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Chris Mcdoll Born To Run Analysis

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Being over six feet tall, Author of Born To Run, Chris McDougall was constantly being told by his physicians to stop running. However he defied the odds when he overcame his injuries by using as minimal equipment as possible while running. McDougall describes his encounters with various runners, especially the Tarahumara indians, to show runners that attitude is more important than expensive equipment, in the interest of proving that all humans are born to run. McDougall does not possess the typical “runner 's body.” He describes a time when he visited his doctor, Joe Torg, to ask what he could do in order to minimize his injuries while running. Dr. Torg explains how he would need “custom- made orthotics ($400) to slip inside [his] motion-
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