2006 “BORN TO RUN” TEAM (Credit Luis Escobar Photographer)
MICAH TRUE (Credit Estate of Micah True)
BEHIND THE SCENES MOVIE PRODUCTION (Credit Leslie Gaines Photographer)
Sterling Noren filming a young boy in the village of Munerachi.
Caballo Blanco delivering corn to tarahumara workers in Munerachi.
Riding with Dean Fiore, an adventurist traveling by motorcycle through the Copper Canyons.
Our over landing campsite at Entre Amigos hostel in Urique.
Leslie Gaines and Sterling Noren filming in urique.
Olaf and Flint running past the UMCB sign in Urique.
Beto and his band performing for us next to the Urique River.
Tarahumara arriving in Urique before the race.
Capturing the festivities before the race.
Three amigos as they leave the canyons.
Descending 6,000 feet into the Urique canyon.
After filming in the Copper Canyons, the crew took the ferry to Baja and traveled up the coast in style.
Hanging out with the max locos at Entre Amigos.
MORE IMAGES (Credit Leslie Gaines Photographer)
The huarache sandal, traditional footwear of the Tarahumara in northern Mexico.
A lone Raramuri in the canyons.
An iconic scene of Tarahumara runners crossing the foot bridge over the Urique River in Urique prior to the 2012 race.
A young student in the village of Munerachi receives a gift of school supplies from max loco runner Olaf Sorenson.
Traditional Tarahumara pottery being made to order for the film crew.
Barefoot Ted and his team of Luna Sandal wearing ‘Lunatics’ at the 2012 Copper Canyon Ultra Marathoi in Urique.
Guadajuko, the Ghost Dog of the Sierra Madre
‘Flint’ and Olaf running in the early morning hours with Guadajuko, Caballo’s Tarahumara pooch.
Francois ‘Flint’ Bordeaux out for a run in the Copper Canyon early one morning.
Ellis is a runner from British Columbia, Canada who traveled down to Urique for the 2012 ultra marathon.
The guitar player in Urique’s quartet.
Caballo Blanco out for a run with max locos ‘Flint’ and Olaf.
Maria ‘La Mariposa’ Walton and her beloved, Caballo Blanco, as they lead the Raramuri to their accommodations across the river from the village of Urique.
https://www.runfreemovie.com
Caballo Blanco and his Raramuri ‘Ghost Dog’ Guadajuko.
Caballo Blanco, the hero of the best-selling book “Born to Run” in the Copper Canyons of Mexico.
Caballo Blanco, the hero of the best-selling book “Born to Run” in the Copper Canyons of Mexico.
Running has been embraced by the entire community of Urique, old and young.
Barefoot Ted goes for a run along the Urique River before the 2012 ultra marathon.
Barefoot Ted running through the village of Urique.
A young Raramuri runner stops to cool off next to the Urique River on a hot day in March.
They don’t run for tee-shirts or medals, they run for fun.
Arnulfo Quimare, the legendary Tarahumara runner who beat Scott Jurel in the 2006 Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon.
RIP – the accordion player in Urique’s quartet that played by the river for the film crew.
