Runner's Life

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have recently begun reading Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall. The main reason that I chose to read this book is that the description talked about a mysterious Mexican tribe of super-athletes and runners. This intrigued me, so of course, I began reading! The adventure begins with the question asked by most and almost every runner: Why does [Insert body part] hurt?? In this case, the author, who is a reporter, is having heel pain. Even though I just started this book, I can already tell this is going to be a hilarious book! Here's an excerpt:
"Take any other sport, and an injury rate like mine would classify me as defective. In running, it makes me normal. The real mutants are the runners who don't get injured. Up to eight out of every ten runners are hurt every year. It doesn't matter if you're heavy, or thin, speedy, or slow, a marathon champ or a weekend huffer, you're just as likely as the other guy to savage your knees, shins, hamstrings, hips, or heels. Next time you line up for a Turkey Trot, look at the runners on your and lift: statistically, only one of you will be back for the Jingle Bell Jog."
As you can see, the author uses a unique and almost sarcastic tone. Later on, McDougall finds out about a group of people called the "Tarahumara" by conquistadors. Their real name, the Rarámuri, which translates to mean "the running people". The Rarámuri are known for their peacefulness and evasiveness. Not only that, they are some of the most ridiculous runners on the plant. For real. They can 300 miles without a second thought. That's like running 100 5Ks in a row, back-to-back. Not only that, they also run on some of the roughest terrain possible with shoes that barely qualify as shoes, much less the $100 Brooks training shoes that the majority of of our cross country team has. What is most shocking of all though, is that the Rarámuri do all of this with almost no injuries. Zip. Zilch. Nada. In any case, I'm curious as to how the author's going to find this tribe. They're super runners who don't like to be seen. I wonder how that's going to go...