Here’s a great introduction to Christopher McDougall’s newest book “Born To Run” by my friend Barefoot Ted:
Born to Run
This is a masterpiece. A work on running that will define running for a new generation of runners.
Christopher McDougall asks a simple question: Why does my foot hurt?
His answer spans the centuries and brings us to the cutting edge of running revelations that are as old as our genes.
Our generation of runners have seen it all. Many today thinking that to run is dangerous and that the foot is a death-trap injury appendage waiting to happen. Makes sense, for many runners running today have never known of any other way to run than with big, overly cushioned orthotic boots…cuz our feet are no good and need lots of help, right?
Christopher tells a great tale using an obscure race and race director, a tribe of beautiful people and a rag tag group of ultra runners to weave a story that brings us to a place where rediscovery of our primal connection to running…free of marketing and big bucks and bad science…leads us to new possibilities and a change of thinking that is applicable to any human being wishing to locomote herself on two legs.
This book is at-one-and-the-same time an adventure tale of impossible possibilities and a cutting edge running research journal entry.
Take a wild trip and read this book. You’re gonna love it. BFT
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To learn more about barefoot movement vs shoe industry:
You Walk Wrong: It took 4 million years of evolution to perfect the human foot. But we’re wrecking it with every step we take. By Adam Sternbergh (click here)
The painful truth: Are running shoes a waste of money? By Christopher McDougall (click here)
The Running Shoe Debate: How Barefoot Runners are Shaping the Shoe Industry. By Tyghe Trimble (click here)
‘No evidence’ on running shoe safety. By Danny Rose (click here)
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Already read the book and you’re right. It was amazing. I enjoyed every page of it.
Thanks for the links. Interesting. Makes me want to read through the book now.
Thanks so much for this recommendation! I just finished the book; not only is it filled with lots of great information, it tells an amazing story about a unique and inspiring group of people. One of the most motivating things I’ve come across in a while, makes me want to run!!!!
http://www.survival-international.org/
just the address for a website who fight for tribal peoples, much like the Tarahumara.
great book too! thank you!:)
This is a great book! Not only was it fun to read, it also educated me on the world of running. Each time I picked the book up I was motivated to run more!
Some of us even don’t realize the importance of this information. What a pity.
This book is absolute gold. I do question some of the nutritional advice, and the arguments made, but the physiology is all A-1 spot-on. And yeah, it’s definitely one of the most inspiring things I’ve read in a long time. I can’t stop talking about it – since finishing it I’ve paraded it around to let every runner I know about it. It’s inspired me to start running distance again, but this time barefoot.
This book is absolutely brilliant. I couldn’t put it down and was sad to finish it. Then I went for a run and took my shoes off…
This was by far one of the most interesting and inspiring book I have read in a long time. I never thought I was a good runner. My shins always hurt, and I had no lung capacity. While reading this book, I started taking my dog on the trails in the woods…barefoot. We made it three miles on the first try, and HE got tired and turned around to go back. No shin pain…and I was able to breathe the whole time. Thank you Chris…and thank you Erwan for recommending it!
I’m reading the book and it is great. i was just wondering if the whole book and story actually happend to christopher mcdougal.