New York Marathon winner ran across Mexico [+ VIDEO]

Former world-class runner Germán Silva Martínez crossed the whole of Mexico with his running shoes in four months.

The runner from Mexico needed 100 days to run through his home country. In total, Germán Silva ran 5,060 kilometers, so an average of more than 50 kilometers per day.

Bathing in the Caribbean

He started his run through Mexico in the northwest Tijuana. 100 days later, the 54-year-old reached his destination in the southeast, where he Tulum took a refreshing dip in the Caribbean immediately after the successful project.

“The human body is made to run”

“Challenge done! A beautiful journey full of beautiful landscapes and valuable people. I am convinced that the human body is made to run, to meet any physical challenge, this ability can convince our spirit to live in harmony with the whole universe, I’m just happy,” wrote German Silva Instagram.

In those 100 days, the former marathon winner had eight rest days, two of them due to injury. In total, he went through 19 of the 31 states of Mexico.

Curious marathon win in New York

In his active career as a professional runner, he became vice world champion in the half marathon (1994) and twice the winner of the New York City Marathon (1994, 1995). Above all, his triumph in 1994 was fondly remembered. At that time, Silva was misguided with a kilometer to go while she was clearly in the lead. When he was back on track, he was only behind his training colleague Benjamin Paredes in 2nd place. But he was able to intercept this in the last few meters and run in to victory with a two-second lead. His best marathon time was 2:08:56 at the 1998 Boston Marathon.

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