I WANT TO RUN - The toughest race in the world
Director Achim Michael Hasenberg
Countries Germany
Duration 89 min
Synopsis
In 2009 started the hardest and longest footrace in the world: an average run of 43 miles/day, 64 total stages, no days off, for a total of 2,800 miles from southern IT up to the North Cape in NO. Nights were spent in gyms, kindergartens or swimming baths on own mats, there where no accompanying service teams, no closed streets during the racing day... The performance expectations were turned upside down. It's not just about physical fitness but also about who can master this huge challenge in their head. Women become dreaded opponents of men. Ideal age is 40 - that's when mind and body are equally strong. The only pro athlete is 58. We accompany him along with one of the fastest Ultra-Marathon women runner in the world, a barber from Toulouse, a family father affected by multiple sclerosis, a housewife from Tokyo and two sv officers.
In 2009 started the hardest and longest footrace in the world: an average run of 43 miles/day, 64 total stages, no days off, for a total of 2,800 miles from southern IT up to the North Cape in NO. Nights were spent in gyms, kindergartens or swimming baths on own mats, there where no accompanying service teams, no closed streets during the racing day... The performance expectations were turned upside down. It's not just about physical fitness but also about who can master this huge challenge in their head. Women become dreaded opponents of men. Ideal age is 40 - that's when mind and body are equally strong. The only pro athlete is 58. We accompany him along with one of the fastest Ultra-Marathon women runner in the world, a barber from Toulouse, a family father affected by multiple sclerosis, a housewife from Tokyo and two sv officers.