Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Audiobook (Free)

Full of incredible individuals, amazing athletic accomplishments, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic experience that began with one simple question: Why does my foot harm? Searching for an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world’s very best distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process displays us that everything we believed we knew about running is normally wrong.

Isolated by the most savage terrain in THE UNITED STATES, the about Created to Run: A CONCEALED Tribe, Superathletes, and the best Contest the World HASN’T Noticed reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s deadly Copper Canyons are custodians of the lost art. For centuries they have used techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down anything from a deer for an Olympic marathoner while experiencing every mile from it. Their superhuman talent is matched by uncanny health insurance and serenity, departing the Tarahumara immune to the illnesses and strife that plague modern existence. By using Caballo Blanco, a strange loner who lives among the tribe, the writer was able not only to uncover the secrets of the Tarahumara but also to find his own inner ultra-athlete, as he educated for the challenge of an eternity: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara nation pitting the tribe against an unusual band of Us citizens, including a star ultramarathoner, a lovely youthful surfer, and a barefoot question.

Having a sharp wit and wild exuberance, McDougall takes us from the high-tech science labs at Harvard towards the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across THE UNITED STATES, where ever-growing amounts of ultrarunners are pushing their bodies towards the limit, and, finally, to the climactic competition in the Copper Canyons. Given birth to to Run is normally that rare reserve that will not only engage your brain but inspire your body when you understand that the trick to happiness can be right at your feet, and that you, indeed all of us, were born to perform.