Thursday, January 24

Spirit of the Marathon

Spirit of the Marathon is the first ever non-fiction feature film to capture the drama and essence of the famed 26.2 mile running event. Filmed on four continents, the production brings together a diverse cast of amateur athletes and marathon luminaries. As six unique stories unfold, each runner prepares for and ultimately faces the challenge of the Chicago Marathon


This film is playing one time in theaters tonight, at 7:30 PM at Edwards in Riverpark. I will be going to see it if anyone is interested in going with me. Deena Kastor is one of the featured elite runners, also a bronze medal Olympic athlete, who holds the American marathon record at 2 hours 21 minutes (that is crazy fast!).

This film also won an Audience Choice Award in its debut at the 43rd Chicago International Film Festival in October of 2007, so it should be pretty good. This marathon was also the year before the disastrous 2007 Chicago Marathon that lead to the death of one runner and the hospitalization of many as well as the cancellation of the Marathon midway through because of intense heat. It would have been a really interesting film if that was the marathon that was featured, oh well it will still be really good and you don't have to be a runner to enjoy it. There is something indescribably powerful and emotional about marathons that I really wish more people could understand and I think this film might be able to capture that.

Interested? Learn more about it HERE and buy tickets HERE.
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6 comments:

  1. AdamJanuary 24, 2008 at 9:30 AM

    I don't know, a theater full of skinny people on weird diets that make their poop smell funny. Hmmm...


    =P

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  2. LuluJanuary 24, 2008 at 10:28 AM

    Well hopefully they wont be pooping in the theater, although runners have been known to squat just about anywhere...thats only when it is the last resort though.

    There will be popcorn....

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  3. edluvJanuary 24, 2008 at 3:33 PM

    i heard that it was sold out. the head track coach told me that. some of our distance runners already bought tickets.

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  4. LuluJanuary 25, 2008 at 8:23 AM

    Ed it probably was, but I bought my ticket in the AM. The theater was definitely packed so it had to have been sold out.

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  5. AdamJanuary 25, 2008 at 8:50 AM

    How was it?

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  6. LuluJanuary 25, 2008 at 9:08 AM

    When I get some of this work off my desk I plan to write a glowing review!

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