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Podcast: Ultrarunning History
Episode: 175: The Tarahumara Ultrarunners
Description: By Davy CrockettÂ
This episode is a replay of the popular early episode 29, about the Tarahumara runners of Mexico.
In recent years, the story of the amazing Tarahumara (Rarámuri) runners from Mexico exploded into international attention with the publication of Christopher McDougall’s best-selling 2009 book, Born to Run. Runners everywhere in 2009 naively tossed their shoes aside for a while and wanted to run like these ancient native Americans from hidden high Sierra canyons in Chihuahua, Mexico. Many other runners left the marathon distance behind, sought to run ultramarathons, and dreamed about running the Leadville 100, which exploded with new entrants.
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