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Welcome to the 2nd Edition of the Run Free Newsletter!
Ultra Caballo Blanco News
About Newsletter Subcriptions
The Run Free Newsletter will be released about 4 times per year. Unfortunately we experienced some major technical issues since the last newsletter and lost our entire subscriber list. If you did not receive this in your inbox, simply subscribe again and receive it next time it is sent out!
We have a new website!
Thank you everyone for your patience while we got everything up and running. The new website link is www.ultracb.com. There you will find all of the information about the race as well as stories and memories of Micah True, the Raramuri and the Copper Canyons!
Travel Plans
The registrations are coming in and the time is coming to make travel plans. Remember, this year will have a lot of runners and lodging is first come, first served! A much-loved friend of Caballo Blanco, Doug (Diego) Rhodes, has kindly offered to help make lodging reservations for runners, he can help you with any hotel in Urique. Email him at doug@mexicohorse.com for more information.
Diego owns a hotel in Cerocahui and has a lot of experience in the area. He is also offering the El Paso Shuttle again.
Norawas and Donations
The nonprofit started by Caballo Blanco and Mas Locos to support the Raramuri is going back into operation soon! We are currently taking donations on the race website, but Norawas.org will be up very soon (we will include a link once it is up).
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Our November Trip to the Canyons
by Maria Walton
We are excited for our upcoming trip to Las Barrancas next week, meeting with Urique Government officials to review race events and logistics. We will share with the people a post celebration of the sacred, Dia De Los Muertos holiday.
This festival celebrates the memories of loved ones who have died. Memorial altars are created to welcome the departed spirits home. Favorite foods, beverages, photos, memorabilia, are placed in the shrine as a peaceful message of prayer, so the souls may celebrate the blessings they brought into our world. The Aztec Goddess, Mictecacihuatl, assures us that nothing is ever lost. That love plants a fire in our hearts and brings beauty to our souls.
In honor of Caballo Blanco’s legacy, our dear friends, and Micah’s first race sponsors, Dona Tita Quintana, Prospero Torres, Maria and Josue, have selected a beautiful, road side shrine, against a canyon wall, overlooking the sparkling, flowing streams of the Urique River, facing towards the majestic mountains of the ranch of Los Alisos. The peaceful message of Caballo Blanco, will unite all cultures of the Raramuri, Mestizos, and International running communities.
We are honored that many International partners are supporting this event. Marathon Kids will be providing each child, champion medals and shirts for the Inaugural kids’ run. La Carrerra de Los Caballitos, begin on March 2, a race for the children of Urique. The Alsace Restaurant group, the International Partner with P.F. Chang’s, will provide each child, school supplies.
In a spirit of Korima, the circle of sharing, without expectations of gratitude for the intended results, we encourage everyone to give freely from the heart. Seeds, clothing, blankets, and school supplies are always appreciated.
In honoring all traditions of the 50-mile foot race, both cash prizes and food vales (vouchers), are rewarded to the top finishers. Runners will receive vouchers, which provide maize, beans, rice, flour, and non-GMO seed corn for the Raramuri families. This reward ensures nutritional sustenance to both the physical and cultural survival of the Raramuri people.
Micah’s vision ignited a bonfire. May his spirit invite you to keep this flame burning with strength, warmth and light. We will continue this glow into the hearts of everyone that loves to dance and run free!
Maria Walton (La Mariposa)
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We can use your help with the Corrida de los Caballitos Kids Run the day before the big race. This is our first year doing it and we can use:
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support collecting pencils, pens, notebooks, erasers, backpacks
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support transporting items down to Urique
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The Children of Urique built an altar in memory of Caballo Blanco for Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
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The 2013 Event Logo was created by an artist in Chihuahua, he has done the race posters since 2009
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See you in the Canyons on March 3rd!
Race Directors Maria & Josue
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