I denne boken oppsøker forfatteren blant annet glohete canyoner, utilgjengelige fjelltopper, savanner og maratonløyper for å finne svaret på hvorfor vi løper. Han møter den myteomspunne løperen Caballo Blanco og løperstammen tarahumaraene i Mexico, blir venner med verdens beste langdistanseløpere og snakker med skofabrikanter, trenere og leger.

At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world; in 1993, one of them, aged 57, came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing a toga and sandals. A small group of the world's top ultra-runners (and the awe-inspiring author) make the treacherous journey into the canyons to try to learn the tribe's secrets and then take them on over a course 50 miles long. With incredible energy and smart observation, McDougall tells this story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner. Travelling to labs at Harvard, Nike, and elsewhere, he comes across an incredible cast of characters, including the woman who recently broke the world record for 100 miles and for her encore ran a 2:50 marathon in a bikini, pausing to down a beer at the 20 mile mark.

Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world’s greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong. Isolated by the most savage terrain in North America, the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s deadly Copper Canyons are custodians of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down anything from a deer to an Olympic marathoner while enjoying every mile of it. Their superhuman talent is matched by uncanny health and serenity, leaving the Tarahumara immune to the diseases and strife that plague modern existence. With the help of Caballo Blanco, a mysterious loner who lives among the tribe, the author was able not only to uncover the secrets of the Tarahumara but also to find his own inner ultra-athlete, as 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 Americans, including a star ultramarathoner, a beautiful young surfer, and a barefoot wonder. With a sharp wit and wild exuberance, McDougall takes us from the high-tech science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultrarunners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to the climactic race in the Copper Canyons. Born to Run is that rare book that will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that the secret to happiness is right at your feet, and that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.OBS! Rough cut/Deckle Edge

Med Født til å løpe revolusjonerte Christopher McDougall løpetrening for mosjonister verden over. Nå løfter han blikket og gjør det samme for hele treningsfeltet. Forfatteren knytter gammel visdom fra antikkens helter til moderne fysiologisk forskning og treningsprinsippene til dagens idrettsstjerner. Underveis tar han leseren med på en utrolig reise med et fascinerende persongalleri - fra Pytagoras i det gamle Hellas, via en broket forsamling motstandsmenn på Kreta under 2. verdenskrig, til dagens helter - vanlige mennesker i ekstraordinære situasjoner og folk som har lært seg å ta i bruk heltenes hemmeligheter.

When Chris McDougall stumbled across the story of Churchill's 'dirty tricksters', a motley crew of English poets and academics who helped resist the Nazi invasion of Crete, he knew he was on the track of something special. To beat the odds, the tricksters-starving, aging, outnumbered-tapped into an ancient style of fitness: the lost art of heroism. They listened to their instincts, replaced calories with stored bodily fat and used their fascia, the network of tissue which criss-crosses the body, to catapult themselves to superhuman strength and endurance. Soon McDougall was in the middle of a modern fitness revolution taking place everywhere from Parisian parkour routes to state-of-the-art laboratories, and based on the know-how of Shanghai street-fighters and Wild West gunslingers. Just as Born to Run got runners off the treadmill and into nature, Natural Born Heroes will inspire casual athletes to dump the gym membership for cross-training, mud runs and free-running.

Ät mer fett. Drick mindre vatten. Och vad du än gör – besök aldrig ett gym! Christopher McDougalls träningsråd påminner inte om ­någon annans, och det gör inte hans böcker heller. I bästsäljaren Born to Run – jakten på löpningens själ avverkade han ett ultramaratonlopp i Mexiko, och fick av bara farten miljontals människor världen över att börja springa annorlunda. I Kraftprovet – jakten på vår glömda kunskap om styrka och uthållighet tar han sig upp på Kretas sylvassa bergstoppar, där han finner helt nya insikter om människans fysiska och psykiska förmåga. Christopher McDougall följer fotspåren efter det gäng som ­kidnappade en tysk general framför ögonen på tiotusentals fiende­soldater, mitt under brinnande världskrig. Hur ­lyckades en misslyckad konstnär, en hobbypoet och några fåra­herdar ­genomföra ­en sådan hisnande och krävande kupp? Sökandet efter svaret tar McDougall från slitna bakgator i London till brasilianska paradisstränder. Överallt möter han människor som bemästrar nutidens utman­ingar med hjälp av ­urgamla metoder. Born to Run fick läsarna att hoppa av löpbandet, ur sina skor och ut i ­naturen. På samma sätt kommer Kraftprovet – en hals­brytande blandning av historieskildring och gonzoreportage – få dig att vilja klättra, simma, kasta och hoppa på ett sätt som du aldrig har gjort förut.

