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Run to Mexico?(International Edition)(international runners)(Brief article)
Byline: Alexis Okeowo
A growing number of international runners are leaving their homelands for an unlikely destination: Mexico. Though the U.S. still boasts more foreign transplants, Mexico's high altitude, easier visa process and cheaper cost of living are luring some of the sport's leading figures, including Kenyans Isaac Kimaiyo, Lazarus Nyakeraka and Patrick Nthiwa. Mexico also taxes race winnings by 14 percent, compared with 33 percent in the U.S., which Nyakeraka says makes it a "better option" for runners who send race earnings to family back home.
The runners are coming despite a disastrous drug war that is keeping tourists away and crippling foreign investment. So far, more than 200 runners from Africa, South America and Eastern Europe have made Mexico's central mountains their home in recent years. Each athlete is represented by a private company that spends as much as $50,000 a year on travel arrangements for them, according to athletic manager Francisco Ibarra. The Mexican ...
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