Micah True ran for the experience of running itself. Although he won the first ultra marathon that he entered, he was less interested in competitive racing. He preferred to ‘run free’.
Kids Race
Part of Micah True’s legacy in Mexico is that he inspired the Raramuri,(also known as the Running People), to return to their origins of long distance running. By honoring their age old traditions of foot racing, and Rarajipare Ball Racing, he celebrated with the communities of La Sierra, the joy of running free. Indeed, a renaissance of running has taken place in the Copper Canyons and the annual children’s race, La Corrida de Los Caballitos, prepares the next generation of Raramuri runners for the Ultra Marathon. Each year, hundreds of children participate in the 4km race race. Everyone who runs, wins school supplies, racing shirts, race medals and other gifts from world wide donations. Continue reading Kids Race
Trail Outlaws Podcast
Listen to the Trail Outlaws podcast interview with Maria Walton, Executive Producer of “Run Free – The True Story of Caballo Blanco”.
Huarache Sandal Making Adventure
Micah True Before the 2009 CCUM
Dogs of Urique
Just for fun, here’s a video about our four-legged friends in the small town of Urique where the Ultra Marathon Caballo Blanco takes place. During filming, I had an idea to make a video like this at some point, and this is the result.
Of course, the video features Caballo Blanco’s Tarahumara pooch ‘Guadajuko’, along with a bunch of other friendly canines. Enjoy!
– Sterling
Five Years After ‘Born to Run’
The book ‘Born to Run’has been on the New York Times best-seller list for over four years. The book changes people’s lives and there is no question that the book changed the running world in many ways. Competitor looks at nearly a dozen ways that the book has shaped the running world since its release in 2009.
Scott Jurek on BBC Sporting Witness
In 2006, Scott Jurek was America’s best long-distance runner, but he was bested by a Tarahumara runner named Arnulfo Quimare in the 2006 Copper Crayon Ultra Marathon. Scott talks to the BBC’s Sporting Witness program in this audio podcast.
Barefoot Ted’s Solo Wheel Adventure
Barefoot Ted ran with Caballo Blanco in the 2006 Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon featured in Born to Run, and he has continued going back for the race many years since. Today, his latest passion is a one-wheeled electric vehicle called the “solo wheel”. Ted calls it a “laptop vehicle” because it can be carried onboard an airplane. Is he on to something?
Read the article in Seattle Magazine
Check out BFT’s Facebook page for Laptop Vehicles
Trace Bundy – The Man Behind the Music in the Documentary
TRACE BUNDY’s RENDITION OF “WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME”
Many wonderful serendipitous events have occurred during the production of this documentary. One of them involves music. The entire time that we were in Urique filming events leading up to the 2012 race we were listening to music that we brought with us. We would often play music on our laptops as we screened footage from the day. There is nothing like gathering around the glowing screen with cold beers in hand, watching fresh footage of running in the beauty of las barrancas with some good tunes in the background!
One of the musicians whose music seemed to come up in our playlists quite often was Trace Bundy, an amazing finger style guitarist. His instrumental guitar music fit quite nicely with our images of running in the canyons. It became the staple ‘go to’ music that we used throughout much of our early production and editing.
When we returned to Seattle and began working further on the movie we had to consider what music we would actually use in the film. As we were thinking about this, our Producer just happened to notice that Trace Bundy was playing live in Seattle that weekend!
We contacted Trace, were invited to the show, and met with him at our studio the next day. After seeing our film, Trace expressed an interest in collaboration. Thus, that is how we came to include the music of Trace Bundy in our film.
One more thing… Did I mention that Trace is from Boulder, CO – where Micah True lived? How’s that for synchronicity?
-Sterling