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The Tarahumara teams came back in 1993 and 1994 and won the Leadville event outright both years. In 1993, 52-year-old Tarahumara runner Victoriano Churro came in first, followed by 41-year-old teammate Cerrildo in second. In 1994, a five-man Tarahumara team took on Ann Trason in a much-publicized race in the ultrarunning community. Twenty-five ...
The Tarahumara word for themselves, Rarámuri, means "runners on foot" or "those who run fast" in their native tongue according to some early ethnographers like Norwegian Carl Lumholtz, though this interpretation has not been fully agreed upon.
Under his coaching, his athletes have achieved top finishes at the Leadville Trail 100, World Mountain Running Championships, and Barkley Marathons and competed in the 2024 US Olympic Trials. [8] [10] [11] Roche and his wife published a book, The Happy Runner: Love the Process, Get Faster, Run Longer, in 2019. [12]
Peoria native and former Richwoods High School cross country runner Matt Peharda on the ultra marathon mountain trail during the Leadville Trail 100 Run in Colorado on Aug. 17, 2024.
CHIHUAHUA, México (AP) — Miguel Lara was born to run. It’s in his blood, his people’s history and tied to the land he calls “home.” “That’s what we do,” said the 34-year-old ultramarathoner near his cabin in Porochi, an Indigenous community in the remote Tarahumara mountains of northern Mexico.
D'Amato Wins 50th Annual Falmouth Road Race American marathon record-holder Keira D'Amato dropped down to a shorter distance and won the 50th running of the ASICS Falmouth Road Race 2022 on Sunday ...
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. [ 3 ] He asserts that modern cushioned running shoes are a major cause of running injury, pointing to the thin sandals worn by Tarahumara runners, and the explosion of running-related ...
If you've had some cold weather recently, today's look back at history should make you shiver a little less. From Feb. 2-4, 1996, 29 years ago, a frigid arctic outbreak gripped the upper Midwest.