Planet Relations » running http://www.planetrelations.com exploring the intersection of energy and water Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:38:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Born to Run http://www.planetrelations.com/archives/733 http://www.planetrelations.com/archives/733#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:38:31 +0000 Jeff Stephens http://www.planetrelations.com/?p=733 Just finished Christopher McDougall’s book Born to Run about the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s Copper Canyons. They are (almost) a lost tribe of natural ultramarathoners. The book glides along from the author’s search for Caballo Blanco, a loner living among the Tarahumara, to the evolutionary clues to what make humans great runners to a culminating 50-mile race narrative. Highly recommend it.

The event has evolved to become the Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon.

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What: New Marathon Record = 2 hours, 4 minutes, 26 seconds (beat old record by 29 sec)

Where: Berlin Marathon Sept 30, 2007

How: 4:45/mile! 

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