Title Born to run : a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen / Christopher McDougall.

SRP 2012 REVIEW: Amazing info for runners

SRP 2011 REVIEW: Excellently written. A compelling story that every superathlete and runner must read!

SRP 2010 REVIEWS (2): #1) This was a wonderful book about running that wove several stories together, about runners in Mexico, shoe companies, and the birtyh of barefoot running. It's a good book for people even mildly into running! #2) I stopped reading this hyperbole-filled book at page 149 when I read:"Jenn could run a sub 3 hr marathon while wearing s string bikini & chugging a beer at mile 23-& she would-just 5 days after running a 50 mi.race.."This was the last straw. So many folklore stories, exaggerations, embellishments, that you don't know what to believe. As a runner for the last 30 yrs, it starting turning me off then making me sick aabout these ultrarunners (mainly American, b/c I respect the Tarahumara & believe them)can get s-faced on margaritas the night before, or are puking on the roadside then pick up & win a 100 mi race, etc etc etc. It got ridiculous. On par with the self-centered, world-revolves around him, author of "A Million Little Pieces". So I quit this book. I usually do not quit a book, but by this point, I realized I was wasting my time. How can this book be 280 pages long? And where are the snapshots of the Tarahumara - how about even a photo of a beat-up sandal? How did this book get to be a best-seller?!!