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Born To Run : a Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen / Christopher McDougall.

Author: McDougall, Christopher, 1962-

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.

Physical Description287 p. ; 25 cm.

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.

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