Double-sided race

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Photo courtesy of Gabriela Raux

The JRZ monument on the background, showing the finish line. Gabriela Raux and Beto O’Rourke all sweaty and tired, yet smiling.

Daniela Martell, Sports Editor

The International 10k is not a race between two countries, but a race that connects two countries.

This race starts in one country and ends in another, showing what the border should really be: a bridge that connects two countries, instead of a barrier between two countries.

This year’s International 10k took place on November 16.

It started in El Paso on the corner of S. Mesa St. and Olivas V. Aoy, continued to the El Paso Chihuahua baseball team’s house, crossed the Stanton Street bridge, and finally ended at the finish line in downtown Ciudad Juarez at the corner of Av. 16 de Septiembre and Av. Juarez.

About 800 people took part in this event, both from Juarez and El Paso.

Chihuahua’s governor, Javier Corral Jurado, ran in this event.

Corral Jurado said, “I accompanied a community that struggles to strengthen the ties of our relationship and binational identity. ”

Gabriela Raux, one of the many runners, said, “ I love this race! I won seventh and a personal record!”

Raux ran across former House Representative Beto O’Rourke in the border.

O’Rourke said, “Beautiful day in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez for the U.S.-Mexico 10K!

“Lots of great people celebrating all that makes the U.S.-MX border so special.”

This event is the perfect example of how unique this border community is. 

Although we are two different cultures, together we create one unique race.