The author concludes that running barefoot is the key to staying uninjured, and that virtually anyone can run marathon distances or more. In “Born to Run,” McDougall sets out to learn why he is constantly getting injured as a runner and discovers a group of Indians in Mexico who can run incredible distances without shoes or sandals. It wasn’t until many years later, in reading Christopher McDougall’s “ Born to Run,” when I realized that this kid was onto something and, apparently, that the padded-shoe industrial complex was out to get me. He had come to Connecticut from the West Coast, so I assumed at the time it was some kind of California thing. I remember thinking this was wacky, especially given that a lot of the “cross country” courses were on asphalt. When I ran cross country in high school, the fastest guy on the boys team ran barefoot.
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