Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide

Enjoying reading the book and following it had been really interesting.

Whether you're lacing up your first pair of running shoes or you're a seasoned marathoner, "Born to Run 2" is a game-changer. For new runners, it demystifies the process and offers a clear, encouraging path to getting started right and avoiding common injuries. For those of us who have been running for years, it offers a brilliant opportunity to unlearn bad habits and fine-tune our natural mechanics for better performance and longevity in the sport. The real gem is the integrated "90-Day Born to Run 2" training plan on Training Peaks. It's more than just a schedule; it's a daily guide that syncs effortlessly with my smartwatch, keeping me accountable and allowing me to log my training with ease. Seeing my progress laid out so clearly has been a huge motivator. This book doesn't just tell you how to run; it empowers you to run better. Highly recommended!

In Born to Run 2, Christopher McDougall describes the Born to Run Ultramarathon Extravaganza that Luis Escobar has set up, in the spirit of Caballo Blanco’s Copper Canyon Ultramarathon and the Raràmuri’s ball race. It’s a mix of partying, dancing, storytelling and running. The Extravaganza is all about creating a community united in the joy of running. And BTR2 achieves just that. It’s a celebration of running with all the extravaganza that Caballo Blanco would have loved. It’s got the partying (I started with that chapter when I first opened the book, and what a delight to learn that there were clubs out there whose practice sessions are all about running to a local pub). It’s got the storytelling: it’s got lots of anecdotes about Born To Run 2’s amazing athletes, and oh, joy, the first thing that’s said about them is that they too do things wrong!! So often while reading I felt as if all Chris’s anecdotes could have been told around a campfire, with listeners just enjoying his gift of the gab! It’s also got the dancing: “quick feet with partner”, and “deep squats solo or with partner”. That’s dancing, isn’t it?! It’s also got so many pictures that you can start at any page and get completely absorbed, as you would with good music at a party. The book also smells lovely (must be the ink for all the pictures!) BTR2 is spot on balance, right in the middle between Born to Run and the Cool Impossible. It’s a sequel to BTR, peppered with lots of anecdotes about what’s happened to the original BTR Copper Canyon cast in the 12-odd years since the book came out. And I, for one, was very happy to hear what had become of them. And it’s a prequel to the Cool Impossible for, in particular, garden-variety runners like me, who have no Cool Impossible ambition (yet?) and who still need basic guidance about shoes, food, how to solve aches and pains, music or no music, and really easy simple exercises to build up good running form. In particular, I must admit that although in the Cool Impossible, Coach Eric repeats that athleticism is awareness, I’d always felt guilty that I was not a real athlete because I find running on my own just simply boring. What a relief to read that it’s running as part of a group that has allowed us to evolve as a species and that we are made to run as part of a group! What I also loved in the book is that it’s not just 2 pros giving their advice on how to run better. They have made plenty room for other athletes. See Angel and Tavasolian’s Movement Snacks. See all the recipes that so many athletes have provided. See all the pictures provided by the runners themselves. BTR2 is in itself a community, but it’s an open-arms community. It does so much more than give you advice about how to be a better runner. It makes you feel you are part of a community, and with this, Coach Eric is so much closer to his own Cool Impossible of having 1 runner in every household around the world. So it’s a warm-hearted book, and for that reason it’s the perfect gift for Xmas, that time of year when we all yearn for that sense of belonging. It’s a run-to book, and now that I’ve written this, I’ve no excuse: it’s high time I got going again!

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this book provide readers with very interesting inputs about running, recommended for the running nerds out there