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Summary Of Christopher Mcdougall's Born To Run

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Author & Sources Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen is an inspirational novel written by and the through the eyes of Christopher McDougall. McDougall is an accomplished journalist. In his career, he had been a war correspondent for the Associated Press, in which he covered conflicts in Rwanda and Angola. He is a three time National Magazine award finalist, and has written for multiple magazines. Through his time at both Men’s Health and Esquire magazines, he developed a history and passion of experimenting with sports. Summary “At six feet four inches and two hundred thirty pounds, I’d been told many times that nature intended guys my size to post up under the hoop or take a bullet for the President, not pound our bulk down the pavement (p.8).” Having taken up marathons five years earlier, a forty year old McDougall recalled this thought in the office of renowned sports medicine physician Dr. Joe Torg. In those five years, he had accumulated a series of leg and foot injuries which left him searching for answers. These answers would prove elusive until one day in Mexico on assignment for the New York Times, McDougall read an article about the Tarahumara Indians. This effectively begins the …show more content…

It is a place of dangerous cliffs, scorching heat, and deadly drug smugglers. McDougall sets out on the threatening trek lead by his guide Salvador, who claims he knows the way to the Quimare clan. Salvador explained that his tribe is home to the greatest Tarahumara runner, Arnulfo Quimare. It takes a couple days for them to complete their search. McDougall presents the Quimare clan as a simple yet guarded people,they are a care-free, non-sexist, shy people. The Tarahumara shun the outside world but at the same time they are fascinated by it. McDougall realizes that this tribe is not completely accepting of his

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