a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen
Hardcover, 287 pages
English language
Published Nov. 12, 2009 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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.
Some interesting parts, but overall far too over-the-top about barefoot running, and very sensational in its depiction of these people.
This is the book that it and started me to become a runner years ago. Great prose, totally entertaining and engrossing.
