Past Monthly Contest Winners
April 2008: Without Limits
This is the second month in a row where 19 entries were submitted. The random winner, Vickie M. from Collinsville, Mississippi, knew that Steve Prefontaine was born and raised in the small lumber town of Coos Bay, Oregon. By having the correct answer she wins Without Limits, the 1998 release by Warner Brothers that stars Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, and Monica Potter.
March 2008: Indulgence
Although there were several entries this month from the Netherlands, it was Brian H. from Hollister, California who was randomly selected from the 19 entries received this month. He wins Indulgence: 1000 Miles Under the Colorado Sky by knowing that Anton "Tony" Krupicka was filmed running the trails in California, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah during the course of this film.
February 2008:
The winners this month were selected from a small pool of three entries. Up for grabs were films from Human Kinetics and two winners were chosen: Jean P. from Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania won Coaching By The Experts: Track And Field Running Events and Joe N. from
Dallas, Texas Middle and Long Distances.
January 2008: Spirit of the Marathon
Six people suggested titles this month that had yet to be added to the site and between them 15 new films were suggested:
Run, Fat Boy, Run,
Running the Sahara,
Juno,
Training for the 40 yard Dash,
Marathon,
The Jericho Mile,
Building a Better Runner: Building from the Ground Up,
Too Much of a Good Thing,
Logan’s Run,
The Running Queen,
Queen of Sports,
Judy’s Time,
The Long Green Line,
Born to Run: A Tale of Endurance,
Volcanic Sprint. Many of the films are in production and entries for each of these films will be coming in the near future. With a roll of the dice, David J. was selected as the winner this month and he picked Spirit of the Marathon.
December 2007: 1988 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s
Outdoor Track and Field National Championship
15 entries were received this month with Dan B. from Los Angeles, California being selected at random as the winner. He knew the ULCA 4x400 relay team of Steve Lewis, Kevin Young, Danny Everett, and Henry Thomas become the first ever collegiate team to break the magical three minute mark by posting 2:59.91 for a Record at the 1988 NCAA Division I Meet. 24 titles have been released this year by the NCAA which include Outdoor Track & Field, Indoor Track & Field, and Cross Country event coverage. Keep your eyes out as more will likely be released in 2008.
November 2007: Breakthrough to Advance Performance:
Building Confidence Everyday
Carlos S. from Fort Myers, Florida is the winner this month from the 23 entries received. He knew that the scientifically based "Performance Enhancement Model" consisted of all five areas presented: Building Confidence Every Day, Roadmapping To Your Goals, Stress & Energy Management, Visualizing A Successful Future, and Focus Amidst Distraction. Enjoy developing your psychological skills with Breakthrough to Advance Performance: Building Confidence Everyday.
October 2007: Massanutten: Two Runners, 100 Miles
The athletes start and finish at the Skyline Ranch Resort and within the first ten miles enter the George Washington National Forest. Gary E. from Columbus, Ohio (the winner from 25 entries) knew that this description from Massanutten: Two Runners, 100 Miles took place in the state of Virginia.
September 2007: 5 Films Won
With only 9 entries this month I decided to increase the odds of winning by giving away all five of the film options provided. Thanks for entering and enjoy the films everybody!
August 2007: Showdown
There are five elite distance runners featured in Showdown: Abdi Abdirahman, Alan Culpepper, Meb Keflizighi, Dathan Ritzenhein, and Jorge Torres. The answer to this contest is that 2nd place finisher Adam Goucher was not featured in this title, although he is shown racing. Matthew W. from Hagerstown, Maryland was the randomly selected winner this month from the 30 entries. Enjoy the documentary, Matthew.
July 2007: AQx Sports
Sally W. from Titusville, Pennsylvania was selected this month from the 19 entries received. She knew that the Aqua Jogging World Championships are held each year in Finland. With the AQX Sports DVD she can learn more about the benefits of running while supported in a water environment as well as how to maintain proper underwater running technique.
