UTEP Book Launch, Lecture, Film Screening to Focus on Rarámuri Ultra Distance Running, Running Legend Micah True a.k.a. Caballo Blanco
Micah True’s untimely death last month as he was doing what he loved most in the world, running in the Gila Wilderness of New Mexico, came just before a national touring exhibit and catalog were to launch focusing on his life’s passion. The idiosyncratic True, known as Caballo Blanco, gained notoriety through Christopher McDougall’s best selling book Born to Run, which chronicles Rarámuri ultra‐distance running prowess and True’s creation of a 50 mile race through Mexico’s breathtaking Copper Canyon.
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