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Born to Run by Christopher McDougall - Book Summery
30 April 2021by Deepak Shukla1 min read
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Title: Born to Run by Christopher McDougall - Notes
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Deepak Shukla’s Notes on Born to Run by Christopher McDougall :
Hey guys,
I finished reading this book on the 10th January 2021.
Here’s a synopsis of the book I grabbed from Amazon:
“Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning journalist and often-injured runner Christopher McDougall sets out to discover their secrets. In the process, he takes his readers from science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultra-runners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to a climactic race in the Copper Canyons that pits America’s best ultra-runners against the tribe. McDougall’s incredible story will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.”
And here are my actual notes I took whilst I was listening to this on Audible:
Click this link to purchase from Amazon
Click this link to purchase from Audible
Deepak Shukla’s Notes on Born to Run by Christopher McDougall :
Hey guys,
I finished reading this book on the 10th January 2021.
Here’s a synopsis of the book I grabbed from Amazon:
“Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning journalist and often-injured runner Christopher McDougall sets out to discover their secrets. In the process, he takes his readers from science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultra-runners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to a climactic race in the Copper Canyons that pits America’s best ultra-runners against the tribe. McDougall’s incredible story will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.”
And here are my actual notes I took whilst I was listening to this on Audible:
- Dr Ruth Hidrick
- Social critic Eric Hoffer
- Came first in Leadville 100
- Taramura world's greatest distance runners from copper canyons in northern mexico
- Before that plantar fascitis knee problems etc didn't really exist
- Bowerman invented the modern cushioned shoe which introduced heel striking
- Nike invented the running shoe
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