Film about ultra running legend coming to TC

The Donner Party Mountain Runners and Alpenglow Sports are partnering to bring “Run Free – The True Story of Caballo Blanco” to the Tahoe Art Haus and Cinema in Tahoe City on Oct. 27 at 7pm.

“Run Free” chronicles the life of American ultra running legend Micah True (Caballo Blanco, or the White Horse) and his quest to create an ultra marathon in Mexico’s Copper Canyon to promote and preserve Tarahumara running tradition. True was a main character in Christopher McDougall’s best-selling book “Born to Run – A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen.”

True was a gifted athlete who ran long distances in the trails around his hometown of Boulder. He lived simply, had very few material possessions and delivered furniture in an old pickup to make ends meet. In 1994, he ran with the Tarahumara at the Leadville 100. Following this encounter, True began traveling to Mexico each winter to live and run among the Tarahumara.

Shortly after the 2012 race Micah True disappeared while trail running in the Gila Wilderness of New Mexico. Runners from around North America came to the Gila to join the search for True. Four days later, his body was found and recovered. He died of natural causes doing what he loved to do best – running alone in the wilderness.

Tickets are $5 and may be purchased online. The film studio donates 20 percent of all proceeds from the film to Norawas.org, a nonprofit supporting the Raramuri people of the Copper Canyons of Mexico.