The Tarahumara - A Hidden Tribe of Superathletes Born to Run

Nestled in northern Mexico and the canyons of the Sierra Madre Occidental is a small tribe of indigenous people known as the Tarahumara. They call themselves Rarámuri, loosely translated as "running people," "foot-runner," "swift of foot," or "he who walks well." They are known for evading the Spanish conquerors in the sixteenth century and keeping their cave-dwelling culture alive and secluded. They are also known for their long distance running and their superior health, not displaying the common health issues of "modern" societies.
A recent National Geographic study (Nov. 2008) states: "When it comes to the top 10 health risks facing American men, the Tarahumara are practically immortal: Their incidence rate is at or near zero in just about every category, including diabetes, vascular disease, and colorectal cancer...Plus, their supernatural invulnerability isn't just limited to their bodies; the Tarahumara have mastered the secret of happiness as well, living as benignly as bodhisattvas in a world free of theft, murder, suicide, and cruelty."
So what is the Tarahumara story and what can we learn from them? How can we use their history as an example for our own primal living? For some they may not be an example of what is considered primal, but they are one of the closest we can find in today's world.
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[@edercorrales6195]

The Tarahumara are not redefining the limits of human endurance. They're simply running without any thought toward western experts on endurance running. They just run.

[@thaik56]

+eder corrales If only it was as simple as that. Just running and not thinking about it. Easier said than done.

[@p4inmaker]

+thaik56 It would be much easier if we didn't sit all day or picked up bad movement habits from wearing shoes. These people are using their bodies the way it evolved, it doesn't get any more natural or easier.

[@weareprisonerscinema]

+Painmaker essentially were going to evolve & adapt with having the extra support..but there is shoes out there like Nike free runs and other shoes that emphasize feeling barefoot

[@kaguth]

They're running the way our ancestors ran in prehistoric times.

[@paulinaimbert]

just like forest gump

[@UrsusCanis]

I like how they didn't bother to interview one Tarahumara person.

[@spectaterahul]

I guess that is because they were too busy running.

[@turbonbc]

hard to keep up

[@nowandaround312]

If they still have to run to deliver messages, clearly they're very disconnected from the outside world. They were isolated in caves for a long time. They probably still could have found someone to talk to but probably not worth all the effort it would take for a 10 minute segment.

[@sharodcoulson1291]

ursus_canis read the book born to run. They spoke to them. They did not know, it was just natural to them.

[@leeuniverse]

Not only "interview", but they didn't TEST one of them...

[@kristaapodaca4490]

My grandparents and parents used to tell me how we were descended from the Tarahumaras but I never gave it any thought but then I saw this video and now I'm very proud to say I am part - Tarahumara!

[@drchilapastrosodrlasmacas438]

Yeah!

[@wildernesstraining1957]

And what’s your ultra marathon personal best time?

[@Huddaz]

@@wildernesstraining1957 Indigenous people have a more natural ability to run, my ancestors ran barefoot across New Zealand. Even though I smoke I’ll still beat most people in a sprint. My minimum time is 11 seconds 100m with my uncle being 10. Never trained just natural barefoot.

[@fastm3980]

My grandma is from here 😍🙌🥹. I'm very interested in Copper Canyon and it's people. One day I will take the train.

[@soundwave8842]

@@wildernesstraining1957 Get a life dude.

[@lhotse1716]

Can they PLEASE stop making documentaries in a fashion that makes you think you're watching a Die Hard 9 trailer? But whatever the market wants I guess...

[@Justaguyyoutubin]

Its just an easy format for editors. If youre a production editor and dont give a FUCK about the content youre editing, youd probably copy/paste a simple editing template as well.

[@hanfiking]

why didnt they just ask the Tarahumara? I'm sure they would have told them... no need to ask so called experts

[@lailaalaghbari6237]

if you've read the book born to run, like i did, you would have known that the tarahumara are hidden and they will only be seen by you if they want you to see them, if they trust you.

[@Ricke2k8]

Really! They could have heard some first hand experiences.

[@mellyvel1]

loswoofin you wish.... only in your dreams....

[@wss33]

Because it's all a bunch of bs.

[@JordanBartholme]

busschr , b/c they (Miss-covery channel) don't care a lick about the truth (mermaids and bigfoot?!!) and are just focused on ratings. Same (unfortunately) with History channel. total POS'

[@CBelle008]

I've personally watched the Tarahumara run while on my trip to Mexico. And it's incredible- they run fast, and they don't stop.

[@cheery-hex]

also, they aren't brainwashed by limiting beliefs held by 'experts'

[@JambonLaBanane]

"Hi! we are conducting a research about Tarahumara's endurance..." Red shirted Tarahumara guy : "Oh! I'll be happy to answer your questions!" "No... actually we'll ask the questions to non-tarahumara people. All you have to do is run around while we film you."

