RACE DAY IN NAHARIYA
RACE DAY IN NAHARIYA I love to run races. I’ve been doing this for more than 40 years. Nahariya, Israel where I live holds a race once a year. Some years ago, on an intermediate day of Succot, Nahariya held its annual Race Day. I was over psyched, and maybe as some justifiably believe: maybe certifiable. I had just finished reading a terrific book entitled “Born to Run” by Christopher McDougall. Quoting from a blog: “It is a book “full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration”. The book climaxes with a grueling 50-mile race in the wilds of the Sierra Madre mountains. At this location a half dozen superb American ultrarunners were pitted against an incredibly amazing group of Mexican Indians. These Indians are touted to be the fastest and the best long distance runners in the entire world. The tribe is called the Tarahumara. They live in Mexico’s Copper Canyon region, a most desolate and ...