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Running Madness - the trailer

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Uploaded by on Dec 20, 2009

Meet the new crazy on the block: the ultrarunner, who endeavors to run 100 miles through arduous mountainous terrain with no sleep, no hot meals and questionable common sense in 30 hours or less.

But are these folks so crazy? Or could this intensity of running actually be what is keeping them sane and potentially supplying the rest of us with a venue for our own madness?

Running Madness focuses on the grand -daddy of all ultra runs: The Western States 100 (WS100). Started in 1974 by the charismatically off-center Gordy Ainsleigh, WS100 has grown into the Indie 500 of the ultrarunners world. A lottery gets you in and something indescribable gets you through.

Running Madness seeks to unravel what that indescribable is via interviews with the runners, their pacers, the hundreds of volunteers who show up year after year (as addicted as the runners are) to work the aid stations, the organizers and the medical staff.

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  • mind versus body... i'm a beginner in running and i want to run as far as i can. it refresh my mind and body after a long run. this video also motivates me to keep running... the scenery is awesome! I love the nature!

  • Yes, it was Scott Jurek and maybe Ann Trason I think, just for 2 seconds at 1:07

  • 1:00 a younger Scott Jurek

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