Movies and Running

I. Run, Forrest, Run

II. The Jet versus Hercules

III. Terry Fox

Riffing off of Lauren's first post, I have to say that as runners (or born-again runners), we see movies differently now.

After watching the Forrest Gump link from Lauren's post, some thoughts:

1) We have all been asked why we run by non-runners in a "wow, this person is crazy" sort of way much like all the bystanders in the clip

2) His left arm looks like a mannequin's arm at times or just flails his arms while running

3) Running through dog doo, any runner can relate to that.

addendum: Running today past my old elementary school, I was thinking the kids on the bus may shout "Run, Forrest, RUN!" at me. Doing some quick math, I realized that that movie is older than they are. And that was when I realized I wasn't a kid any more.

I also caught a little-known great movie on TV called The Sandlot this weekend. I saw the climax of the movie where Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez has to out run the dog, Hercules and all I could think of was,

"He's fast. I wonder what his 5k time is?"

Bonus points if you wondered if PF Flyers DID make you run faster and jump higher than today's shoes or if they would be better than the Vibram FiveFingers/ Nike Free minimalist shoe movement.

And Benny and Nunez are also in Mighty Ducks 2. This is what happens when I have 4 days off from running plus IMDB.

Finally, on Tuesday night at 8/7c, a documentary on Terry Fox (the man who had cancer and ran across Canada) will be on ESPN, entitled Into The Wind. I'll definitely check that out.

"I believe in miracles. I have to."

-Terry Fox