Spring för livet! Löpning har på några år blivit Sveriges bredaste folkrörelse - de stora loppen drar idag nästan 500 000 startande. Christopher McDougalls internationella bästsäljare besvarar frågan alla löpare förr eller senare ställer sig: Varför springer jag? I Born to run jagar McDougall oförtröttligt efter svaret. Med hjälp av den bortglömda mexikanska löparstammen tarahumara, flera framstående forskare och några av långdistansvärldens mest färgstarka profiler förstår han till sist varför människan är född att springa, och varför det mesta vi hittills lärt oss om träning är helt felaktigt. Born to run har fått miljontals människor att springa annorlunda och de stora skoföretagen att tillverka en helt ny sorts löparskor. Men framför allt är Born to run en underhållande berättelse med oförglömliga karaktärer, som får även den mest inbitna löpare att parkera sig i läsfåtöljen. Dessutom har den gjort succé bland "vanliga" läsare och legat flera månader på New York Times bästsäljarlista. Boken har översatts till tolv språk och är på väg att ombandlas till film. "Påläst, uppsluppen och besjälad reportagebok om varför människan är född att springa. McDougalls fascinerande löparberättelser ger glädjerus." Dagens Nyheter "Christopher McDougall skriver med samma lust och passion som de säregna levnadskonstnärerna i boken springer med. Med ena foten i Hunter S Thompsons gonzo-journalistik och den andra mitt i löpsteget blir Born to run en färgsprakande historia inte bara om löpning, men om glädjen att leva sitt liv till det yttersta." Upsala Nya Tidning

<b><b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER -</b> The astonishing and hugely entertaining story that completely changed the way we run. An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? <p>"Equal parts quest, physiology treatise, and running history.... The climactic race reads like a sprint.... It simply makes you want to run." --<i>Outside Magazine</i></b> <p>Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning journalist and often-injured runner Christopher McDougall sets out to discover their secrets. In the process, he takes his readers from science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultra-runners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to a climactic race in the Copper Canyons that pits America's best ultra-runners against the tribe. McDougall's incredible story will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.

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When barefoot running guru Christopher McDougall takes in a neglected donkey, his aim is to get Sherman back to reasonable health. But Sherman is ill-tempered, obstinate and uncooperative - and it's clear his poor treatment has made him deeply fearful of humans. Chris knows that donkeys need a purpose - they are working, pack animals - and so when he learns of the sport of Burro Racing or running with donkeys, he sets out to give Sherman something worth living for. With the aid of Chris's menagerie on his farm in rural Pennsylvania, his wife Mika and their friends and neighbours including the local Amish population, Sherman begins to build trust in Chris. To give him a purpose, they start to run together. But what Sherman gains in confidence and meaning is something we all need: a connection with nature, the outdoors, with movement. And as Chris learns, the side benefits of exercise and animal contact are surprising, helping with mental and physical health in unexpected ways.

From the author of the international bestseller Born To RunWhen barefoot running guru Christopher McDougall takes in a neglected donkey, his aim is to get Sherman back to reasonable health. But Sherman is ill-tempered, obstinate and uncooperative - and it's clear his poor treatment has made him deeply fearful of humans. Chris knows that donkeys need a purpose - they are working, pack animals - and so when he learns of the sport of Burro Racing or running with donkeys, he sets out to give Sherman something worth living for. With the aid of Chris's menagerie on his farm in rural Pennsylvania, his wife Mika and their friends and neighbours including the local Amish population, Sherman begins to build trust in Chris. To give him a purpose, they start to run together. But what Sherman gains in confidence and meaning is something we all need: a connection with nature, the outdoors, with movement. And as Chris learns, the side benefits of exercise and animal contact are surprising, helping with mental and physical health in unexpected ways.