[@El_Winss]

Red-shirted dude is not even a Tarahumara, just an actor running around.

[@davonschroeder1878]

If you read the book 'born to run' you'd know that they are hard to find and they don't like people in their business.

[@WarrioruwuSociety]

They couldnt interview one because they just kept running away

[@ajy84]

They are very beautiful people, more so as I consider, than our materialist society which is governed purely by affluence, pleasure, and power. As a Native American in New Mexico, it brings me chills to see this incredible people adhering to their atavistic ways that we, in the west, seem to have lost. But how beautiful, industrious, and humble they are! I could never measure up to that level of quality they gracefully express.

[@constantinoacevedo452]

+AJ Y us natives thru out the americas need to unite

[@carbajal8283]

+AJ Y My great grandma is a Tarahumaran. She moved up to New Mexico when she was young with her parents, and my family remains here to this day. I actually just recently learned about this when talking to my grandpa more about where we come from. Very interesting to learn family history and it gives me a great sense of pride knowing that I'm descended from an indigenous group of people like the Tarahumara tribe.

[@jaymacias7573]

Dddddddddddddfap

[@mihirkasabwala5810]

It's not super human if it's a human ability

[@Markrobinson-bb3ti]

Yeah you go out and run 400 miles and come back and tell me then.

[@adrianthebest3310]

Dumb fucks easier said than done , haters

[@phantasmarue]

RARAMURI!!. Only👍👍💃💃💃

[@smokekush6835]

MihirTV -🤕 hurt

[@smokekush6835]

MihirTV -doesn't own a dictionary

[@AxmedBahjad]

Tarahumara people are running tribe. They live to run and born to run. What can we learn from? Takeaway lesson: run daily, ignore self-appointed scientists who have no knowledge of human potential, rely on your own intuition, the more you run or do something daily, the better you become, running helps the body and mind to stay free from illnesses.

[@debla2778]

Axmed Bahjad agreed

[@standswithsacredredblood7891]

An adult Apache could travel on foot over the roughest terrain from fifty to seventy-five miles a day, keeping this up for several days at a stretch. Outstanding runners in such a culture would become key figures in holding together widespread associations, such as the Iroquois Confederacy, or even loose groupings of proximal tribes, by carrying news and other urgent messages. A typical example of the role such runners played is recorded in Peter Nobokov’s excellent book “Indian Running.” In the 1860s a messenger runner of the Mesquakie tribe in his mid-fifties ran 400 miles from Green Bay, Wisconsin to warn Sauk Indians along the Missouri River

[@standswithsacredredblood7891]

All native american tribes did this. They had runners that would send communications to other bands or tribe by running. and running great distances. Cree, Iroqua, Dakota, Kickatpoo, Blackfoot, Apache, etc. In 1876 Big Hawk Chief ran from the Pawnee Agency to the Wichitas, a distance of 120 miles, inside 24 hours.

[@thersten]

that aint right. -shoe companies

[@smokekush6835]

thersten 😭😭😭😂😂😂lol

[@chrisweidner4768]

GENIUS, HILARIOUS.

[@cloakofshadows7276]

thersten They just licensed Nike Air Treads. Lol. (made from used tire Treads) 😂😂😂

[@donsal.t.1765]

Nice

[@johnsnowwww]

Hank Hill

[@conniewebster1498]

Proud of our Tarahumara Raramuri people. 🇲🇽 ❤ we salute you. 😊

[@ethanrozling2732]

Unlike other tribes, the Tarahumara have no words for depression, anxiety, or malaise. I wonder why?

[@xHeadcleanerx]

Because they’re too depressed to come up with new words?

[@smokekush6835]

xHeadcleanerx -hurt

[@smokekush6835]

Donnie Brasco boy shut yo snitch ass up you don't know what u talking. About 😭😭😭😂😂😂

[@Trallalinda08]

[@captainamericaamerica8090]

They are slow! They CAN'T win a .real comp😥😥😥😥🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

[@BenavidesJorge]

Also something to point out this Natives are amongst the least protected and unprivileged people in Mexico. They don't get to eat, train and diet like many of the top notch pro athletes or enthusiast yet they manage to run hundreds of miles non stop. There is also a trick a Tarahumara told me once is that they are as energy efficient and efficient overall as they can, he told me that sometimes they run on a sip of water that they hold in their mouth to keep their airways cool and refreshed; something that takes a lot of getting used to since there is a temptation to drink the water.

[@annonymousgod6999]

Well ima try this once I do the mile test

[@squirrelpatrick3670]

this would also force nasal breathing which I understand they do as a rule

[@standswithsacredredblood7891]

An adult Apache could travel on foot over the roughest terrain from fifty to seventy-five miles a day, keeping this up for several days at a stretch. Outstanding runners in such a culture would become key figures in holding together widespread associations, such as the Iroquois Confederacy, or even loose groupings of proximal tribes, by carrying news and other urgent messages. A typical example of the role such runners played is recorded in Peter Nobokov’s excellent book “Indian Running.” In the 1860s a messenger runner of the Mesquakie tribe in his mid-fifties ran 400 miles from Green Bay, Wisconsin to warn Sauk Indians along the Missouri River

[@Trallalinda08]

no need. they are fine and in harmony.. (they may be lacking water just now like much of the world) but other than that they have it all. and no watches... why would they.? I love their livestyle...

