Ever see a gazelle with shinsplints?

I can’t remem­ber the last time I enjoyed a book this much. I real­ly had trou­ble putting it down. Part mem­oir, part sport jour­nal­ism, and part inves­ti­ga­tion into human nature, *Born to Run* is well-paced, fun, and much more than I had expected.

McDougal­l’s writ­ing style is a lit­tle more infor­mal than I pre­fer, but he makes it work well. The sub­ject mat­ter is clear­ly very impor­tant to him and the per­son­al tone lends authen­tic­i­ty to his sto­ry­telling and his … Read the rest