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This inspirational film from National Geographic chronicles the attempt by three ultra marathoners to run across the entire length of Africa's Sahara Desert, tackling not only the elements, but also unimaginable physical and emotional obstacles. Their goal is to run across six African countries, anticipating two marathons per day, for eighty days... without a day off. Narrated by Academy Award winner Matt Damon and directed by Academy Award winner James Moll.
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A Race For The Soul profiles the physical and mental challenges encountered by participants in the Western States 100, the grueling 100 mile run held in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. One of the best running documentaries available.
Includes a scene with Zombie Gillian!
This 2 DVD Set contains 55 minutes of bonus footage from the race that is not available in the VHS version. Included are scenes inside the aid stations Red Star Ridge, Robinson Flat, Devil's Thumb and the Rucky Chucky River Crossing. Also included are more emotional scenes from the finish line.
Death Valley National Park is a land of extremes. It's the driest place in the United States, the lowest place in the Western Hemisphere and, at one time, the hottest single location recorded on earth. Yet here, in this seemingly inhospitable chasm, life thrives. More than 1,000 species of plant call this park home. Several animal species here live nowhere else on earth. Journey with JT Reynolds, Death Valleys larger-than-life superintendent, from the parks highest peak, at 11,049, to its lowest point, a staggering 282 feet below sea-level, and meet the scientists who are working to protect this wild place as the mercury rises.
The Long Green Line documents the York Duke's 2005 Cross Country season as the runners seek their record 25th state title in 50 years.
"Pure Gold." -- Daily Herald
"A healthy reminder of how sports can mold young men and women into better people." -- Chicago Sun Times
The inspirational film UltraMarathon Man: 50 Marathons - 50 States - 50 Days, features renowned endurance athlete and best selling author Dean Karnazes, in his attempt to run 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days to raise awareness for youth obesity and to get America active. A beautiful and epic journey across the United States, during which Dean pushes the limits of human endurance, inspiring thousands across the country to join him along the path while uniting people of all ages and abilities to take "the next step."
From the composer who brought you the music to Ultramarathon Man comes a new story. Follow Cody and his family as he travels through grief, pain and perseverance in his quest to run 26.2 miles. Featuring interviews with Dean Karnazes and JB Benna. Running time: 26:22 (plus special features)
A portion of the profits will benefit the Brain Tumor Foundation.
Indulgence: 1000 Miles Under the Colorado Sky features ultra-marathon phenom Anton Krupicka in a high-definition running film inspired by mountain ski and bike films. The film will offer the viewer a first-hand look at Anton's life as he trains in the mountains of Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California during the summer of 2007. The film's presentation will reflect Anton's simple approach to life and running and his continued pursuit of this minimalist ideal amidst the expectations of modern society.
The 2007 Tahoe Rim Trail 50K/50M/100M Endurance Runs
A Glimpse of Heaven and A Taste of Hell has just won a Silver Remi Award at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival!
This dramatic 56 minute television special chronicles both the story of ultra running and the colorful history of this event, told by the participants and volunteers of the race.
The net proceeds from the sales of the Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Runs DVD, A Glimpse of Heaven and a Taste of Hell benefit the Tahoe Rim Trail Association trail maintenance program, the Lake Tahoe Nevada State Parks backcountry mountain bike safety patrol and the South Tahoe and Carson City High Schools' cross country programs.
What kind of person runs 100 miles just for fun? The answer to this question lies within the documentary Massanutten: Two Runners, 100 Miles, filmed at the 2006 running of the Massanutten Mountain Trail 100 (MMT) ultramarathon, near Front Royal, Virginia. The MMT gives participants 36 hours to run the 100 mile course, ascending 19,000 feet on roads and rocky trails. The two runners referenced in the title are Gary Knipling, 62, a gregarious 9-time finisher again taking on the MMT, and Kerry Owens, 43, a steadily improving competitor returning for her third run.
A 96 year old man runs the 2nd oldest footrace in America, the grueling Dipsea race, for a world record 68 consecutive times. An American original, he has lived alone all his life on his 400-acre homestead in the Sierra Nevada foothills with no running water, electricity or house.
A documentary by Drow Millar.
