Micah True, one of the world’s most famous endurance runners even at the age of 58, disappeared in the Gila Wilderness of New Mexico after telling friends that he was going on a 12-mile run. The story of True, a legendary character known also as Caballo Blanco and immortalized in Christopher McDougal’s book, Born to Run, is beautifully told by Barry Bearak in the New York Times. As Bearak tells it True’s mythic renown owed less to his ability to run than to his capacity to inspire. He was a free spirit who survived on cornmeal, beans and wild dreams, aloof to the allure of money and possessions. He lived in the remote Copper Canyons of northern Mexico to be near the reclusive Tarahumara Indians, reputed to be the greatest natural runners in the world.