Tarahumara running—like everything else about the Tarahumara—needs to be understood in its larger social, economic, spiritual, and ecological contexts. Racing as Simulated Hunting.

Running in Tarahumara (Rarámuri) Culture. The Tarahumara (Rarámuri) are a Native American people from Chihuahua, Mexico, who have long been famous for running, but there is widespread ...

Mexico's Tarahumara are the world's greatest ultrarunners—and the next victims of the drug war. ... running in the shadowy depths of Sinforosa Canyon, in Mexico's lawless Sierra Madre.

The Tarahumara don’t rely on GPS watches, heart-rate monitors, pace calculators, detailed training plans or a special shoe that best matches their running stride. Keeping things simple allows ...

KELLY: This is the 2009 book "Born To Run," which introduced a lot of Americans, runners and non-runners alike, to the Indigenous people the Tarahumara and helped spark the whole barefoot running ...

The Ciudad Juárez Marathon, in Northern Mexico, is known for having an Indigenous category, which attracts runners from the Tarahumara tribe. The group has a long tradition of running long ...

When “Born to Run” hit The New York Times best-seller list in 2009, millions of readers discovered for the first time a mysterious indigenous Mexican tribe for whom hundred-mile runs on rugged ...

Even on their own turf in the mountains of northwestern Mexico, Tarahumara Indian runners like Arnulfo Quimare seem like a sideshow to their better-heeled competitors. The outsiders are outfitted ...

CHIHUAHUA, México — 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 ...

The Tarahumara remembered that humans have always run best when we’ve run together. For most of our history, we would never run off into the wilderness by ourselves. If we did, it’s doubtful ...