It was a book first, now it’s a race.

Born to Run is a bestselling book by Christopher McDougall. From the Amazon description “…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.” If you haven’t read the book, I highly recommend it. You don’t need to be a runner to enjoy the story.

In related news, I got a text a few days ago from a friend saying I should run the Born to Run ultra this weekend. It didn’t take much convincing, so I’ll be heading up to East Creek Ranch in Los Olivos with Evan and Chris to run the 50k. They are both running the 100k (there is also a 100 mile division).

Race report to follow…