Associated Press

Through connection to their land, Tarahumara runners are among Mexico’s most beloved champions

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.

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