Some People Are Just Born to Run

The NY Times Online published the story of Christopher McDougall, a former retired, new back-to-running marathoner. He explains why he stopped running at first as 9 out of 10 runners have some sort of injury when training for these long distance runs. Why would anyone continue a sport that had only 10 percent chance of not injuring themselves?

After meeting with gringo protégé, “The White Horse,” (of the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s Copper Canyons) and Daniel Lieberman, Harvard’s “Barefoot Professor,” Christopher spend 9 months completely retraining his running style (physically, mentally, and spiritually). According to his book Born to Run, McDougall “discovered that injury-free legs aren’t such a miracle after all.”

To read the rest of the article click here. I would be interested in hearing what your best injury free running method is. . .

Ryan Orser