At the bottom of Northwest Mexico's Copper Canyons, in the town of Urique, there is a 47 mile Ultra Marathon every March. Here is Will Harlan from ...
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Copper Canyon Run and Ultra Marathon
CCUM
Hola Folks,
The CCUM--Copper Canyon UltraMarathon [Caballo Blanco] is always the first Sunday of March. The program begins in the deep canyon town of Urique the Wednesday evening before the Sunday race.
Pre-registration is required with a limit
to the numbers of "outside" entrants. Information will soon
be posted and entries accepted after July 1 at www.caballoblanco.com
Gracias!
CCUM
March 6, 2011
March 6, 2011 Copper Canyon Run and Ultra Marathon: Entry/Application *Important*
March 6, 2011 Copper Canyon Run and Ultra Marathon: Program Info
March 6, 2011 Copper Canyon Run and Ultra Marathon: Course Description
March 6, 2011 Copper Canyon Run and Ultra Marathon: Message From the RD
March 6, 2011 Copper Canyon Run and Ultra Marathon: WAIVER and Entry Form
This is the race featured in Born to Run...the next year. I have quickly assembled photos from the trip and put together a slideshow. Photos ...
Scott Jurek Winning the Ultra Marathon in Urique Mexico
2010 Copper Canyon Run and Ultra Marathon
This footage is from two days before the race. We all walked the first section of the course together. Some of the walkers include Arnulfo, winner ...
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This is the race featured in Born to Run...the next year. I have quickly assembled photos from the trip and put together a slideshow.
WAIVER and Entry Form: March 7, 2010 Copper Canyon Run and Ultra Marathon
ATHLETES OF THE SIERRA MADRE by Sterling Noren. For more information on the Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon, runners blogs, reports and articles, videos, Google: Copper Canyon Ultra MarathonBrooke Kantor has uploaded the GPS tracks for the pre-race hike and race from his Garmin Forerunner watch - Map and Satellite Images of the CCUM race course. See pictures by Luis Escobar from the Spring 2006 Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon -Photos and runner`s reportsand Spring 2006 Directory. There is a FAQ - Welcome to Cabro Colorado's Guide to the Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon. Articles about the Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon, in Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine - The World's Greatest Runners, By Will Harlan, March 14, 2009 and this also, The Running People, By Will Harlan, November 13, 2009.Another article on blog by a spectator who photo/filmed, that is pretty good -Vagabonding by Motorcycle: Caballo Blanco - 2009 Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon (scroll down) or just the pictures.Learn more about the Raramuri, Caballo Blanco, and the Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon in the Christopher McDougall book "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen." The book is available from Random House, Inc., and their Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, where you can see a short YouTube video with Chris. The book is sold in hardcover, as an unabridged audio CD, as an eBook, and as an Unabridged Audiobook Download. Read this review of "Born to Run" by Michael Sandrock Sandrock: In search of the true identity of Caballo Blanco.Listen to these KGNU "TRIBUTARIES" radio interviews by Robin Claire with Christopher McDougall and Caballo Blanco. Look in the Archived Programs page for the dates 09/27/09 and 09/20/09.A talk by Caballo Blanco at "Zombie Runner" in Palo Alto - Article and 58 minute Video. Go there...You can now connect with the Copper Canyon Ultramarathon on FaceBook! Go there... Aileen Torres Born To Run: Caballo Blanco Interview on Outside Online.Here is an article about The Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon by Laura McNamara.See these 2010 CCUM Photos by Laura McNamara, and then follow her link to view the first of several batches on Flickr.Share this first-hand race experience and see pictures from Copper Canyon, Copper Canyon Ultramarathon training camps: Explore the deep canyons and mountain trails, covering much more distance in a day than any other standard trips! Your group... Your dates... Running/hiking in the Batopilas and Urique canyons, visiting the homes of our Raramuri friends, running parts of the CCUM course and beyond! ... Eat at favorite grandma's kitchens... Comfortable, beautiful, and inexpensive lodging options.CCUM Mission Statement: La Paloma de Paz We come together in las Barrancas del Cobre to create peace and harmony, sharing with/of all that is provided to us by our Mother Earth. Caballo Blanco de la Paz--RDEnjoy
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