[@alexconingham]

Discovery should be embarrassed by this voice-over. They used to be about science, not sensationalism.

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

Read the book “Born to Run”. The tribe in Mexico is truly amazing. In various ultra long distance races, their best runners toy with the best American runners and then leave them in disbelief.

[@florianjug]

the whole way how somebody wrote the narrators text for this 'documentary' kind of disgusts me... the older I get the harder it is for me to tolerate such over-the-top bullshit. Tarahumara and barefoot running is great... don't misunderstand me... I really just hate the style of the documentary...

[@benspartanxc5569]

Florian Jug I agree 100%.

[@MiNennuka]

Florian Jug I do not know from where are you writing, but this is NOT a documentary. This is a light TV show presented with some humour.

[@greenchilaquiles]

Agreed. This is a few steps to from measuring skulls

[@rajeemgarnett173]

I agree 100% the narrator speaks like on ancient aliens

[@gmy33]

oh .. i just shout at my screen .. with those stupidity voice overs ..

[@MartyredxMaiden]

LMAO at the guy cosplaying as a tarahumara with sunburn

[@smokekush6835]

Zorgoon 😭😂😂😂

[@antoniosalazar2607]

💀💀💀💀😂

[@SarahTheSweet15.15]

My great great grandma was apart of this tribe! I’m also 58.9% Native belonging to the Raramuri tribe now known as the Tarahumara tribe.

[@theobserver9131]

I've never ran as far as they do, but I always used to run barefoot. I hated shoes. Actually went one year without even owning a pair of shoes.

[@itzavala]

This is amazing! We must appreciate and recognize more indigenous cultures.

[@Trallalinda08]

totally agree... how we all started out - without the need to put blocks of rock high into the sky..

[@keithratcliff7896]

This narrator's voice is ridiculous. Imagine if someone in your family spoke like that.

[@Trallalinda08]

:)

[@Ryan-jx4vh]

These exaggerated narration voices are so lame. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@shorty004]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tanhuulusoy]

The way he says "tarahumara" crack me up

[@davothefirst9371]

Takes the piss !

[@jessebrito11]

leave those people alone they are still pure wich is why they can still do stuff like that. stuff we all used to do

[@Trallalinda08]

love...

[@cowboyjoe1771]

I just visited the copper canyons in chihuahua. It was amazing! Those people are true to their culture! I hope they always keep it that way it’s a beautiful thing to see. Humble and amazing people!

[@MexlycanFilmico]

These Tarahumara tribe is protected by the mexican government, you cannot enter into their terrain without a permit, and that's a good thing.

[@Trallalinda08]

thank god ... leave them ALone!

[@leonelmartinez5361]

That's not true, the cartels go through there land all the time

[@evrythngfinance997]

Leonel Martinez it’s the cartels they don’t care about rules

[@minstac1530]

To feed the drug addicts up north. The "Great USA" fuck that shit

[@ChivasBarcelonaMex]

@@leonelmartinez5361 That's crazy you telling me criminals don't follow laws. Mind-boggling.

[@TeresaCisneros-u6r]

What a beautiful people tarahumaras

[@Eryan724]

We flew in this super important professional sports nutritionist to figure out why they run so well! Nutritionist: "if you run a lot, you get good at it" ...well thanks sherlock

[@chrisogrady28]

Americans can't make documentaries, why do you need a movie trailer voice, and why do you have to superlative everything and make every point sound like the end of the world. It hurts to watch this stuff, is it made for people with ADHD? I am a minimalist forefoot runner BTW, so not hating on the subject matter.

[@jacksondemere]

yeah this doc is complete garbage. cool subject matter, abysmal presentation

[@hattialim]

you're going to conclude that the entire nation of america cannot make documentaries from a 10-min tv clip? ya this sucked but you can't say americans can't make documentaries with the bbc hiring ken burns every 2 years!

[@darrendavenport3334]

not sure what the tone of the guys voice has to do with ADHD .... that sounds absurd...

[@94ToBor]

Hatti. Nah, the general statement stands, American TV is "different" from the rest of the west

[@carbajal8283]

My great grandma is from the Tarahumara tribe.

[@meileencarbajal8456]

My great grandfather too!

[@daquanfromthetrap2011]

ayyyy my grandpa is apache & my both my grandma was daughter to a tarahumara straight from la sierra in meoqui

[@herssonjaimes7218]

My grandma is, is not a tarahumara!!!

