On Saturday night I have two marathon runners (Phil and Cathy) to feed and entertain and keep calm before they run London the next day. As well as feeding them carbs I’ll be putting on a film to keep them quiet and induce good dreams. Here’s some suggestions I had.
Run Fat Boy Run
This is what we’ll be watching on Saturday night. It’s a fun film for runners to pick holes in “stretching before a run – pah” and “that’s not a real marathon” or “he’s not even fat”. But all this aside its a classic underdog story and one that a lot of runners who fell into the sport by signing up for a race because their friends were can relate to.
McFarland, USA
If I hadn’t watched this just the other week it would probably be out Saturday night viewing. Kevin Costner of Field of Dreams “Build it and they will come” brilliance (and that could probably make the list itself) plays a football coach turned unwitting cross country coach. It’s based on a true story of reluctant high school runners – think Mighty Ducks but without the ice or sticks. The best bit of the film (this is no spoiler) is the end credits when the real people the film is based on are out running and you find out what came of them. Whether you e got a race or not, watch it.
Marathon Man
Suggested by Phil as “Really good thriller and you see Dustin Hoffman running round Central Park. More on the distracting you from your anxiety about your race than about running.”
IMDB says: “A graduate history student is unwittingly caught in the middle of an international conspiracy involving stolen diamonds, an exiled Nazi war criminal, and a rogue government agent.”
Spirit of the Marathon
I watched this on my friend Laura’s recommendation the other day. It’s a documentary following a group of people (amateurs and elites) training for a the Chicago Marathon. It does a really good job of capturing the highs and lows of training and racing and features interviews with some of the big names in marathon running too, including Paula. I steamed it online.
Cool Runnings
Another suggestion by Laura: “I mean, it’s not running but it’s sport and it’s awesome.” Agreed. You don’t need me to tell you to go watch this true story about the first Jamaican bobsled team.
Forrest Gump
This did not make the list because you always forget how long that film is which could result in a late night before your big race and it always makes me cry loads. Think about your hydration strategy people! Crying half your fluid intake out is not part of the plan. You could just watch the 7mins of running across America scenes here.
If you’re after an exceptionally early night, you could stick to a sitcom episode…
How I Met Your Mother: Lucy Penny, where Barney runs the New York Marathon and offers up the very true quote: “Here’s how you run a marathon: Step one, you start running. There is no step two.”
New Girl: Sectrets, an episode where they run a 10k as suggested by my friend Josie. I have not seen this episode so I’m off to watch that now instead of going running.
Got any better suggestions? Stick them in the comments below.
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