Ricardo Mejia, Mexico’s reputed King of the Mountain, turned out to be the man of the day at Ajijic’s 16th annual Chupinaya Mountain Race, capturing first place in the main contest and also standing in the limelight as the event’s athlete-of-honor.
Still recovering from a recent back injury, Mejia hadn’t arrived with intentions of taking on the arduous 13.8 kilometer run for the hills, but rather to appear for a special homage acknowledging his life-long accomplishments as a mountain runner. “I got wrapped up in the excitement once I got here,” he remarked in explaining his last-minute change of heart to enter the race for a fourth time.
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