Christopher Mcdougall Presents His Natural Born Heroes: UK Book Launch

Join the internationally bestselling author of the phenomenon which is Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen to celebrate the UK launch of his new book Natural Born Heroes: The Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance with the help of some of the stars of the story.

Christopher McDougall will host an exclusive line-up of his heroes and heroines for an evening of talks, demos and Q&As. Shirley Darlington, Daniel Edwardes and the Parkour Generations team will be performing a live parkour performance showing how Natural Born Heroes move, Tara Wood of Wildfitness will talk re-wilding and the ancient athleticism of Crete, the island at the heart of this World War II adventure tale.

Beer!
We'll have some local ale and cider available to buy at the bar to keep you hydrated.
And, if you're wearing a pair of VIVOBAREFOOT shoes on the night you'll get a free drink on us. Cheers!

About VIVOBAREFOOT
The event will be hosted by Founder and Managing Director of VIVOBAREFOOT, Galahad Clark. Chris has decided to once again partner with footwear manufacturers VIVOBAREFOOT. After striking a relationship many years ago over functional footwear, beer and stories about running: VIVOBAREFOOT owner Galahad Clark is ready to welcome Chris back to these British shores.

Natural Born Shoes
VIVOBAREFOOT make shoes that allow your feet to thrive, as nature intended. And they don't look too bad either. When you buy your ticket you'll recieve a code (to be used on vivobarefoot.com or in The VIVOBAREFOOT Experience in 64 Neal St, Covent Garden) which will give you 50% off a pair of VIVOBAREFOOT shoes.

About Christopher McDougall
Christopher McDougall is the author of Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen. He began his career as an overseas correspondent for the Associated Press, covering wars in Rwanda and Angola. He now lives and writes (and runs, swims, climbs, and bear-crawls) among the Amish farms around his home in rural Pennsylvania.

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There's more

Run with Chris
On Saturday 16th May join Christopher McDougall at Bushy Park for the Park Run. We're just turning up so you'll need to register with Park Run yourself. See you at 9am!

Move with Chris
Later that afternoon join Chris along with Shirley and Blane from Parkour Generations in a 2 hour parkour workshop at the Chain Store. There's 45 spaces and they are free. You'll need to book your place here and it's first come first serve.