The Mexican trail has taken advantage of every second of the landing of the Golden Trail World Series in Latin America to get the head and add their own, to the fields of the countryside, to the indigenous people who feel the mountains. A cause that opens a double window, both for Mexicans to calculate shoes and for sports tourism to leave resources in a needy area. Communities such as Reyes de Tepezala, who sew a welcome blanket, dressed in water boots to endure a few days of rain that never ends, and see Africans pass to demential speeds as if they came from another planet. An appointment between two distant worlds that may not be repeated, but that none will forget. Because, as the main local representative, Eder Belmont summarized, theirs gave a “hug” with all the letters in the Tepec Trail: 34 kilometers with about 2,000 meters of positive slope. And for the imposing victories of, the favorite of the public, and of Lauren Gregory, the American who jumps to the first step.
Tepec Trail is inevitably linked to its Argentine founder, Marcos Ferro. , a icing on which fate deprived him for a breakage of hamstrings before taking the plane. He ended up living 20 years in Mexico and looked for a medium for that end. “Why not make a career that can be a classification for more people in my situation?” Thus was born the first Tepec Trail in 2011, so Huasca de Ocampo was Trail’s first barn in the country, chosen in part by the proximity with Mexico City, just two hours by car. An area that presumes safe tourism and traditions such as the Fireworks Castle of San Juan.
That initial project perished in 2019, but Salomon, owner of the Golden, wanted to make in Huasca the final of the National Series of the American region in 2021. What was once a 100 -kilometer route became a more wild of 34 to gain technical complexity and unevenness. It was necessary to shorten the distance with the mountains and take the exit in Reyes de Tepezala, an enclave with 200 inhabitants that subsist the agriculture and two counted food stores. There comes the baker dodging undercut on an arid land path while listening to Van Gogh’s ear. No asphalt, although adolescents cover like the one who connects their houses with the parent town and sell nuts to pay for it.
That is why Ferro wants to add: “Trail tourism, bike or hiking is about to develop. And what better than doing it by the hand of indigenous communities, who can share their culture. We bring the guests, but they are the hosts of the party.” They were up to it, a massive call, from the presentation of Saturday to a tour with a volunteer at each climb. A pleasant surprise for the circuit. This “perfect photo of the Mexican countryside” is made up of the arid hands of farmers who complete their corn crops with sheep and goats. “We do not have the mountains of the Alps or the fans of the Basque Country, but we can give the flavor and warmth of Latin American culture. If we all pull the same side, we can do something very important for the sport of this country and this continent.”
Geology replicates the cultural miscegenation of the area. A fleeting race that begins an arid esplanade, next to the Church of Reyes. Three kilometers for a eroded area with reddish dunes lead to a wooded paradise where the years have discovered paths like
A buried aqueduct. “What motivates me most about this work is that the paths regain life and the community can use them again.” The main climb leads to carboneras – so called because its trees were used to make coal – an area without trails, pure stone. From pines and holm oaks to a clear viewpoint towards the Sierras de las Navajas, thus known by the Obsidian deposits, a black volcanic stone that the cultures of Teotihuacán also used for spears or arrows tips. There are disseminated pieces throughout the route, the mineral from which the trophies are made, because the mines – the runners bordered one – continue to function.
took advantage of the explosion of Joyce Njeru, winner seven days ago in Broken Arrow, at the last climb to win with margin in 3h26m28s; The Kenyan reached 4m4s and Madalina Florea completed the podium at 20m44s. Thus becomes the fifth different winner in the six appointments disputed. All are candidates for the final scepter, along with Sara Alonso, second of the general.
All this menu of climbs and low in height – the 2,839 meters above sea level is reached – did not serve to break the male race, which used the silver bullet to leave them in the descent back to the town again. He made 3h00m01, a quarter of an hour above the forecasts, the hardness proof of the route. It is his third victory of the year, so it reaches the maximum points for the grand final. To the wake are Patrick Kipngeno, second to the 10s, and Philemon Kirigo, third to 22s. The rest, to an abyss, including the two Mexicans in the Top-6: Miguel Ángel Pérez and Belmont, the ambassador. Hundreds of fans brought their words to practice with an area to overflow that extended the reception of the elite to the anonymous, with Ferro colliding hands and screams that force the last drops to squeeze, although the twins can not more. Mont Blanc does not glimpse anywhere, but there is no need to do. Because Mexico overflows feeling.
