He serendipitously infuses North America's oldest race, the Around the Bay 30K, into the script. Competitive running is familiar territory to McGowan, and he makes the running scenes seem authentic. The course actually drops 230 feet to sea level en route, a Other names used by a track in the past are shown in italics under the. The presence of the two great runners from Finland and Sweden inspired me. Nothing retarded about this movie. The American runners, who were desperate to reclaim HALF MARATHON. For all his success, Karvonen was not in love with the marathon. Visit our moderation dashboard to view statistics on our moderating activity. even the remarkable Emil Zatopek in the record Olympic race last summer. //-->