[@Kay_Gee_]

like u guys can even run 10 miles by having a bit of tarahumara blood, na u guys aint special :v

[@carbajal8283]

+HANI NO ZUKA lmao did I say I could run 10 miles? I was just pointing out that I'm of tarahumaran descent. I said nothing about running marathons. Use your brain.

[@cindysea5373]

This is very inspiring.

[@jave387]

Carbohydrates and barefoot running. Those are the correct answers.

[@MimiTherian]

Exactly. Plant based carbs too. Their diet is low fat, low salt, high carb, decent amount of protein and they rarely eat meat. Plus its all whole foods too. Combine that with barefoot running since childhood and bingo lol.

[@daveleitz9107]

Yes, barefoot running and whole, natural food. However, it's what they don't eat that makes people like Tarahumara capable of accessing their body fat stores for energy over long distances. Any humans that have lived for years on the processed foods found in the center aisles of modern supermarkets will suffer to some degree the effects of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases. Sadly, I think most people don't criticize enough the dangerous food-like products made by Coca-Cola, Kellogg's, and other purveyors of industrial plant agriculture, preferring instead to condemn healthy animal foods that have been a part of the diet of our ancestors for millions of years.

[@danpt2000]

Also, no TV, no cars, no motorcycles. Just run everywhere you need to go. No sitting on Computers or in front of TV's for hours a day. Kenyas, Massai of Africa are all great runners.

[@Vaalferatus]

plus loads of alcohol

[@PolantiD]

So why they run? Chasing corn?

[@estellaherrera5511]

No wonder i loved runnning as a you youngster ...explains alot i also can walk for hours without tiring so easy

[@msalazar37]

"The Tarahumara have inhabited this terrain for 500 years." Yes, because they didn't show up there until the Europeans did. Nice!

[@Manu-gp3rq]

500 hundred years, the time when mexico was colonized...

[@weplaywax]

That's true, they relocated to that area in order to avoid the threat the Spanish slaver guild also know as the conquistadores.

[@jorgeriveramx]

They used to live much more to the south, they relocated after the conquest to avoid contact with the Spaniards conquistadores.

[@Dirgis-66]

@@jorgeriveramx cant blame them. smart move. maybe they learned to run to get away from the colonists and their bs?

[@Tatusiek_1]

@@Dirgis-66 lol

[@DavidW59]

The writers of this managed to get almost every detail of these people, including the pronunciation and meaning of their name, wrong...

[@cjc206mix]

David W Teach me

[@DavidW59]

concious caution I will have to go back and watch it again... old people problems! :P

[@benspartanxc5569]

David W Yeah, I was really confused in the beginning of the video.

[@Mratl131]

+David W Absolutely. Also 4:21 "John Mcdougall"... NOPE. Try Chris Mcdougall. Jeez people. Probably spent weeks or days talking/filming with him and they can't even get his name right. Not to mention the fact that he's a best selling author.

[@ChefROCK69]

+Mratl131 They also got it right earlier in the video...making it all the more confusing.

[@FragBoyStewie]

Researchers: And that's why the Tarahumara don't have any running injuries The Tarahumara: Cool story bro...needs more Dragons and shit

[@40andfitish20]

I used to run barefoot down gravel roads, in the grass, in dirt, etc as a young kid. Me and my siblings had some rough feet back then, but lots of fun.

[@Eidenbites]

My dad had those sandals! and so did my grandpa.. when they would come home they would put away their good shoes and wear those tire shoes, my dad always said if i didnt take care of my shoes he would buy me some tire sandals lol

[@highspacefox]

it seems so simple, barefoot running, but the effects are life changing, seriously! if you have doubts, try it! you can run farther, faster, and it feels like a massage while running! might take a while to build up some calluses to not feel the lil rocks, but its soooo worth it. fucking fantastic documentary, loved every minute of this!

[@sam_barris]

+highspacefox I made the switch! I will never go back. :-)

[@user-rm3qj9mb2b]

I can't barefoot run because snow and I am not allowed.

[@monster762]

what about those "barefoot" shoes? The ones which just have a thin strip of rubber

[@drross94]

+monster762 I ordered some Xeroshoes and made the barefoot switch as well. Completely Life Changing.

[@monster762]

Dylan Ross​ Cool, I'm gonna try it

[@TheStupidGuyWithBlip]

This whole documentary may as well be satire. "Isolated tribespeople who run all their life for survival are better than us at running"

[@sethculmore688]

My great uncle is a concert pianist who built schools and a hospital for the tribe. The man is the definition of an OG. He knows like 12 languages fluently

[@_kevinyudha]

Tarahumaras vs Forrest Gump, a marathon i'd like to see

[@QuackersMcCrackers]

"Could we all be superhuman runners if we run with out shoes...? Probably not". Fan.Fucking.Tastic.

