Born to run


I have been reading a book called "Born to Run." I bought it in the Juan Santa Maria airport terminal in Costa Rica when I had to take a flight  on a business trip.


I started to read the book then, but it is difficult  for me read in airplanes, neither can I sleep or take a nap. All I can do is watch the TV (of course I have to  pay for it). I left aside the book and started reading other books. A couple of months ago I started reading  the book again, now I'm  hooked on it. It relates the history  about an Indian group called  Tarahumara  or how they call themselves Rarámuri.



The Rarámuris are a special kind of ultra runners, they run very long distances. They live in the Mexico Canyons and have a basic diet that consists of eating corn prepared in very different manners.  They also eat a lot of beans and drink large amounts of beer.

The Rarámuris live in small communities and it is odd see them out of the canyons. A reporter named Christopher Mcdonald went to the Mexico canyons to get know these people and he had a great experience down there. He met a guy who named himself  Caballo Blanco. Caballo is a special ultra runner who was amazed by the Rarámuris culture and their capacity to run long distances. He followed the Rarámuris to the Mexican canyons and decided to live there forever, running through the rocks and the mystic of the place... (to be continue)

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