Mexican Athlete Races Mexico City Subway - and Wins Rafa Fernandez De Castro - Fusion
go to original March 24, 2016

Reebok Metro Challenge | ¿Quién ganará? (Reebok)

Fernando Casanova, a self-described obstacle course racing (OCR) athlete, has partnered with Reebok to promote the brand’s latest shoe technology by racing the Mexico City subway.

In a new advertisement, Casanova, a Mexican, is shown riding the metro to the Pino Suarez station, where he jumps out and then races madly across town to try to catch the same train at the next station. Doing so meant dodging pedestrians, streetlights, and inhaling a good amount of smog; if it weren’t for the drone following him across town, he would have probably looked like just another chilango running late for work.

In the end, he won, defeating the iron horse.

Some Mexicans applauded Casanova for winning Reebok’s metro challenge, while others joked on social media that even a turtle could outrun Mexico City’s slow subway. Some joked that he was running to avoid paying his metro fare.

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