Running movies & documentaries

How do I stay motivated as an athlete? Well, I'm glad you asked... and also acknowledged that I am, in fact, an athlete! ;) 

We started watching running movies/documentaries several years ago on nights before our "long run" (usually Friday night). It really helps with mental preparation, and most of these are also encouraging that not every athlete is a professional or "world class."

So, here is a partial list of the running movies & documentaries we have watched. They're not necessarily in any kind of order, but the first twenty or so are some of our favorites. There are also a few others that I've either not written down or forgotten.

• The Barkley Marathons (2014)
• Spirit of the Marathon I (2007)
• Spirit of the Marathon II (2013)
• Boston: the Documentary (2017)
• Karl Metzler: Made to Be Broken (2017)
• Free To Run (2016)
• Desert Runners (2013)
• Gun Runners (2015)
• 3100: Run and Become (2018)
• The Human Race
• Marathon Men
• 100 Miles to 40
• Found on 49
• Rx Run
• From Fat to Finish
• The Why: Running 100 Miles
• Run Free: The True Story of Caballo Blanco
• Brittany Runs A Marathon (2019)
• Breaking 2 (Youtube)

• Run for Your Life (2008)
• The Long Green Line (2008)
• The Jericho Mile (1979)
• Without Limits (1998)
• Showing Up (2016)
• Six Million Steps (?)
• Mile... Mile and A Half
• Prefontaine
• Chariots of Fire (1981)

• Transcend (Youtube)
• The Mountain Runners (2012)
• Where Dreams Go To Die (2017)
• Running on The Sun: The Badwater 135
• Unbreakable: The Western States 100
• Ultra Marathon Man: Dean Karnazes
• Life In A Day: The Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run
• Fifty: The Movie (2016) (Youtube)

Enjoy!