The world's coldest human-powered ultra race includes a marathon, a 100 mile and a 300 mile course, following the world-famous Yukon Quest trail in an arduous journey on frozen rivers and the remote outdoors of the Great White North.
THE RUNNER follows Extreme UltraRunner David Horton through the desert sun, the high snowbound mountain passes, the pain, the emotion, and his revelation. Join him as he runs more than 40 miles per day for 66 consecutive days in an attempt to set the speed record on the 2,700 mile Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada.
When teenagers from one of the nation's toughest neighborhoods in Oakland, California sign up to train for a marathon, they begin the journey of a lifetime.
Running 26.2 miles takes their effort, commitment, and courage. Growing up as teenagers in East Oakland, California takes more. Runners High tells their inspirational stories of personal triumph.
Showdown is the documentary movie starring 5 elite distance runners - Abdi Abdirahman, Alan Culpepper, Meb Keflezighi, Dathan Ritzenhein, and Jorge Torres - who together have won an Olympic medal, numerous Olympic team berths, and a wide variety of races at all levels. Viewers go behind the scenes in the runners' quest for the 2007 US Cross-Country Championship in Boulder, Colorado, but more broadly in their pursuit of world-class performances in the UK and Scotland. Running 72 minutes long, and including just under 6 minutes of extras, the movie includes footage of the athletes training, racing, and resting. The audience learns much about the sport of running and what it takes to excel at it: the physical, mental, and emotional components of success.
Make sure to check out the Showdown + What It Takes + What It Takes Trainer Edition DVD set.
The 2006 adidas Track Classic video shows athletes breaking decades-old records, including several close finishes, in the windy conditions at the Home Depot Center.
The 2006 Reebok Grand Prix video shows a World Record in the women's 5,000 meters, the fastest 100 meter dash by an American on U.S. soil, and a strong field in the men's mile.
On the final stop of the 2006 Visa Championship Series, this year's excitement ended in two $100,000 performances for Visa Champions Kerron Clement and Lashinda Demus. 2 discs.
The Zombies rate this as one of their favorite movies! It's a classic. And if you don't think it has much to do with running or ultrarunning, you need to check out that "little" race in the Sahara Desert known as Marathon des Sables!
Director David Lean follows the heroic true-life odyssey of T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) in this dramatic portrait of the famed British officer's journey to the Middle East. Assigned to Arabia during World War I, Lawrence courageously unites the warring Arab factions into a strong guerrilla front and leads them to brilliant victories in treacherous desert battlefields where they eventually defeat the ruling Turkish Empire.
Winner of 7 Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Picture. 1962.
A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Since the Zombies are race directors of the Hunter S. Thompson Fear and Loathing 50K/50M, they figure they ought to carry the book that inspired the race. The Zombies say: Required reading!
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken.
The Comrades Marathon is a 90-k race in South Africa. An aging running coach, Barry, wants to field a winner; he's working with four men from a factory, but when he's fired to make way for a smooth, corporate type, he's at loose ends. Then he sees Christine, a Namibian immigrant who runs to forget her troubles. He offers to coach her and soon she's living at his house, following his diet and training regimen. But his single-mindedness gets to her: she wants a job and a place of her own. Plus, the man who replaced Barry likes her and wants her away from Barry. Can runner and coach (woman and man, African and European) sort out their complex relationship before the race?
Based on the life of Steve Prefontaine, a young long-distance runner from Oregon who pursued the dream of Olympic gold in Munich and became one of the biggest, yet most tragic sport stars in America.
The film follows the life of famous 1970s runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to Oregon University where he worked with the legendary coach Bill Bowerman, later to Olympics in Munich and his early death at 24 in a car crash.
In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay made history as the first people to reach the top of Everest. Now, 50 years later, three sons of Everest's most celebrated climbers return to the mountain to challenge it again. Join their journey as they brave the elements and face death to climb 29,000 feet of wind-blasted rock and ice. And, relive the dramatic history of Everest from great triumphs to deadly tragedies, enduring rivalries and the unsung role of the Sherpa people - as National Geographic exposes the untold stories that lurk in the mountain's epic shadow and takes you on THE ultimate Everest experience.
