They want absolute control and mobility.” He talks about the Tarahumara, an indigenous people in Mexico who run great distances barefoot or in very thin sandals. Barefoot running obviously won ...

Here’s our selection of nine essential running reads. The book that launched a million barefoot runners, Chris McDougall’s account of the Tarahumara is running literature at its most exhilarating.

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