Here are some videos about ultras: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Running Movies web site - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "The High: Making the Toughest Race on Earth" by Barry Walton
In 2010, a group of extreme runners brought together by an adventure-obsessed race director mutually volunteer in a running experiment over the two highest passes in the world. Joined by a wily war journalist from The Christian Science Monitor. The five find themselves in a mix of unforeseen oversights that would leave not only the race in jeopardy, but also their very lives.
The story opens with race director Rajat Chauhan and the telling of a whimsical weekend run in high altitude that gave birth to the experiment. A doctor out of New Delhi, Rajat’s failed dreams to be a professional runner in youth have driven his obsession for this new outlet. Connecting through Facebook and emails to extreme-running groups around the world. Rajat finds twenty-seven interested candidates, but only three would end up at the starting line. The first, Molly Sheridan, an experienced ultra-marathon runner from the USA joined the team from the word go. Sharing her excitement for the experimental expedition with companion and anti-aging scientist Bill Andrews. The two are soul mates on an ultra-running mission and set off to India with racing excitement and ceremonious high-altitude plans for the future. The third and final member, Mark Cockbain joined from the UK and brought a strong ultra history of completing many the hardest foot races in the world. Upon arrival, the starting gun fires and the three set out on a journey full of treacherous challenges and life changing events.
Joining the race on day 2 is the lone journalist for the event Ben Arnoldy. While living in New Delhi, Ben had been covering the war in Afghanistan for The Christian Science Monitor. Looking to for a break from the sad tragedies of war, he excitedly went to the Ladakh region in hopes to cover a new story of humans accomplishing new feats. Showing up on day two of the race he discovers the unfolding of a running experiment gone wrong. Working to uncover the events of the previous day he learns of wedding ceremonies at 18,000 feet, runners down from dehydration, and hospital visits that ring of fatality. Spending his time on the course collecting the fragments of Rajat’s collapsing dream. He talks in detail of his experience and insights until he himself would come up lost and missing from the course before its end.
With the race and the dream, hanging in the balance of finish-line-obsession. One question remains to be answered, will there be a finisher or will this race finish them all? In the answer rests the reason that it’s called the toughest race on earth.
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Profiling HURT follows the path of ultra runner Mark Gilligan and his work to return to the 100-mile HURT race for a second strait year, to achieve what he couldn't in the first. Injuries and obsession bite into strategy and preparation, and as he moves closer to the finish line his insights on how much running is too much, his reflection on previous training and lingering injuries, and his philosophy of finishing begins to compromise his ability to go the distance.
Joining in with Mark is friend and antagonist, Scott Guild. Scott was introduced to the HURT and ultra running by Mark, but his perspective of the race differs. New to ultra running and the HURT 100, Scott is rolling the dice for the finishing line. Showing the excitement, challenge, and heart of running, he takes us into the places of the race where only champions go. Introducing the faces, the pain, and the deep-rooted drive that pushes each one of us to reach for the finish line. He finds himself against a wall of time and scrambling to get over it.
Together through the film, the two of them take you on 4:00 AM 40-mile morning runs, 45-story corporate workouts, 20-mile redwood weekend jogs, and deep into the sections and segments of the HURT 100 course that give it its name. You see the preparation, feel the physical challenge, and taste mental angst that only the HURT can bring out. And in the end come away with more than just a finishers belt buckle.
Watch as they join the rest of the HURT runners in the struggle to make the cut-off time and find the finish line. Follow the count down of training to get to the starting line. Meet the faces, hear the strategy, and go deep into the heart of the course, as we break down what it means to run the HURT 100 in, Profiling HURT.
Available on-line here - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "H.U.R.T. 100 - Running the Rainforest 2008", by Mission Possible Films The H.U.R.T. 100 Mile Run is story of men and women and their arduous journey through the rainforests of Oahu. The video provides a rather humorous look at their journey as they push their bodies to accomplish the feat of running 100 miles of tough mountain trails in less than 36 hours. Includes footage/interviews with all of the runners, plus coverage of several typical trail sections and the river crossing near the Jackass Ginger A/S. The second disc covers the post-race banquet on Monday night at The Willows. 2008/Color/90 Mins./2 discs • 16:9 ("widescreen") • NTSC • DVD (All Regions) • Not Rated (NR) available for $25 (check or money order) from: Heather M. Spencer Hawaiian Sign & Design Corp. 45-564 Kamehameha Hwy. # 5 Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744 Ph. 808-247-4144 Email: hsd@hawaii.rr.com Fax 808-247-7722 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Dancing the Bear", by Soul Focus Productions The ancient tradition of long distance trail running continues in modern times, stripped of its mythology but still potent as a transformative event. The Bear 100-Mile Endurance Run is the backdrop for the story of two women and their emotional journey through Southern Idaho's Bear River Mountain Range. Pushing their bodies to the limit, they strive to accomplish the impossible, to run 100 miles of wild mountain trails in less than 35 hours. 2007/Color/54 Mins. • 16:9 • NTSC • DVD (All Regions) • Not Rated (NR) available for $20 (check or money order) from: Soul Focus Productions 205 West 100 South Smithfield, Utah 84335 or on-line from: Zombie Runners http://www.ZombieRunner.com/store/product835.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Massanutten: Two Runners, 100 Miles", by Ben LaDieu, Brookwood Street Productions Feature length documentary about one man and one woman as they compete in a 100 mile ultra-marathon in the mountains of northern Virginia. This race is also known as MMT by the racers. available for $20 on-line via: PayPal http://www.PayPal.com/ or from: Brookwood Street Productions http://www.BrookwoodStreet.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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