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Athletes United States Athletics Philosophy Long-distance runners Mexico Copper Canyon Region Long-distance runners United States Biography Long-distance running Mexico Copper Canyon Region McDougall, Christopher 1962- Physical fitness Philosophy Running Mexico Copper Canyon Region Running races Mexico Copper Canyon Region Tarahumara Indians Mexico Copper Canyon RegionMcDougall, Christopher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 796 MCDMcDougall, Christopher
Summary: "While researching Born to Run, Chris McDougall encountered the story of Pheidippides, the legendary ancient Greek 'all-day runner.' Later, when McDougall met a dedicated amateur historian, he saw a connection to one of the most fascinating mysteries of World War II: how did a small band of Resistance fighters surrounded by German troops kidnap a top German general? What he discovered is that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796 MCDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.53 MCDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.53 McDougall 2015McDougall, Christopher.
Summary: An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians of have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning journalist and often-injured runner, Chris McDougall sets out to discover their secrets. In the process, he takes his readers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009
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McDougall, Christopher
Summary: McDougall reveals the secrets of the world's greatest distance runners--the Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon, Mexico--and how he trained for the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of super-athletic Americans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.42 MCDCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.42 MCDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.4209721 MCDMcDougall, Christopher
Summary: Recounts the author's experiences with the reclusive Tarahumara Indians, whose techniques allow them to run long distances with ease, and describes his training for a fifty-mile race with the tribe and a number of ultramarathoners.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.42 McDMcDougall, Christopher
Summary: "When Chris McDougall agreed to take in a donkey from an animal hoarder, he thought it would be no harder than the rest of the adjustments he and his family had made after moving from Philadelphia to the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country. But when he arrived Sherman was in such bad shape he could barely move and his hair was coming out in clumps. Chris decided to undertake a radical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019