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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
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posted on
05/24/2017 8:46:35 AM PDT
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simpson96
To: simpson96
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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.)
To: simpson96
Probably easier than walking 1000s of miles to illegally enter the United States.
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posted on
05/24/2017 8:50:28 AM PDT
by
ConservaTexan
(February 6, 1911)
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.
To: simpson96
Brings to mind Chris Macdougall's book on the Tarahumara,
Born to Run.
Got me running again.
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.
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posted on
05/24/2017 8:55:52 AM PDT
by
umgud
To: simpson96
Reminds me of those Inca runners from south America
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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.")
To: simpson96
When I go walking here in Southern California / Northern Tijuana tiny little Mexican women always outpace me.
To: Pearls Before Swine
The book My Life On The Run talks about this. Or it was Ultramarathon Man. Funny stories.
To: GraceG
Is that Inca runner holding an iphone or maybe a Tablet?
All that running might make the battery explode. Be careful!//
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 ...
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posted on
05/24/2017 9:09:39 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: simpson96
And still finished 15-20 minutes after the first man did.
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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)
To: GraceG
LOL, in his hand, that is either a cell phone or a cup of cocaine...
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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)
To: lee martell
It’s a pre-wall painting. He is drinking some of the drugs he is smuggling.
To: simpson96
Skinny little gal in sandals and a skirt. Love it.
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posted on
05/24/2017 9:58:02 AM PDT
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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...
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posted on
05/24/2017 10:03:56 AM PDT
by
RedWing9
(Jesus Rocks Zero Sucks)
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.
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/
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posted on
05/24/2017 10:11:26 AM PDT
by
xrmusn
((6/98)"Ask the experienced rather than the learned")
To: simpson96
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posted on
05/24/2017 10:51:41 AM PDT
by
Made In The USA
(Next thing you know, 'ol Jed's a millionaire)
To: simpson96
Awesome! Congratulations. She should be commended without negative comments here at all. She did right, not wrong in any way.
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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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