Sandal-Wearing Indigenous Runner Wins Ultramarathon Dressed in Traditional Garments
A 30-year-old Mexican woman with no running experience and no running equipment managed to win a 63km (39 miles) ultramarathon while wearing sandals and the traditional dress of her indigenous tribe. With a time of 7 hours and 34 minutes, Candelaria Rivas Ramos won the 63-kilometer women’s category Canyons Ultramarathon in Guachochi, Mexico, with no […]
Mexican Woman Wearing Long Skirt and Rubber Sandals Wins 50 Km Ultramarathon
People usually train for years and invest in professional running gear just to be able to complete an ultramarathon, but María Lorena Ramírez, a native Rarámuri woman from Mexico who had not have any professional training or even basic gear, not only managed to finish a 50 km race, but actually win it. And she […]