The Terry Fox Story
He lost his leg to cancer, decided to run across Canada to raise money and awareness. Ran (with a prosthetic leg) a marathon a day for about 130 days. The cancer returned and he was forced to stop just short of Thunder Bay.
Interestingly it was the first ever movie made for cable.
My favorite running movie is the 10 min and 43 second VHS documentary called Runner which was releleased by the National Film Board Of Canada in 1962 (www.nfb.ca) It can be purchased on their web site for 19.95. (14.95 in Canada.) It is about Bruce Kidd with Coach Fred Foot and the East York Track Club as backup. In the promo on the web site, I am the runner in the cap at the bac and on the left of the group picture. The movie ends with a two mile race with Kidd, Tabori, Truex and Wallingford starring.
Who has a copy of 'Jerico Mile'? Great movie - saw 20+ years ago and would like to see again. Would love a copy. Contact me at;
Was actually in 'On The Edge' - an 'extra' runner. We ate Its-Its and banana's all day long while waiting to shoot. Dern was unable to catch up to us at the initial shoot for we were all running it like a race. We were told to 'slow down' so Dern could catch us (must've been the compition in us). We ran the Dipsea trail alot while waiting for the shoot. Roy Kissin (Producer and stud runner himself was very cool with working with our egos).
Susan Anton shot on RW cover was only for the newsstand for she showed her nipples - the subscribers got a 'real' cover (Rodgers I think) that month. RW would have a 'sexy' cover for the stands and a serious cover for the subscribers back then. Whatever it took to sell mags.
hank
You could also get ahold of tapes of Major Marathons from the past: Olympics, Worlds, the 83 NY with Dixon, Smith, and Shahanga would be a great way to spend a couple hours.
THE RUNNING MAN