He is best known for his 2009 book Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen.
[2] McDougall resides in Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania, a town located within Fulton Township.
[3][4][5] In 2009's Born to Run, McDougall tracks down members of the reclusive Tarahumara Indian tribe in the Mexican Copper Canyons.
The book has received attention in the sporting world for McDougall's description of how he overcame injuries by modeling his running after the Tarahumara.
[7] In the Natural Born Heroes (2015), McDougall explores various aspects of heroes and physical fitness, covering the abduction of a Nazi general during World War II, parkour, and various other challenging situations.