A fascinating book that I would never have picked up on my own. The writing was sharp and the metaphors apt. The characterizations were engaging (although most of these people were crazy). The book was well structured, although I could have done without the lame teasers. And it was packed with information. About the Tarahumara, and anatomy and the history and marketing of the running shoe. I did take much of that with a grain of salt however. He may have painted an overly rosy picture of the Tarahumara. And I am not about to throw away my orthotics and go back to running around barefoot.

Greg (who had come in Susan's place) had read that one of the runners in the book had died recently. So Stephanie and I logged onto the internet to check. Micah True/Caballo Blanco had a heart attack on a wilderness run a few weeks back. So running isn't a panacea for health.