Born to Run

Like most runners, journalist Christopher McDougall found himself plagued by a parade of injuries. Unlike most runners, he decided to seek a cure—and test his own limits—deep within the folds of Mexico’s Copper Canyon region. What he learned, both from scientists and from the expert (and injury-free) long-haul runners of the canyon’s indigenous Tarahumara tribe, sparked the minimalist running revolution—and eventually, the maximalist whiplash that followed.