June 2007: Dancing the Bear
This month 44 entries were received trying to win the 2007 release Dancing the Bear, a 100 mile trail run documentary. Jim H. from Baldwinsville, New York knew that this race is held each year in the Bear River Range National Forest located in southeast Idaho.
May 2007: Run Like A Girl
The 2005 documentary Run Like A Girl was the featured give away this month and 27 people submitted entries. Jamie J. from Barbourville, Kentucky knew that one of the featured runners in this film, Doris Brown Heritage, had done each of the following: She was a two time Olympian, Five time World Cross Country Champion, Track & Field and Distance Runner Hall of Fame Member, and was also the First Women on the cover of Runner’s World, in May 1970.
April 2007: Visions of Eight
Visions of Eight, a classic Olympic documentary from 1972, was the selected give away this month. Only 12 entries were received and each of the entries named one segment, from the eight international directors, that contained footage of running. Meredith K. from Wellington, New Zealand named "The Fastest" and was selected as this month’s winner.
March 2007: Runners High
36 entries were received this month hoping to win the featured Movie of the Month, Runners High. The question posed was ‘What does SRO stand for?’ and the answer is Students Run Oakland, the name of the program that trains the students to complete a marathon. Michael M. was the randomly selected winner this month.
February 2007: My Champion
The 1981 feature film My Champion was selected by Becki M. from
Harrisburg, PA who selected it from the five available movie choices. Becki was chosen at random from the 37 entries submitted this month. Enjoy finding out more about a past record holder in the marathon, Miki Gorman.
January 2007: Running
This month folks needed to know the title of the film Running based on a scene from the 1979 feature film that starred Michael Douglas. 45 people submitted answers this month and Paul M. from the United Kingdom was the randomly selected winner.
(A hint was actually provided in the question: "What running movie is depicted in this photo?")
December 2006: Olympian Triumphs
Each of the five tapes in this series were given away from the 33 entries received this month. The individual tape title and corresponding winners are listed below:
Edwin Moses & Sebastian Coe won by Andrew S. from Lake Villa, Illinois.
Emil Zátopek & Mark Spitz won by Marilyn W. from Miramar Beach, Florida.
Daley Thompson & Greg Louganis won by Carolyn V. from Sterling Heights, Michigan.
Mark Todd & Carl Lewis won by Joe W. from Lufkin, Texas.
Olga Korbut & Vassily Alexeyev won by Jenn S. from Virginia Beach, Virginia.
November 2006: Forrest Gump
This month David B. from Scottsdale, Arizona was randomly selected from the 31 entries. David won Forrest Gump by knowing that it was the only feature film listed that had a scene of a runner crossing the United States. Forrest gathers a following of other runners along the way, in addition to growing quite a beard.
October 2006: Treadmill Conditioning
Sandra R. from Norfolk, Virginia was randomly selected this month from the 17 entries received. Of the four treadmill workouts presented, she selected Treadmill Conditioning hosted by Bobby Kelly. Enjoy the 45 minute workout, Sandra.
September 2006: The Terry Fox Story
With internet service provider problems at my site this month only 16 people entered the contest by submitting email. With the odds for winning better than usual, the randomly selected winner is Robert M. from Collinsville, Mississippi who selected The Terry Fox Story from the list of five made for television productions.
August 2006: College
College was the oldest movie of the five titles listed. It was originally released in 1927 yet can still be purchased new in either VHS or DVD format. This month’s randomly selected winner, from the 76 entries received, is Joon H. from Melbourne, Australia.
July 2006: Kicking Bird
Linda T. from Havana, Florida was randomly selected and chose Kicking Bird from the five available titles offered this month. The choices also included ChiRunning, The Olympic Series, Run Like A Girl, and Tokyo Olympiad. This month there were a total of 91 entrants submitted.
June 2006
Olympic Cowboy was won by Gary G. who knew that each of the facts presented on Bob Hayes were true. Hayes stopped competing at age 22, he ran in borrowed shoes in the Olympic final, he is the only athlete to win both a Super Bowl Ring and Olympic Gold Medal, and his 5 year prison term was reversed after 7 months behind bars. This was a tough question as only 27 out of the 42 entrants selected the correct answer this month.
