, he comes across an incredible cast of
characters, including the woman who recently broke the world record
for 100 miles and for her encore ran a 2:50 marathon in a bikini,
pausing to down a beer at the 20 mile mark.
AS HEARD ON THE CHRIS EVANS BREAKFAST SHOW - "It's not just for
runners. It's for life! It's a great story." When Chris McDougall
stumbled across the story of Churchill's 'dirty tricksters', a
motley crew of English poets and academics who helped resist the
Nazi invasion of Crete, he knew he was on the track of something
special. To beat the odds, the tricksters-starving, aging,
outnumbered-tapped into an ancient style of fitness: the lost art
of heroism. They listened to their instincts, replaced calories
with stored bodily fat and used their fascia, the network of tissue
which criss-crosses the body, to catapult themselves to superhuman
strength and endurance. Soon McDougall was in the middle of a
modern fitness revolution taking place everywhere from Parisian
parkour routes to state-of-the-art laboratories, and based on the
know-how of Shanghai street-fighters and Wild West gunslingers.
Just as Born to Run got runners off the treadmill and into nature,
Natural Born Heroes will inspire casual athletes to dump the gym
membership for cross-training, mud runs and free-running.
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements,
cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, "Born to
Run "is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: "Why
does my foot hurt? "In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall
sets off to find a tribe of the world's greatest distance runners
and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that
everything we thought we knew about running is wrong.
Isolated by the most savage terrain in North America, the reclusive
Tarahumara Indians of Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons are custodians
of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced techniques that
allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down
anything from a deer to an Olympic marathoner while enjoying every
mile of it. Their superhuman talent is matched by uncanny health
and serenity, leaving the Tarahumara immune to the diseases and
strife that plague modern existence. With the help of Caballo
Blanco, a mysterious loner who lives among the tribe, the author
was able not only to uncover the secrets of the Tarahumara but also
to find his own inner ultra-athlete, as 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
Americans, including a star ultramarathoner, a beautiful young
surfer, and a barefoot wonder.
With a sharp wit and wild exuberance, McDougall takes us from the
high-tech science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and
freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of
ultrarunners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally,
to the climactic race in the Copper Canyons. "Born to Run" is that
rare book that will not only engage your mind but inspire your body
when you realize that the secret to happiness is right at your
feet, and that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.
"From the Hardcover edition."
When barefoot running guru Christopher McDougall takes in a
neglected donkey, his aim is to get Sherman back to reasonable
health. But Sherman is ill-tempered, obstinate and uncooperative -
and it's clear his poor treatment has made him deeply fearful of
humans. Christopher knows that donkeys need a purpose - they are
working, pack animals - and so when he learns of the sport of Burro
Racing or running with donkeys, he sets out to give Sherman
something worth living for. With the aid of Christopher's menagerie
on his farm in rural Pennsylvania, his wife Mika and their friends
and neighbours including the local Amish population, Sherman begins
to build trust in Christopher. To give him a purpose, they start to
run together. But what Sherman gains in confidence and meaning is
something we all need: a connection with nature, the outdoors, with
movement. And as Christopher learns, the side benefits of exercise
and animal contact are surprising, helping with mental and physical
health in unexpected ways.
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements,
cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, "Born to
Run "is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: "Why
does my foot hurt? "In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall
sets off to find a tribe of the world's greatest distance runners
and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that
everything we thought we knew about running is wrong.
Isolated by the most savage terrain in North America, the reclusive
Tarahumara Indians of Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons are custodians
of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced techniques that
allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down
anything from a deer to an Olympic marathoner while enjoying every
mile of it. Their superhuman talent is matched by uncanny health
and serenity, leaving the Tarahumara immune to the diseases and
strife that plague modern existence. With the help of Caballo
Blanco, a mysterious loner who lives among the tribe, the author
was able not only to uncover the secrets of the Tarahumara but also
to find his own inner ultra-athlete, as 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
Americans, including a star ultramarathoner, a beautiful young
surfer, and a barefoot wonder.
With a sharp wit and wild exuberance, McDougall takes us from the
high-tech science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and
freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of
ultrarunners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally,
to the climactic race in the Copper Canyons. "Born to Run" is that
rare book that will not only engage your mind but inspire your body
when you realize that the secret to happiness is right at your
feet, and that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.
"Excellent . . . A no-brainer pickup for the sports collection."
-- "Booklist"
"An affirmation of the strong state of American sportswriting."
-- "Kirkus Reviews"
From more than 350 national, regional, and specialty
publications and, increasingly, the top sports blogs, Christopher
McDougall, best-selling author of "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe,
Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen,
"hand-selected the very best sports journalism of the past
year.
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