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Christopher McDougall: Born To Run




  • This is a story of running barefoot or running in a natural way.
  • Given a story of Caballo, who is a village tribe named Tarahumara
  • How the marathon and ultramarathon have been started in this tribe region
  • All the runners in this tribe are 10x better world-top marathoners. 
  • Even their health is super without any special diet, extra medical care, or research.
  • They're a very happy and awesome shy tribe with good humans and basic food. 
  • If you feel or anyone wants to commit suicide, then tell us or them one more way to die is by running. This will make that person energised and remove the feeling of dying.
  • This book is about being happy and enjoying, which will take you miles. 
  • There are lots of thoughts given that will blow your mind and can be attended to by simplicity. One shocking fact given is a person can drink their urine. “It tastes worst though.”
  • That head of his has been occupied with contemporary society’s insoluble problems for so long, and he is still battling on with his good-heartedness and boundless energy. His efforts have not been in vain, but he will probably not live to see them come to fruition. Theo Van Gogh, 1889
  • Caballo says: I don’t want anyone to do anything except come run, party, dance, eat, and hang with us. Running isn’t about making people buy stuff. Running should be free, man. 

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