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Mexican Tarahumara woman wins 50km race wearing sandals
BBC ^ | 5/23/2017 | Staff

Posted on 05/24/2017 8:46:35 AM PDT by simpson96

A 22-year-old woman from Mexico's Tarahumara indigenous community has won a 50km (31 miles) ultramarathon wearing sandals.

María Lorena Ramírez defeated 500 other runners from 12 countries in the female category of the Ultra Trail Cerro Rojo in Puebla, in central Mexico.

She ran without any professional gear, and her pair of sandals was reportedly made from recycled tyre rubber.

The Tarahumara are famous for being excellent runners.

The race was held on 29 April, but only now has word about her victory spread.(snip)

Apart from the sandals, María Lorena Ramírez wore a skirt and a scarf in the race. She did not have any professional training.

She finished the race in seven hours and three minutes, and was awarded 6,000 pesos ($320; £250).

Reports said her job is herding goats and cattle, walking some 10-15km every day.

Last year, she came second in the 100km category of the Caballo Blanco ultramarathon, in Chihuahua.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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1 posted on 05/24/2017 8:46:35 AM PDT by simpson96
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Good for her!


2 posted on 05/24/2017 8:48:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: simpson96

Probably easier than walking 1000s of miles to illegally enter the United States.


3 posted on 05/24/2017 8:50:28 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: BenLurkin
Good for her!

If she's any example of what the tribal runners can do, somebody should connect these guys with the big-money US marathons like New York or Boston.

4 posted on 05/24/2017 8:52:19 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: simpson96
Brings to mind Chris Macdougall's book on the Tarahumara, Born to Run.

Got me running again.

5 posted on 05/24/2017 8:52:28 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: simpson96

Do you know why Mexico didn’t send athletes to the 1984 LA Olympics?

Everybody who could run, jump or swim was already here.


6 posted on 05/24/2017 8:55:52 AM PDT by umgud
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To: simpson96

Reminds me of those Inca runners from south America

7 posted on 05/24/2017 8:56:18 AM PDT by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, that it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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To: simpson96

When I go walking here in Southern California / Northern Tijuana tiny little Mexican women always outpace me.


8 posted on 05/24/2017 9:05:39 AM PDT by forgotten man
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To: Pearls Before Swine

The book My Life On The Run talks about this. Or it was Ultramarathon Man. Funny stories.


9 posted on 05/24/2017 9:07:06 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error)
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To: GraceG

Is that Inca runner holding an iphone or maybe a Tablet?
All that running might make the battery explode. Be careful!//


10 posted on 05/24/2017 9:08:28 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: simpson96

Reports said her job is herding goats and cattle, walking some 10-15km every day.

I manage 8-10 miles (12-16km) 4-5 days (depending on weather) a week ...


11 posted on 05/24/2017 9:09:39 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: simpson96

And still finished 15-20 minutes after the first man did.


12 posted on 05/24/2017 9:19:13 AM PDT by rlmorel (President Donald J. Trump ... Making Liberal Heads Explode, 140 Characters at a Time)
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To: GraceG

LOL, in his hand, that is either a cell phone or a cup of cocaine...


13 posted on 05/24/2017 9:20:27 AM PDT by rlmorel (President Donald J. Trump ... Making Liberal Heads Explode, 140 Characters at a Time)
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To: lee martell

It’s a pre-wall painting. He is drinking some of the drugs he is smuggling.


14 posted on 05/24/2017 9:22:17 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: simpson96

Skinny little gal in sandals and a skirt. Love it.


15 posted on 05/24/2017 9:58:02 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: simpson96
She finished the race in seven hours and three minutes

Why is this a big deal? Marathons in America are generally run 26.2 miles in just over two hours? This woman did 8km more in 7...

16 posted on 05/24/2017 10:03:56 AM PDT by RedWing9 (Jesus Rocks Zero Sucks)
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To: simpson96

I read about these people several years ago, but wondered why, if they are so good, I never hear about them winning big international races like the Kenyans do.


17 posted on 05/24/2017 10:05:17 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: simpson96

hmm I wonder if the sign they are holding is how much they ‘won’....

I remember when 6000 pesos was about 92 cents s/


18 posted on 05/24/2017 10:11:26 AM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)"Ask the experienced rather than the learned")
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To: simpson96

What a cool story.


19 posted on 05/24/2017 10:51:41 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Next thing you know, 'ol Jed's a millionaire)
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To: simpson96

Awesome! Congratulations. She should be commended without negative comments here at all. She did right, not wrong in any way.


20 posted on 05/24/2017 10:54:48 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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