30-year-old Candelaria Rivas Ramos had seen other people run
ultramarathons and take home prizes. And she thought she might give it a try. She
had no experience, no running coach, and no professional equipment. All she had
was pure determination and raw talent. Candelaria and her husband live a
14-hour walk from Guachochi, where the race was held. So, she walked with her
husband the fourteen hours to get there, wearing a traditional Rarámuri dress
and handmade huarache sandals. Then she ran the entire 63-kilometer (just over 39
miles) course in the same sandals and skirt. Candelaria crossed the finish line
in 7 hours and 34 minutes, the first in the women’s category. She dedicated the
win to her family, and took home a prize of 7,000 Mexican pesos ($370). And
then, I suppose, she and her husband spent the next fourteen hours walking back
home.
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