Moreover many things that seemed exciting and new in 2009 became commonplace in the last decade. It's understood that this isn't Real Actual Dialogue™, and don't bother fact checking. The book is written in a conversational storytelling style, littered with light profanity, that allows the reader to give the author a bit of leeway about the truthiness of events. Relying on the unfamiliar and exotic to suck the reader in, McDougall tells an entertaining and inspiring tale that meanders through a cast of quirky characters (ok, that's being polite, many are downright strange). The quest starts after discovering an unknown tribe of Mexican Indians that can run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In Born to Run McDougall spins a yarn of an injury prone runner who becomes inspired with a new love of running. But how does the actual book hold up after a decade? The barefoot running craze came and went, Caballo Blanco rode into the sunset, and obscure ultramarathoners have parlayed their Copper Canyon fame into apparel companies. Ten years after its initial publication Born to Run remains a top book for runners. This month I finally had a chance to open it up. But somehow I was too busy at the time and never actually read the book.
I even tried barefoot running for a short while to see what it was all about. Of people extolling the virtues of forefoot running. On weekly group runs I listened to stories of the Tarahumara Indians and Barefoot Ted passed around. I remember when Born to Run first came out back in 2009.
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