I hustled up I-5 after work tonight to the Seattle Running Company store.  Given the population of Seattle, I was expecting something on the order of REI....try Eugene Running Company.  A regular "hole-in-the-wall" in a funky neighborhood just east of the highway.  I walked in, found an unoccupied folding chair and watched the room fill up.  My seat neighbor started some small talk, I asked if that guy up front was Caballo, he thought he was shorter....looked like him to me.....except he didn't have any hair..shaved bald.

The long haired store owner introduced the hairless Caballo Blanco.  While an underproduced slideshow played on the wall, Micah True retold the story that lead up to the first race with the Raramiru (Tarahumaru is the grossly mispronounced interpretation heard by the early Conquistadors).  Leadville 100 tales, lead to Copper Canyon tales which lead to....well, you know the story.  Pics of a more hairy Caballo, Barefoot Ted, Scott, the crazy kids and the fleet footed Raramiru colored the room.

The book is a tall tale...like Paul Bunyan and Babe.  Micah was an understated, though confident, story teller - kinda reminded me of somebody.  Micah wanted to talk about culture and simple living, the audience asked him about shoes.  When the questions were done, Micah slipped out the back....like a shy Raramiru.

Micah makes a living as a hiking guide in Copper Canyon, we're invited.