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The best-selling author of"Born to Run"now travels to the Mediterranean, where he discovers that the secrets of ancient Greek heroes are still alive and well on the island of Crete, and ready to be unleashedin the muscles and minds of casual athletes and aspiring heroes everywhere. After running an ultramarathon through the Copper Canyons of Mexico, Christopher McDougall finds his next great adventure on the razor-sharp mountains of Crete, where a band of Resistance fighters in World War II plotted the daring abduction of a German general from the heart of the Nazi occupation. How did a penniless artist, a youngshepherd, and a playboy poet believe they couldcarry out such a remarkable feat of strength and endurance, smuggling the general past thousands of Nazi pursuers, with little more than their own wits and courage to guide them? McDougall makes his way to the island to find the answer and retrace their steps, experiencing firsthand the extreme physical challenges the Resistance fighters and their local allies faced. On Crete, the birthplace of the classical Greek heroism that spawned the likes of Herakles and Odysseus, McDougall discovers the tools of the hero natural movement, extraordinary endurance, and efficient nutrition. All of these skills, McDougall learns, are still practiced in far-flung pockets throughoutthe world today. More than a mystery of remarkable people and cunning schemes, "Natural Born Heroes" is a fascinating investigation into the lost art of the hero, taking us from the streets of London at midnight to the beaches of Brazil at dawn, from the mountains of Colorado to McDougall s own backyard in Pennsylvania, all places where modern-day athletes are honing ancientskills so they re ready for anything. Just as"Born to Run"inspired readers to get off the treadmill, out of their shoes, and into the natural world, "Natural Born Heroes"will inspire them to leave the gym and take their fitness routine to nature to climb, swim, skip, throw, and jump their way to their own heroic feats."This book is a rough cut/deckled edge.

From a two-time Olympic coach and creator of the Pose Method who has trained the running elite, an essential guide for all runners seeking to go faster and farther without injury Christopher McDougall's Born to Run --and the wildly popular natural running trend it sparked--changed the way we think about running, but it has also prompted many questions: Have we been running the wrong way? And, have we been running in the wrong kind of shoe? What is the safest type of foot strike? How many types are there? And what is a foot strike anyway? No existing guide has clearly addressed these concerns--until now. The Running Revolutio n provides both beginning and experienced runners with everything they need to know in order to safely and efficiently transition to and master a safer and more biomechanically efficient way of running that is guaranteed to improve performance and minimize wear and tear on the body. More than a one-size-fits-all guide, The Running Revolutio n provides readers with clear instructions, complete with helpful illustrations, that they can easily integrate into their unique running histories in order to run safely, intelligently, and efficiently for many years to come.

2,200 miles. 47 days. One remarkable journey. In July 2015, ultramarathon legend Scott Jurek smashed the world record for running the Appalachian Trail, the sprawling mountain path that runs nearly the entire length of the United States.

”Om barfotalöpning är en trend, då är det en två miljoner år gammal trend som är här för att stanna.”/ Daniel E. Lieberman, Harvardprofessor”Det spelar inte så stor roll hur långt jag springer, bara jag har roligt. Och det har jag barfota.”/ Barfotalöpare2009 kom en bok som i grunden skulle förändra hur vi ser på löpning – Christopher McDougalls Born to Run. Den skulle också trigga en explosion av "barfotalöpare" runtom i världen. Den här boken tar vid när somliga skulle säga att barfotalöpning är förbi. Så är knappast fallet. Att använda så kallade barfotaskor eller minimalistiska skor, i såväl löpning som i vardagen, har för en del snarare blivit mainstream. Barfota – med eller utan skor tar avstamp i författarens egna erfarenheter när han började springa barfota och tack vare det kurerade en svårläkt skada. Idag använder han bara barfota- och minimalistiska skor och är vid 42 års ålder i bättre form än någonsin. Mycket tack vare mindre på fötterna.I boken intervjuas en rad helt olika personer om sina fysiska och mentala upplevelser av att välja bort traditionella skor: löpare, musiker, lärare, kontors-arbetare, sjukgymnaster, en bibliotekarie, en sångare och en hästspecialist.Boken kompletteras med expertutlåtanden och röster från de traditionella skotillverkarna – som inte är lika begeistrade.

