Running Home: Michael Wardian's Journey Across America (2024)

Michael Wardian had a simple dream: to run across the United States. For 25 years he ran longer and farther than virtually anyone else, competing in over 300 marathons and ultra marathons, winning on all seven continents and rising with the long-distance movement. Once he exhausted everyone else's, he made his own challenges. He crossed counties, states and other countries while setting Guinness World Records along the way. Ready to finally achieve his lifelong dream, Michael discovers there's nothing simple about running 3,000 miles from California to Delaware. At 48 years old he still has a supernatural ability to recover but this transcontinental run is significantly farther than anything he's attempted before. After the first week and a half, it will all be new territory. Michael's longtime friend and logistics planner, Phil Hargis, maps out a meticulous route across the middle of the country along Old Route 50. To help support him along the way he enlists his father, who is in his seventies but still well up for the adventure and hires Eric Belz who helped Karl Meltzer set the Appalachian Trail record in 2016. The three of them rent an RV that will be their home for journey. At a pace of two marathons a day Michael is hoping to finish in two months, starting at San Francisco City Hall on May 1st and reaching Rehoboth Beach on the Fourth of July. But even the best laid plans come undone when they hit the road. To realize his dream, he'll have to use everything he's learned until now to meet unexpected challenges within himself and his two-man crew. Along the way, he encounters Americans from all walks of life, embracing their cheers, confronting their hostilities and inspiring them to join his journey across the country.

Réalisé par : Brian Truglio

Produit par : Wolf Hill Films

Taggé : #2024, awestruck, celebratory, documentary film, inspirational, outdoors, running, sports