General News

More than 700 hard-core runners congregated in Ajijic Sunday, July 19 to tackle the rocky, rain-slicked trails of the back-to-back 2015 Chupinaya mountain races. At the end of the day, Guadalajara’s Fernando “Dory” Mejia Gonzalez sailed through as the overall champion on the 13.8-kilometer long route.

The Jalisco government is giving financial incentives to its top sportsmen and women to make sure this state maintains its supremacy over its 31 rivals Mexico.

Although Canada may not end the 2015 Pan American Games with the most medals (that honor usually goes to the United States), they are making a good go of it. 

The opening ceremony of the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be broadcast live on CBC on Friday, July 10, from 5 p.m., Central Time.

Manuel Murillo, a specialist on dietary practices and mental attitudes for healthy living, will be the featured  speaker at lakeside’s first Sports Nutrition Seminar, to be held Saturday, July 18 at the Auditorio de la Ribera, La Floresta.  He will share (in Spanish) his expertise on bio-energy, organic super-foods, understanding ingredient labels on commercial food products and related themes. 

Chapala’s Boca Laguna water ski club will be the venue for the opening round of competition in Mexico’s 2015 National Wakeboard Championship circuit, set for this weekend.

Scrappy runners signed up for Ajijic’s July 19 Chupinaya mountain race will take home stunning commemorative t-shirts from what has become one of the nation’s most popular athletic challenges. 

Back from Europe  for his summer vacation, Tapatio soccer idol Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez opened the eighth National School Olympics (Olimpiada Nacional Escolar) this week to the delight of some 9,000 excitable children at the Auditorio Telmex.