Shortlisted for the 2014 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2014 The most dominating endurance athlete of his generation. "The New York Times"An exceptional athlete. A dominating force. An extraordinary person.Kilian Jornet has conquered some of the toughest physical tests on the planet. He has run up and down Mt. Kilimanjaro faster than any other human being, and struck down world records in every challenge that has been proposed, all before the age of 25. Redefining what is possible, Jornet continually pushes the limits of human ability, astonishing competitors with his near-superhuman fitness and ability. Born and raised at 6,000 feet above sea level in the Spanish Pyrenees, Jornet climbed an 11,000 foot mountain the highest mountain in the region at age 5. Now Jornet adores the mountains with the same ferocity with which he runs them. In Run or Die he shares his passion, inviting readers into a fascinating world rich with the beauty of rugged trails and mountain vistas, the pulse-pounding drama of racing, and an intense love for sport and the landscapes that surround him. In his book, Jornet describes his record-breaking runs at Lake Tahoe, Western States 100, Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, and Mount Kilimanjaro the first of his ambitious Summits of My Life project in which Jornet will attempt to break records climbing the highest peaks on each continent. In turns inspiring, insightful, candid, and deeply personal, this is a book written from the heart of the world s greatest endurance runner, for whom life presents one simple choice: Run. Or die. Trail running's first true breakout star [Jornet] has yet to find a record he can't shatter. "Runner s World""

Under närmare tjugo års tid har Scott Jurek varit en av världens främsta löpare på distansen ultramaraton. Men under uppväxten var Scott varken snabbare eller mer uthållig än andra ungar, han led av högt blodtryck och åt gärna frukost på McDonald´s. Ät och spring är Scott Jureks egen berättelse om utvecklingen från soffpotatis till ultramaratonlöpare - med lopp från 42 kilometer till över 20 mil. Han var en av de löpare som reste till Mexiko för att tävla mot tarahumaraindianerna, vilket beskrivs i bästsäljaren Born to run.Jurek visar att det går att övervinna nästan allt: trötthet, smärta både fysisk och själslig och betonar vikten av att välja rätt mat. Successivt övergick han via vegetarisk kosthållning till att bli vegan. Men Jureks främsta budskap är att löpning inte handlar om medfödd talang utan om viljestyrka.I boken varvar han praktiska löp- och träningsråd, osannolika historier om uthållighet, vetenskapliga fakta och härliga vegetariska recept. Ät och spring är en självbiografi, träningsguide och en vägledning till en medvetnare livsstil - allt i ett. "Vilken triumf - såväl Scott Jureks liv som den här unika boken! Jurek tar sig an utmaningar man inte ens kan föreställa sig, och tack vare den här hisnande och personliga berättelsen förstår jag äntligen hur han gör det. Han har bokstavligt talat byggt upp sig själv inifrån och ut, och slutresultatet är en man - och en historia - som ingen annan." Christopher McDougall, författare till Born to Run - Jakten på löpningens själ SCOTT JUREK är en av världens främsta ultramaratonlöpare och har vunnit ett flertal guldmedaljer i olika mästerskap. Han är vegan, känd för sin miljömedvetna livsstil och anlitas ofta som föredragshållare. STEVE FRIEDMAN är journalist och författare till flera uppskattade böcker.

In The Story of the Human Body, Daniel Lieberman, Professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard, shows how we need to change our world to fit our hunter-gatherer bodiesThis ground-breaking book of popular science explores how the way we use our bodies is all wrong. From an evolutionary perspective, if normal is defined as what most people have done for millions of years, then it's normal to walk and run 9 -15 kilometres a day to hunt and gather fresh food which is high in fibre, low in sugar, and barely processed. It's also normal to spend much of your time nursing, napping, making stone tools, and gossiping with a small band of people. Our 21st-century lifestyles, argues Daniel Lieberman, are out of synch with our stone-age bodies. Never have we been so healthy and long-lived - but never, too, have we been so prone to a slew of problems that were, until recently, rare or unknown, from asthma, to diabetes, to - scariest of all - overpopulation.The Story of the Human Body asks how our bodies got to be the way they are, and considers how that evolutionary history - both ancient and recent - can help us evaluate how we use our bodies. How is the present-day state of the human body related to the past? And what is the human body's future? 'Monumental. The Story of the Human Body, by one of our leading experts, takes us on an epic voyage' - Neil Shubin, author of Your Inner Fish'Riveting, enlightening, and more than a little frightening' - Christopher McDougall, author of Born to RunDaniel Lieberman is the Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard and a leader in the field. He has written nearly 100 articles, many appearing in the journals Nature and Science, and his cover story on barefoot running in Nature was picked up by major media the world over. His research and discoveries have been highlighted in newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Boston Globe, Discover, and National Geographic.