‘Run Free’ documents Caballa Blanco
“Run Free: The True Story of Caballo Blanco,” a feature-length documentary about ultrarunning legend Micah True, will premiere at 7 p.m. April 28 at the Smiley Building, 1309 East Third Ave.
The event is sponsored by the Durango Running Club. True, better known as Caballo Blanco, was the focal character of Christopher McDougall’s 2009 best-selling book Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen about the Tarahumara Indians of northern Mexico. Also known as the Rarámuri, or Running People, they are some of the best long-distance runners in the world.
A percentage of the film’s profits, including those from DVD sales, will go to benefit Norawas de Rarámuri (Friends of the Running People), the nonprofit agency founded by True to preserve traditional Tarahumara culture. Norawas de Rarámuri works to provide maize, non-GMO seed corn and cash awards for participating Tarahumara runners, both men and women.
Tickets are $11 in advance at www.imathlete.com/events/runfree or $15 at the door the night of the show. For more information, visit www.durangorunningclub.com or www.runfreemovie.com.
Rose Hill bike rally is May 3 near Fruita
The 19th annual Rose Hill rally, a family friendly bike ride through the farm country around Grand Junction and Fruita, will take place May 3.
Riders have a choice of 31- or 62-mile routes. The registration fee is $35 for adults and $20 for children 12 and younger and includes rider breakfast, hot lunch, rest stops, snacks, door prizes, massage, T-shirt, visual scavenger hunt for children, routine bike maintenance and adjustment, entertainment and more. Walk-up registration will be available the day of the event. Riders will start between 7 and 9 a.m. at Canyon View Park, 24 Road and I-70. Proceeds will benefit the Rose Hill Hospitality House, a free guest house for St. Mary’s Hospital’s out-of-town outpatients and families of patients.
To register, visit www.stmarygj.com/rosehillrally or call 242-5940.
Seniors Outdoors announces programs
Seniors Outdoors will offer these programs:
Hiking of Fisher Towers – Mystery Canyons will take place April 6-8. This will be three days of tough off-trail hiking and scrambling, including some exposure, through complicated red-rock country north of Moab, Utah. There will be two nights of car-camping. To RSVP, call John Bregar at 385-1814 or email johnbregar09@gmail.com.
Wednesday Wanderers will hike the Fort Lewis Loop Trail at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. The hike will begin at Centennial Nature Trail lower trailhead. For more information, call Jim Shadell at 769-3772.
A hike of Aztec Arches & Canyons will take place at 9 a.m. April 11. Participants will hike in canyons east of Aztec. There will be significant off-trail scrambling and a loop return to the vehicles. Four-wheel-drive and high clearance vehicles are required. To RSVP, call Bob Thompson at 382-9271.
Herald Staff
