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Sporting Witness: Born to Run: Mexico's Tarahumara Indians

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14/10/2021 GMT

Born to Run: Mexico's Tarahumara Indians

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The epic race between America's top ultramarathon runner and an ancient Mexican tribe

The epic race between America's top ultramarathon runner and an ancient Mexican tribe.

In 2006, Scott Jurek, one of the world's best ultramarathon runners, travelled to the remote canyons of Northern Mexico to race the best athletes from an ancient Mexican tribe. The Tarahumara have a tradition of running huge distances and they gave Jurek one of his toughest races, inspiring the best-selling book, Born To Run. Scott Jurek talked to Simon Watts in 2014. 

(Photo: Scott Jurek with Tarahumara runner, Arnulfo Quimare. Credit: Luis Escobar)

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