[@TehUltimateSnake]

Their record is 435 miles in 2 days. So that means each mile was ran in 6:37 on average. AMAZING

[@goynwa7110]

Imagine keeping that pace for 48 hours is crazy I can run 1hr non stop and my miles are about 7 minutes

[@RamLakshmanan]

Fascinating and inspiring! The story is very nicely documented. Thanks for sharing.

[@larryw4159]

There is a good book written about this tribe called "Born to Run", very interesting read!

[@MrBoobo11]

leave them alone with their gift of running

[@phil7394]

No way. This is America. We must discover the source and exploit it for financial gain.

[@00Moneyxl]

LOL

[@danpt2000]

unfortunately, some Tarahumura have been lured into serving as Drug Mules for the Cartels in Mexico. There are even some Tarahumura's in American jails.

[@jsopart8124]

YOU ARE SOO RIGHT,LIKE THE INCAS-CULTURE DERSTROYED

[@tnxy123]

Phil haha

[@raouf.messai]

قبيلة من السكان الأصليين في أمريكا الشمالية تدعى "تاراهومارا Tarahumara" من أبرز تقاليدهم الجري لمسافات طويلة للغاية ويدربون أطفالهم على الركض منذ الصغر ويستطيع أفراد القبيلة الركض لمسافة تزيد عن 320 كيلومتر في يومين ولهم أسلوب مميز بصيد الحيوانات حيث يستمرون بالركض خلفها حتى تتوقف أو تموت من التعب

[@xXDemise]

My mother is from Chihuahua, and very proud of our roots, as we come from this tribe. I’m barley finding this out, I thought they were just a tribe in Mexico, but now I know so much more.

[@3DHistoryAdventures]

I admire these scientists and researchers efforts, but they also make me laugh -How come, in this whole program, there's not even ONE interview with a Tarahumaran runner, asking THEM how they run? They'll all simply tell them that they trust the earth and they trust their feet. They're not afraid of being harmed, so they're free to run as nature allows us to, in an intuitive natural rhythm, tuning into nonverbal feelings of connection and peaceful exhilaration and at-one-ment with the earth and our body in motion, like ALL of nature.: feelings that cannot be quantified or qualified or analyzed by instruments of measurement. Only the effects of these natural rhythms bear evidences. Be one with the pull of the earth, running is controlled falling, a dance between your body, your legs and the gravity of the world that supports us.

[@swagalicious5519]

New Life Technologies the reason why they didn’t interview one tarahumara is because they are impossible to be found. They will only appear when they want to be seen and if they don’t you will never see one. The reason why is because whenever they would be out in the open and living life(they’re also very peaceful people)they’re leaders were murdered by drug cartels in the area. So therefore they will not be seen. In fact whenever you want to communicate with a tarahumara you can’t just go into their homes, you have to sit out in the open and just wait. if a tarahumara comes to you then you completed your mission but if you just sit and sit and nobody comes up to you, then you might as well leave because you won’t be seeing anybody else for a long time. And this is why they can’t ask them, because they need to be found first in order to interview

[@swagalicious5519]

New Life Technologies and also if you actually want to know the truth and how these people run, read the book “born to run” it’s all about the tarahumara and “the greatest race the world has never seen” search up caballo blanco tarahumara, he is also a natural born runner

[@remotegod255]

reading "Born to Run" changed my life, and 7 months later, at almost 31 years old, I'm running *much* faster and further than ever before in my life. I feel great, it makes me eat a healthier whole-food diet, because I want to run faster and further. I wear minimalist, zero-drop trail shoes that are basically just bottom-foot and toe protection against spines and glass. cruising along the trails smiling, and occasionally scaring the silly slow walkers when I blow by them :)

[@prisilapena-nieto9521]

My great-grandmother was from this tribe I can say for a fact I did not inherited this "running" skill.

[@ezamona]

I Love the book 'Born to Run'!! The Tarahumara are really awe inspiring! :)

[@ronnieo9571]

When I was in highschool and ran cross country, we had one guy who regularly ran barefoot, so being kids we all started to run barefoot, and we would run distances quite regularly of up to 12 miles like this with no issues once you got used to it. Your feet got tough. As for the narrator of this doc saying that the heal strike is the best style. Even with shoes we were taught in 1970's to run on the balls of our feet landing on the pads behind the toes. In meets we ran in shoes but even our shoes were so ultralight that they were less then the tire sole sandals shown here. If anyone can remember the Onitsuka Tiger meet shoes back then they were like nothing. So I find the distances this tribe runs to be impressive but all this amazing let's analyze it stuff.... you need carbs - evidently they get plenty - and they self train to have a beautiful light step, and pace. Case closed.

[@csmihaly]

Beer is the king. Always knew it. My wife never believed it. I'll hit the bar tonite. This is awesome.

[@JM23007]

Found out I'm actually half Native American. Asked around and looked into it and it goes to the Tarahumara through my dads side. I'd always known I was a Mestizo guy, but never truly looked into it. Tarahumara, Spanish, Italian, Greek, and French. I can't run worth shit. Haha.

