Yay!! I've FINALLY finished Born to Run! It's just been sitting at the bottom of my backpack lately and I didn't think to actually finish it until Halloween when I was sitting on the staircase waiting for some poor group of children dressed in adorable costumes in the pouring, cold rain to knock on the door. (Speaking of which, did anyone go Trick-Or-Treating??) All in all, I thought the book went over some interesting topics regarding running, such as barefoot running, whether running shoes are good or bad for you, what makes up a good diet, etc., but it would only interest runners. The middle-ish to end-ish section was kind of boring to me because it was talking about a really long, really boring race with people spaced miles apart. To be honest, I might have zone out during that part. Also, the initial problem in the book was lost sometime during the plot, but otherwise, this novel was really interesting to me. It actually makes me want to try out barefoot/minimalist running, but that's a bit hard in Mason since all we can run on is sidewalks, sidewalks, and more sidewalks. And the ick factor... Anyways, I would certainly advise this book as a good read, but only to people who are runners or have run long distances in the past. :DIf you would like to purchase this book, you can find it here.
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