My Champion 1981
In 1964 Miki came to LA with only a suitcase, hoping to become the world's best marathon runner. She meets Mike and they start running together. But for Mike it isn't just a game. The movie is based on her own story.
In 1964 Miki came to LA with only a suitcase, hoping to become the world's best marathon runner. She meets Mike and they start running together. But for Mike it isn't just a game. The movie is based on her own story.
An Olympic hopeful marathon runner hopes his success will be the answer to his marriage woes and other personal problems.
After six months of scientifically advanced training, three of the world's most elite distance runners set out to break the two-hour marathon barrier. These pioneers go on a global trek to defy the unthinkable and break the two-hour feat, from testing in wind tunnels and running labs in the United States, to balancing training with their day-to- day lives in eastern Africa, to the final heart-pounding race in Italy.
Cheerful runner Sang Ha loves sprinting, while Jin Won chases marathon glory. Paired as pacemaker, their rivalry sparks unexpected feelings.
In a marathon running, a criminal hides among the runners, after blowing up a statue in the central square.
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.
Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.
A rousing tale of the Korean athletes who ran the 1947 Boston International Marathon, the first international marathon held since World War II.
When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.
Noah, who grew up believing he’s Gaddafi’s secret son, is now a treasure hunter obsessed with finding the Libyan leader’s lost gold, scattered across the Sahel after his death. To reach it, he teams up with Zoulika—formerly Louise—an endearing, unpredictable firebrand freshly out of civic reintegration camp. Their cover: joining forces with Ryan, a 52-year-old conservative, visually impaired late bloomer determined to run the legendary Marathon des Sables. Noah wants his father’s gold, Zoulika wants to slip across the border, and Ryan wants to fulfill a childhood dream. Off they go, heading straight into the Sahel.
Cameron Balser had just returned home from his 12,000 mile run around the perimeter of the United States. His home town running group, Meshingomesia Track Club, was hosting their annual last man standing/back yard ultra, "Prairie On Fire." Prairie on Fire was going into their 3rd year as a race and they had yet to have anyone reach 100 miles. Cameron, who had won the race in 2023, was still recovering from his epic run, but, had made a promise to come back in 2024 to help achieve that milestone.
In its first 25 years only 10 people have finished The Barkley Marathons. Based on a historic prison escape, this cult like race tempts people from around the world to test their limits of physical and mental endurance in this documentary that contemplates the value of pain.
An unambitious office worker goes to great lengths—specifically 26.2 miles—to one up his exercise-obsessed, micromanaging boss.
The São Silvestre Road Race is a famous long-distance running event held yearly in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, on December 31st. The movie recreates the experience of running the race in 2011.
The Run is a feature length documentary film which follows Australian Pat Farmer’s test of human spirit and behind the scenes drama as he runs the length of India – 80 kilometres a day for 64 days with the backdrop of colourful, enchanting, challenging, organized chaos of India, which will saturate your senses.
Cho-won is an autistic but happy young man who loves to draw zebras and run. His mother wants him to feel normal by accomplishing a feat that no one thought his son could achieve. With the help of a coach in exile, she trains him to become a marathon runner.
Kipchoge: The Last Milestone follows record-breaking marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge's journey to becoming the first person in history to run a marathon in under two hours.
Three modern love stories focus on how digital privacy, fleeting fame and the power of personal reinvention can change one's romantic destiny.
Ki-bong is a man who suffered brain damage as a child and who has the emotional maturity of an 8-year. The village people call him 'Barefoot Ki-Bong' because he runs barefoot with food he has begged and serves his mother before it gets cold. Running is Ki-Bong' greatest skill. It is his mother that Ki-bong loves the most. Ki-bong decides to take part in the National Amateur Half Marathon' in order to buy artificial teeth for his mother with the prize money, and works hard looking forward to the day of the race. Mr. BAEK, the head of the village, volunteers to be Ki-bong's trainer. The village people realize what family and love between family members mean to them when they see Ki-bong, who is considered a non-entity, working hard for the competition. The village gets changed by the efforts of Ki-bong and Mr. BAEK.
~ 3.9 km Swim ~ 180 km Bike ~ 42.2 km Run ~ The impossible journey to complete the first ever long-distance triathlon in Antarctica, The Iceman. To prove that limitations are perceptions.
There is no giving up on these four beautiful actresses. They never met each other yet gathered for one goal: participating in the triathlon, a sport that requires swimming, cycling, and marathon without stopping. They have four months to prepare for a sports event that requires extreme physical strength and strong endurance, but they are new to intense workouts and training. Watch the challenge and passion of the Iron Girls now!
Series which follows comedian Eddie Izzard rising to the challenge for Sport Relief by running an astonishing 43 marathons in 51 days
Actor and comedian Eddie Izzard pays tribute to Nelson Mandela and her extraordinary story by attempting to complete 27 marathons across South Africa in just 27 days.
Nick Knowles challenges ten people with different mental health issues to run the London Marathon. Will it change their lives?
Series following 10 inactive middle school students as they train to run in the youth section of the Boston Marathon. The stars, however, are the kids themselves. They are the faces of the next generation of Canadians, one whose state of health need not be dictated by fast-food and video games. --By Joe Woodward