[@legacy1776sibes]

Lol

[@JM23007]

***** I know, haha. Bummer. Well, I mean, I'm naturally able to run like 3 miles in 18 minutes without training for it, but I after a week of getting into running I start getting weird pains in my calves. I wonder if it's the fact that I didn't build up to it by starting slow and adding half a mile every week or whatever. Or if it's just running on treadmills, pavement, and wearing shoes that's screwing me up. Growing up here in the U.S. I've kind of lost it. I wonder if I just started running out in the deserts without shoes I'd build up my running.

[@lastortaswey07]

oh cool how did you find out you were Tarahumara

[@ThisMachineKillsFish]

John Meda Dude, don't say you can't run for shit and then say you could do 3 miles in 18 without training. One of those statements must be wrong/exaggerated. Unless by "can't run for shit" you mean you easily gets injured...

[@JM23007]

Joeismylittlechipmunk Sorry for the long reply, just saw your comment. I asked my dad, and he told me and showed me a bunch of pictures. As well as a DNA test telling me I was significantly Native American. He then showed me a lot of pictures of him when he was younger out there, and picture of a grandmother of his who who was running out there. Haha. I'd always just assumed him "Mexican" as in Mestizo type without much further thought.

[@dddaaaannnnn]

Drinking game for this video: drink every time the announcer says any slight variation of "could this be the key to their superhuman endurance?"

[@martincruiz7976]

I just could not get past the narrator, Peter MacNeill sensationalizing every aspect of their life style while calling them "Terra-Humira". Absolutely terrible.

[@Trallalinda08]

agree!

[@moonlightwithlove]

I have read this book... It's too long amazing narrative n terrific information but too long and I don't have the patience to read... Christopher McDougall s an amazing writer and extremely entertaining

[@camerons9677]

Who came here from born to run

[@swagalicious5519]

Cameron S meeee

[@gavinronald1957]

Me

[@Mr.Plant1994]

I bet it’s alittle of both. They probably do have superior running genetics, but if we ate and trained like them, with similar foot-ware too them, I bet we could truly push our limits.

[@GB3770]

I can just about run to the shops to buy a beer - lol.

[@marioalvidrez231]

I'm tarahumara. My last name is of Spanish descent only because my great-grandfather came over here from Spain and took down a tribe woman on the trail of tears. I just recently found out. All my life I was a beast at running, could have been the greatest. When I was 5 we went to the Wichita Mountains in Oklahoma one year with our family for Easter. Normally it would take a person 45 minutes to 1 hr to hike up Mt. Scott. I got lost from my family mid hike so I decided I would run up the mountain as fast as I could. I made it up in 15 minutes flat. I called my mom from someone's cell phone at the top and my mom nearly fainted and would ask me who took me up there and how. She tells people that god did that but in reality I ran up the mountain. I made the news in Oklahoma go figure. I didnt know then that I was tarahumara. A few year pass and now my uncles were hosting underground foot races. Wagers got big and people bet up to $20k sometimes. I won a tourney at age 9. Fastest footrunner in Texoma. A boy I beat in that tourney by 3.5 seconds went on to be an Olympic track runner. Later in life I didn't run cross country in high school but I would run about 8 to 10 miles everyday. It made me feel great. The high school cross country coach would come up to me during lunch and try to bribe me with chicken wraps from the student center. He begged me to join the cross country team but I never did. I knew I was better than anyone in my town and I didnt have to prove it. I still run to this day and I'm in tremendously great shape. My son is 4 months old and can stand on his own with near perfect balance. That tarahumara blood runs deep.

[@goynwa7110]

Sure bud

[@thecrazylooser7]

Yeah, genetics rocks! Keep exercising those genes. My family has their own gift, they are more closer to the coast but lived in the Sierra Madre Oriental.

[@RubysLegoLab]

They trained my uncle for "The Crossing of Border". He's currently training with the tribe that lives next to the running tribe, (the jumpers) for the 1st ever "Jumping of THE WALL'. It's their version of the Ironman...

[@5Cdarkwing]

"Do you know how fast pro marathoners race 26 miles? less than 5 minute mile pace" They do that pace for 26 miles. These people do close to the same pace for days at a time ! 435 miles in 48 hours is roughly 6 mins per mile for 48 hours straight ! " That's not slightly amazing." You're right ! Its completely fucking amazing ! No marathon runner can do that !

[@papillonvu]

Budweiser: we fuel your marathon dreams!

[@ravenalbj]

As a teenager I was barefoot all summer long and did run a lot. I can tell everyone for sure that anyone running 100 miles in one day barefoot will have bones showing, because there will not be any skin or muscle left on the soles. I was running barefoot on fine ground and after about 7-8 miles of running, the skin of my soles was so worn out from abrasion that I could not walk barefoot for a few days after that. All this crap about running barefoot for so long is a sale trick for that book. Do you people realize that running 435 miles in 48 hours means running 9 miles an hour nonstop? Anyone believing this has to be a halfwit.

