<p>Part adventure, part extreme sports, all inspiration, <i>Born to Run </i>is a riveting story about one journalist&#8217;s quest to discover the secrets of the world&#8217;s greatest distance runners&#8212;a reclusive Indian tribe living deep in the Copper Canyon of northern Mexico.<br><br>Isolated by near-impenetrable terrain, the Tarahumara Indians are one of the most healthy and serene people on the planet and perhaps the greatest runners&#8212;able to cover hundreds of miles without rest. With the help of a man called Caballo Blanco&#8212;an almost mythical Westerner who lives among the tribe&#8212;Christopher McDougall was able not only to uncover the secrets of the Tarahumara but to join them on a fifty-mile trail race through this rugged landscape with an international gathering of ultramarathoners.<br><br>In a razor-sharp narrative McDougall describes the growing worldwide popularity of this grueling new sport, takes us through the dizzying preparations for the climactic race with the Tarahumara, and chronicles the truly awesome event itself. It&#8217;s a story filled with surprise, near-death experiences, crazy prerace drinking sessions, obsessed&#8212;some would say mad&#8212;runners, and, of course, the Tarahumara themselves, who make it all look easy.<br><br>Galvanizing from start to finish, <i>Born to Run </i>will leave you breathless.</p>