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Running Madness focuses on the granddaddy of all ultra runs: The Western States 100 (WS100). A lottery gets you in and something indescribable gets you through. Running Madness seeks to unravel what that indescribable is via interviews with the runners, their pacers, the hundreds of volunteers who show up year after year (as addicted as the runners are) to work the aid stations, the organizers and the medical staff. Shot on the trails and in the aid stations and incorporating pre-race jitters and post-race joy this documentary follows the trajectory of seven runners from their hopes at the beginning to their realizations at the finish line. The viewers end up with a few realizations of their own: perhaps these folks aren't so nuts after all. Set to a rock 'n roll soundtrack with an eye for the beauty of the Squaw Valley landscape and an ear for the humor and hopes of the participants Running Madness brings to life the common language of running, the intrinsic desire for camaraderie and the wonderfully equalizing effect of lots and lots of mountains, rocks and trees Running time: 75 minutes.

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