[@cergeantbeanie]

Why not just put the Mexican guy on a treadmill and an olympic runner on a treadmill at the same time. Pull your data from there.

[@weareprisonerscinema]

That's what I was thinking like they're using some random white guy and they clearly had film of one of the tribe members just use him

[@selenagomezacapella]

cergeantbeanie - Don't call them Mexican, they and many other Native tribes don't like being called Mexican.

[@carlosm896]

callate estupida selena gomez y sacate a la mierda .I.

[@wss33]

because it's all a bunch of bs.

[@freddypedraza2066]

cergeantbeanie they don't like being called Mexican, they would skin your balls off lol, trust me, they get angry

[@flickaJay]

iskiate, is what it is called, chia seeds with citrus juice. if you want to rehydrate quickly, this is the thing to use.

[@sam_barris]

At 4:22 they forgot Chris McDougall's name, then they called the tribe "Taramuhara."

[@bodybydestiny]

Great video. Inspiring & interesting, allows us to ask some interesting questions about the modern technology era & how we may be affecting our own evolution.

[@BingleFlimp]

Tarahumara vs Kenyans! It must happen.

[@youngcat4760]

Lazy Spark which would ypu root for?

[@BingleFlimp]

The Eagle Has landed Keyans

[@ameliadire8981]

Racist.

[@BingleFlimp]

Amelia Dire In what way?

[@youngcat4760]

Amelia Dire shes black, she cant be racist :x

[@pac81091]

There are stories told that the Tarahumara would chase their prey, including deer, until the prey grew tired and weak leaving it no choice but to give up. Keep in mind this is in mountainous terrain. These are stories that my grandparents have told us and that have been passed on by their ancestors. My family is from Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico.

[@christomorpho]

This is true. Same as the San people in Africa. Check out a book called The Art of Tracking: the Origins of Science.

[@keshwin108]

Brilliant scientific deduction. These tribes are almost 100% vegetarian and the scientists believe that chasing animals for food is what makes them super athletes.

[@kaitokofuku6500]

Amazing video about running!

[@HyperarchFasciaTraining]

The correct biomechanics principle of the tarahumara tribe is explained in the book

[@standswithsacredredblood7891]

All native american tribe did this. They had runners that would send communications to other bands or tribe by running. and running great distances. Cree, Iroqua, Dakota, Kickatpoo, Blackfoot, Apache, etc. In 1876 Big Hawk Chief ran from the Pawnee Agency to the Wichitas, a distance of 120 miles, inside 24 hours.

[@cpruns4501]

I remember watching this as a kid on Discovery Channel....back when discovery channel was about...you know...discovering stuff:)

[@cultofmalgus1310]

So I guess we can believe in the story of the Ancient Marathon Runner after all.

[@daniesza]

I once crossed the Andes with a running club. It was a race. 30 km a day over 3 days. The winner was a mountain goat herder of the Andes that did it in one day. You get good at what you do every day.

[@breakyoselffool]

These Mexicans ran away from Columbus and Cortez wearing basically nothing...while the Spaniards had horses. Lol

[@Langor]

horses will have to rest when they're carrying a Spaniard with his armor and weaponry in that heat. we'll just sweat it out

[@mapache7317]

no. they lived far away from the aztecs who enslaved and murdered other indians.THe spanish could not have defeated them had it not been for native tribes that hated the aztecs forming an alliance with the spanish. Whom they eventually bred with to create mestizos

[@georgiosdoumas2446]

@@mapache7317 So the film Apocalypto (directed by Mel Gibson) depicted the reality of the region in that era? Not that I am surprised , in Europe the same thing was happening, neighboring nations fighting each other more fiercely, and then a far away player would appear and take advantage of the tired opponents, making ally with one of them TEMPORARILY .

[@mapache7317]

@@georgiosdoumas2446 Oh no lol I was talking about real history. I recommend "historybuffs" review of this film

[@j.osh.4261]

Im happy to be somewhat part of Tarahumara from my grandpas side, I need to know what my moms part of the family is too they look very native just like my grandpas side of the family, viva todo Mexico y sus lindos paisajes 🇲🇽

[@therealserio]

native Americans ✊💯

[@TheSemperac]

when i was a young boy about 8, i saw them play this game with a wooden ball about the size of baseball and just have a long stick not sure what you call it or describe it, like a spoon end. they would play for 2 days and have the "goal" posts about 5 miles apart. imagine lacross but smaller stick that can only push it or kick the ball. was like they left, you sit around and they came back 1 or 2 hours. game between little towns. was awesome.