May 2006
David Horton took 66 days to run the 2700 miles needed to complete the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. Gretchen G. from Ventura, California knew this answer and was selcted to win The Runner: Extreme UltraRunner David Horton from the 43 entries received this month.
April 2006
Thomas S. from Middleton, Wisconsin knew that the Yukon Arctic Ultra offered three race options during their secord running. The athletes were able to race a standard marathon of 26.2 miles as well as a 100 or 300 mile distance along the Yukon Quest Trail. There were 64 entries submitted this month trying to win the coverage of this very unique event in severe weather conditions of the Arctic.
March 2006
This month’s winner, Mark D. from Southbury, Connecticut, knew that Guided Muscles Walking & Running has a focus on quadriceps as the key muscle to leg movement in running. There were 70 entries submitted this month trying to win this technique based VHS tape that is hosted by Jack Nirenstein and also features four time U.S. National Champion runner Jody Hawkins.
February 2006
The correct answer this month is that the two main characters in Across the Tracks, played by Rick Schroder and Brad Pitt, are best described as brothers. They also race each other on the track in the 800 meter event. Al N. from Blissfield, Michigan was selected from the 79 entries received and has won this 1991 release that was actually filmed three years earlier in 1989.
January 2006
This month there were 87 entries to win one of the five Runerval series DVDs. Three lucky people this month are:
Brad M. from Cary, Illinois receives 1.0- Easy Intervals with Team Clydesdale
Mary R. from Lancaster, Pennsylvania: 2.0- Treadmill Tempo
Bruce D. from Kansas City, Missouri: 4.0- Up, Up & Up! The Hill Climber! Enjoy the workouts, everybody.
December 2005
Dave B. from Walnut Creek, California was selected this month from the 62 entries received and has won Becoming a Champion Distance Runner: Advanced Techniques & Training. He knew that this 2002 production was created and distributed by Championship Productions. Congratulations, Dave.
November 2005
57 entries were received this month and Sandy S. from Kittanning, Pennsylvania was randomly selected as this month’s winner. She will be taking home Running with Joe Henderson as she knew that Joe’s first video production is roughly based on his "Running 101" book.
October 2005
The most commonly raced cross country distance in High School competition is the 5K. Michael A. from Aurora, Illinois had the right answer and was randomly selected from the 73 entries as the winner of Cross Country: A Celebration of the Purest Form of Running, a 2003 release by Salmini Films. This DVD contains over a dozen of the best cross country races contested in the United States with a focus on Footlocker National Championships.
September 2005
With only 28 entries submitted this month, Richard B. from Colorado Springs, Colorado was selected as the winner of Great Olympic Confrontations, a 1992 promotional release by Sports Illustrated and HBO Video. He knew that Steve Ovett was the winner of the gold medal 800 in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, beating out fellow countryman Sebastian Coe. Six days later it was Coe who was victorious in the 1500 meters to stop Ovett at 42 consecutive race victories at that distance.
August 2005
Jason K. from Chicago, Illinois named Carl Lewis as one athlete who competed in a running final in Seoul in order to win Highlights of the 1988 Summer Olympics, Seoul. With 56 entries received, most named sprinters such as Lewis, Florence Griffith Joyner, Lindford Christe, Butch Reynolds, Ben Johnson, and Edwin Moses. The middle and long distance events were also represented with athletes such as Steve Scott who was 5th in the 1500 and Gelindo Bordin from Italy who won the Marathon in 2:10:32.
July 2005
This month’s random winner, John G. from Riverside, California, knew that The Pose Method of Running has a focus on the hamstring muscle. There were 82 entries submitted this month trying to win this technique based DVD that was originated by Dr. Nicholas Romanov and comes with a 25 page Companion Drill Book.
June 2005
A special thanks goes out to independent filmmaker Charlotte Richardson for providing three autographed copies of her film, Run Like A Girl for the give away this month. The randomly selected winners, from the 49 entries received this month, are Sandy H. from Canada, Vladuti C. from Romania, and S. Manish S. from India who knew that this film featured Doris Brown Heritage, Charlotte Lettis Richardson, and Camille Connelly.
