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The best-selling author of Born to Run now trips to the Mediterranean, where he discovers that the secrets of ancient greek language heroes remain alive and well on the island of Crete, and ready to be unleashed in the muscles and thoughts of casual runners and aspiring heroes almost everywhere. After working an ultramarathon through the Copper Canyons of Mexico, Christopher McDougall finds his next great experience on the razor-sharp mountains of Crete, where a band of Amount of resistance fighters in World War II plotted the daring abduction of your German standard from the heart of the Nazi profession. How does a penniless musician, a shepherd, and a playboy poet believe they could carry out such a remarkable feat of power and strength, smuggling the overall past a large number of Nazi pursuers, with little more than their own wits and courage to guide them? McDougall makes his way to the island to find the answer and retrace their steps, experiencing firsthand the extreme physical issues the Amount of resistance fighters and their local allies experienced. On Crete, the birthplace of the classical Greek heroism that spawned famous brands Herakles and Odysseus, McDougall discovers the various tools of the hero - natural movement, extraordinary strength, and efficient nourishment. All of these skills, McDougall learns, are still applied in far-flung pouches throughout the world today. More than a mystery of remarkable people and cunning strategies, Natural Born Heroes is a fascinating investigation into the lost art work of the hero, taking us from the pavements of London at midnight to the shorelines of Brazil at dawn, from the mountains of Colorado to McDougall's own backyard in Pa, all places where modern-day runners are honing early skills so they're ready for anything. Equally as Delivered to Run inspired readers to log off the running machine, out of these shoes, and into the natural world, Natural Born Heroes will inspire those to leave the gym and take their fitness program to mother nature - to climb, swim, skip, throw, and bounce their way with their own heroic feats.