[@1imesub]

The nonsensical 'man the hunter' argument again from the so-called 'expert' at 5:25? The Tarahumara eat plant-based diets; it's no secret at all.

[@Wrongrealities]

True they don't hunt, but they run as much or more as hunting tribes did or would still do today if things progressed differently. The argument is not nonsensical, it's a valid comparison.

[@1imesub]

It's an uneducated guess based on little to no evidence. What we know for a fact is that the Tarahumara eat lots of corn beans and other plant foods which keep them lean, healthy and athletic. If you take a look at the Kenyans who are also renowned for their running ability, they eat a similar diet high in plant foods/carbohydrates, and eat little in the way of animal products. Plant-based diets provide the energy needed to run long distances, consuming dead animals doesn't.

[@Wrongrealities]

1imesub What are you trying to argue here? I know that vegans and vegetarians are healthier people and I will accept everything you say is true about the diet of the tribe (I don't know it). Here is my point: At the point in the video you indicated, the "expert" was not talking diet, he was simply making the point that running leads to better ability to run, longer and faster and I think it's true no matter the diet. Just sit around the house all day over the winter and you will know what I'm saying. Now imagine generations of people sitting around the house for an endless winter and in a small pocket of the world we have this tribe who lives where there was no winter so generations of their people were not only really active, but they ran and they ran allot. This made them different, not their diet. Proof is in the fact that they are not the only ones who eat that way and for that long.

[@DoNNiEdx77]

I don't think you understand that argument. Even if Tarahumara eat plant-based diets it does not mean they are not hunters and don't eat meat as well (in small amounts). Besides it does not tell us anything abou what they ate in the past. See Jonathon F. Cassel: Tarahumara Indians.

[@1imesub]

Tarahumara are superior athletes because they eat plant based diets and run a lot. Hunters tend to be fat and unhealthy so it's a ridiculous argument to make.

[@peedinkus389]

You mean to say that a group of people that runs all the time in rugged terrain is good at running? Your scientific brilliance astounds me.

[@2138red]

"I just felt like running."

[@benr77]

I love how after every bit of info, the narrator says "Could this be the answer to their amazing abilities?" imagine this in any other scenario "I'd like a burger *Could this be the end of your order? "and a Coke *could this be the end of your order? "and a salad *Could this... lol

[@weareprisonerscinema]

Anthropology so so interesting

[@theIdlecrane]

692km, that's nearly 7 times an ultra marathon. It's amazing.

[@Gonsiih]

We think we dont know how they do it. the reason why some cant do this is because of the way we are living.

[@estevansolorio2947]

Thank you, they was very interesting.

[@RobinE12345678910]

So why not do the Olympics? Sorry if the question is dumb but can they..or no?

[@83gh]

Mostly because running is there lifestyle, not the way to show one's superiority. Besides, they don't trust so-called civilized people so much, which could have something to do with them being constantly forced out from their teritories.

[@AEH2102]

Grzegorz Hotała Because they'd lose.

[@83gh]

Adam H I don't think they would care one way or another. It's a great lesson we could learn, that we can find joy in being really good at something without trying to prove the entire world how good we are.

[@wss33]

Just like I'm faster than Usain Bolt but I'm smart enough to know that I don't need to prove anything.

[@sharodcoulson1291]

RobinTheBoyWonder1 the Olympics races are too short. They are faster at running 200 miles, but not a marathon. If they had a 350 mile race this tribe and some in Africa would win. Women are actually better runners at these longer distances due to the way their bodies metabolise stored fat.

[@Mrfreshtollgate]

Thanks for the advice, Randy, really appreciate it! I'll start looking into online courses to improve certain aspects of my English. I think my last education probably went a bit soft on the old vocab section. Cheers

[@d74g4n]

Its probably because they're breathing trough their nose like we evolved to do, and not trough their mouth. BREATHLESSNESS is the problem, not calories or heel striking

[@Omskanielar]

It's probably the combination of those three and some more factors =)

[@frankblangeard8865]

At 2:54 you can see that the man's feet are not tanned like his legs. That is because he normally wears shoes.

[@blobblob7647]

Might give them minimalistic shoes a go

[@AndrewLida]

heel strike means force goes through heel, and up through the body, unlike barefoot running, which naturally cushions the blow.

[@Vo2maxProductions]

At about 8:00-9:00 the subject (whatever kind of runner he is) doesn't actually appear to be heel striking in shoes. Furthermore, the impact "peaks" seen in both with shoes and without shoes really aren't that different. At the highest force reading (the top of the second wave) impact force is the same. The only difference is the shape of the little "sub spike" leading into that. These studies don't seem to prove anything!

[@TheSandkastenverbot]

I'm a bit late (10 years) but anyway: The moderator wasn't exact there. The peak force wasn't lower in the trial without shoes but the TIME DERIVATIVE of ground contact force (i.e., the force increased faster). It is believed that this also plays a role regarding injuries.

[@TheToloachito]

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