The Tarahumara were a Native American tribe that were widely known for their long distance running. They live in northwestern Mexico. The Tarahumaras originated from Chichuahua and then started living up near Copper Canyon and Sierre Madre Occidental. The Tarahumara diet consists of no meat just carbohydrates. They eat approximately 10 percent proteins, 10 percent fat, and 80 percent complex carbohydrate. Running helped the Tarahumaras because it let them communicate to other villages, hunt and transport themselves anywhere they needed to go. Running to the Tarahumara is a game, and it isn't taught. All the men race against each other and whoever wins receives higher status in the community. Before races they smoke and drink to have a little fun beforehand.
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