May 2005
Without Limits was won by Mike H. from Costa Mesa, California by being selected from 48 entries received this month. Billy Crudup was the correct answer of the actor who portrayed Steve Prefontaine. The "extras" included the following athletes in the Munich Olympic sequences: Pat Porter as Lasse Viren, Steve Ave as Mohamed Gammoudi, and Ashley Johnson as Ian Stewart.
April 2005
Kurt D. from Coon Rapids, Minnesota was selected from the 75 entries to win Running Madness in DVD format. He knew that this 2003 ultramarathon documentary, produced and directed by Susan Cohn Schulz, featured the Western States 100 race.
March 2005
201 entries were submitted this month trying to win the 2005 independent feature film Kicking Bird in DVD format. The randomly selected winner is Alfonso A. from Miami, Florida who knew that Martin "Bird" Johnson participates in Cross Country running at the high school level.
February 2005
Emil Zátopek, from Czechoslovakia, set three new Olympic Records in the 1952 Olympic games competing in the 5000, 10,000 meters and Marathon event. 63 people submitted answers this month and Mike C. from Indianapolis, Indiana was the randomly selected winner. Enjoy the video, Mike.
January 2005
76 people enterd this month’s give away and the winner is Paul D. from Vancouver, Washington. The answer was that the longest day of the "Bunion Derby" covered 74.6 miles, just a fraction of the 3,422 miles that the 55 men covered over the 84-day race on U.S. Highway Route 66. Thanks to director Dan Bigbee, Jr. (read interview) for providing his 2002 documentary, The Great American Foot Race, and selecting the winner this month.
December 2004
53 entries were sent in this month trying to win Prefontaine, a 1997 release starring Jared Leto. Dianne H. from Hewitt, Texas won this month's film by knowing that Steve Prefontaine won a total of seven NCAA Championships while competing for the University of Oregon from 1968 to 1972 (three in cross county and four on the track at 5,000 meters). This has been the most difficult question so far as less than half the entries selected the correct answer.
November 2004
Lady Warriors was this month’s movie selection that went to Joe V. from Medford, Oregon .He was randomly selected as this month’s winner, from 98 entries, by knowing that the Tuba City cross country team was seeking their 4th consecutive championship in the state of Arizona. Many thanks to this film’s producer, director, and editor John G.P. Goheen (read interview) for providing his 2001 release as well as selecting the winner for this give away.
October 2004
The randomly selected winner to this month's question is Dan P. from Madison, Wisconsin. 256 entries were received this month in response to the question of the last time an American won the 10,000 meters in the Olympics. The answer was 1964, and the athlete was Billy Mills, the only American to win a gold in this event. Dan received Olympica: America's Gold. Volume One, Great Moments of Track and Field, a 1996 release that features 18 different Olympic runners competing in 12 different Olympiads.
September 2004
Hannah G. from Port Hadlock, Washington was selected as the winner from 15 correct answers this month. She knew that Harold Abrahams won the 100 meter event in the Paris Olympics in 1924. She won the 1981 award winning film Chariots of Fire by being selected at random from all the correct replies.
August 2004
11 people answered the question correctly that Joan Benoit was the winner at the inaugural women’s Olympic marathon in Los Angeles in 1984. Johanna B. from Cleveland, Ohio was selected to win Best of the Best Olympic Moments by answering the question correctly.
July 2004
This month’s winner, selected from 9 correct answers, was Jesse S. from Bowling Green, Ohio. He won 100 Years of Olympic Glory by naming Edwin Moses as the hurdler who appears on the cover of this video. Unfortunately, Moses does not appear in this three hour Olympic collection.
June 2004
For our first give away we offered those who had subscribed to the monthly newsletter updates the opportunity to win Go Wild! Fitness: All-Terrain Workout Northern California. Miss Renay from California was the winner of this demanding workout tape. Congratulations, and enjoy it.
