The Cabello Blanco comes to the UK
Micah True lives in the Batopilas Canyon of the Sierra Madre in Mexico. Over the last decade he has been instrumental in encouraging the local tribe Raramuri / Tarahumara to keep running which has always been a part of their traditional way of life…
Every year he organises the 50 mile Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon which sees the local runners compete against some of the worlds best ultra runners. The race is unique in many ways, not least that all competitors meeting the 13 hour cutoff win half a tonne of corn, helping competitors to feed their familiies at giving them a valid reason to jeep running.
True with the Tarahumara runners at the Urique race
Micah was thrown into the spotlight in 2009 when the book Born to Run featured his race and placed him as one of the central characters. In September Cabello Blanco (as he is known locally) with visit the UK to give a series of talks.
The dates and venues are:
- Monday 19th September 2011 – City of London School for Girls, Barbican, London, EC2Y 8BB
- Wednesday 21st September 2011 – Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital School, Bristol
- Thursday 22nd September 2011 – Faculty of Health, Birmingham City University, Birmingham
- Thursday 29th September 2011 – David Lloyd’s Leisure Centre, York
His talk will be just over one hour with as much Q&A as required. He also has a short film of the 2009 CCUM that he will show as he gives his presentation, Micah will also cover the following areas in what should be a captivating few hours:
- What first brought him into ultrarunning
- His views on running styles, barefoot running and minimalist footwear
- Meeting the Tarahumara in ’94 at Leadville 100 mile race where they set the course record beating all the american runners.
- How he ended up in Copper Canyon living among the Tarahumara
- The Events leading up to the 2006 Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon (CCUM) featured in the book “Born to Run”
- What’s happened with the CCUM since then
- The work he is doing with Norawas de Raramuri (the not for profit organisation he has established to support them)
Tickets can be bought online here
