The Athlete · Paulina · Mexico City
Xochimilco canals
Everyone knows the beer-and-mariachi trajineras. I come at dawn instead, canals silent and misty, for a slow long paddle — shoulders and calm. The best active recovery in the city.
The ancient canals of the south — most come for the party trajineras, but I come early to row the quiet waterways as a long, meditative upper-body session.
— Paulina, The Athlete
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