A Guatemalan woman of Mayan ancestry is running the 34th Marathon of Los Angeles in traditional indigenous dress.

María del Carmen Tun Cho joined more than 25,000 other participants in the marathon, according to the local NBC affiliate. She runs with huaraches and traditional clothing.

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Tun Cho, the mother of six children, told NBC she runs to demand the rights of women, and has completed similar runs in Guatemala and Spain.

The marathon began Sunday morning at Dodger Stadium.

La atleta q’eqchi’ María del Carmen Tun Cho en su participación en la Maratón de Los Ángeles, Estados Unidos, utiliza el número 21447. Video de Teófilo Barrientos @tododeportes_pl pic.twitter.com/iwpp7D0u0X — Eduardo Sam Chun (@SamChun_PL) March 24, 2019

Tun Cho added that she does not expect to win due to eating “nothing more than beans, tomatoes [and] chili,” telling NBC that she runs primarily to spread her message.

Tun Cho makes her run one week after Thomas Panek became the first blind runner to complete the New York City Half Marathon with guide dogs, finishing the race in just under 2.5 hours.