●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. ●本書作者麥杜格是一位喜愛跑步的業餘跑者，但他始終對一件事情很困擾：為什麼跑步的時候腳會痛？ 為了治療腳痛，他遍訪名醫，得到的答案都是一樣：人體天生不適合跑步，最好換另一種運動試試看。 ●在尋找解決腳痛問題的同時，他看到有關原住民「塔拉烏馬拉」族人的報導，發現他們是世界上最厲害的長距離跑者，於是前去請教跑步的秘訣。作者從這個族人身上學到關於跑步的所有事情，也發現原本自己對於跑步的觀念是錯誤的。 ●「塔拉烏馬拉」族人一直過著遺世獨立的日子，好幾個世紀以來，他們就在崎嶇的山中奔跑，可以不用休息就跑個上百公里且面不改色，輕鬆就可以跑贏山裡的野生動物，更不用說奧運的馬拉松選手。也因為擅長跑步，這群族人身體非常好，性格平靜，從不生病，現代各種的流行傳染病都不曾出現在他們身上。 而他們的跑步哲學，就是回歸基本，不為財富、勝利或名聲而跑，單純是為了追求「使用身體的暢快感覺」。 ●沒有愛，我們不會出生；沒有速度，我們就無法存活！