New Film Listings

This page will highlight the most recent additions to the alphabetical film listings. The most current entries will be on the top of the page and when more films are added they will fall off the bottom of this list.

Total = 799 Entries

Run for Your Life

A Film by Judd Ehrlich
This film will make it’s world premeire at the Tribeca Film Festival in late April, 2008 and tells the story of Fischl Lebowitz, better known to the world as Fred Lebow. Fred migrated from Romania at the age of fourteen to the United States and later became obsessed with running, at the time a strange form of exercise practiced by very few New Yorkers. He organized events such as the Cherry Tree Marathon through the Bronx in 1969 and the Central Park Marathon, leading to the first-ever five-borough New York City Marathon in 1976. Through archival footage, news reports, photos, and new interviews with Lebow’s friends, family, and colleagues. Among the people who share their memories are marathoners Bill Rodgers, Frank Shorter, and Greta Waitz, former mayor Ed Koch, parks commissioners Henry Stern and Gordon Davis, past presidents and board members of the New York Road Runners Club. Lebow was one of the all-time great New York characters, forever wearing a painter’s cap and sweatsuit, doing whatever was necessary to get himself and his sport to the next level. Learn more, including specific showtime information at the official movie website Fred Lebow Movie.com.

Hill Training- The Lydiard Way

Although the 2004 video only runs for 8 minutes, you have the opportunity to hear historic Coach Arthur Lydiard talk about his methods, theory, and technique on hill running. The dialogue comes a lecture and interview conducted in Osaka Japan in 1991. As Lydiard is explaining the technique the on screen images illustrate the proper application of the methods performed by three different runners. Three sections focus on specific running that include the following: Steep Hills, Bounding, and Hill Springing. These repetitions focus on low speed, swiftly applied, and specific movements to develop proper running form, position, and power. The result is increased strength and eliminating running errors. As Lydiard explains, you want to "be like a ballet dancer" as you perform this training. This production was produced by Nobby Hashizume and was once made available through his organization, FiveCircles.org.

The Long Green Line

50 Years of Coaching, Running for the 25^th Title,
1000’s of Changed Young Men...One Long Green Line
This 90 minute film documents the York High School’s 2005 Cross Country season as the runners seek their record 25th state title in 50 years. You will meet legendary Coach Joe Newton as he works with 221 athletes on his team. The premiere is set in the Chicago area as a part of the Lake Forest Film Festival on April 20th at 1:30 pm in Meyer Auditorium (a part of Hotchkiss Hall). Tickets are $5 and they can be reserved by calling Julie Harber, the festival ticket coordinator at 314-550-3608. This is a middle sized theatre, so reservations are highly encouraged. The DVD release will be available in time for the Holidays this year. Learn more, sign up for the mailing list, and view a sample clip at LongGreen LineMovie.com.

Jack Daniels:
The Grassroots of Coaching Cross Country

This 47 minute DVD features Jack Daniels, Ph.D., currently with the Center for High Altitude Training and formerly the head track and cross-country coach State University of New York at Cortland (8 time NCAA Division III National Champions). Championship Productions.com released this instructional gem in 2008 along with the Distance presentation shown below. You will see coach Daniels providing both the large perspectives as well as specific details needed to best meet the team needs in Cross Country. Coach Daniels shares his insight into a variety of aspects the affect the cross country runner including knowing the athletes’ background, goal setting (training and racing), developing training plans for each phase of the season, detailed workout needs (long runs, intervals, and threshold training), running stride, turnover rate, breathing patterns, and how to most effectively work as a team to perform at the highest level. Few people have been as influential in providing scientifically based methods to training and this is a unique opportunity to obtain a deeper understanding of how to apply these principals to your overall program.

Jack Daniels: The Grassroots of Coaching
Middle Distance and Distance Runners

Based on his widely popular book, Daniels’ Running Formula, Coach Daniels presents a scientifically based approach that can be understood at all levels of development of middle distance and long distance runners. This is your opportunity to develop your grassroots technical and training strategies for coaching. A host of topics are presented including: evaluating the stride, breathing patterns, ground mechanics, fitness testing, developing workout routines (long runs, easy runs, and sprint workouts), injury prevention, and seasonal planning recommendations. The four distinct phases of training are examined with instruction on how to individualize the workouts to meet needs of each runners. These scientifically based workout specifics are easy to understand and implement into your program. When it comes to training plans, the discussion often begins "Lydiard or Daniels", and this is your chance to hear from one of the greatest minds in coaching today. 44 minutes and released in early 2008 by Championship Productions where you can visit and both place an order as well as watch a short clip.

AQx Sports Aquatic Training

Intelligent Training: Just Add Water
You have seen the aids in floatation. You have seen the water training shoes. Now is the time to discover how to use these tools to their greatest potential. This DVD will show you how to get the most out of deep water running and shallow water exercises. You will discover proper range of motion and running mechanics while in the pool. Water running will help you improve strength, balance, agility, speed, and overall quickness. Whether you are using this method for cross training or rehabilitation from an injury, over 30 minutes of instruction will provide the right amount of intensity and proper form. This DVD was made in 2007 and can be ordered from AQX Sports.com.

Con Man

The True Story of an Ivy League Impostor
This documentary by director Jesse Moss reveals the life of James Arthur Hogue, a gifted runner who twice posed as other people and was ultimately outed when competing for Princeton University. Raised in Kansas City, Kansas, by the 9th grade he would win almost every race. Jim set his high school mile record of 4:18.4 in 1977 and would attend the University of Wyoming on an athletic scholarship. For two years he legitimately competed and ran alongside athletes who had ran on the Kenyan Olympic team. Footage from the 1977 NCAA Cross Country Championships show Henry Rono (WSU) dominating the race that year. In 1979 he dropped out of college, only to assume a new identity and enter Palo Alto High School at the age of 26. Lasting a brief period, he won the prestigious Stanford Invitational cross country meet before his real identity was discovered. When actually 31, and leaving a Utah prison, he gained entry to Princeton University as a freshman, and ran for them for a two year period before being discovered and sent to prison for three years for fraud. A host of sources try to shed light on the real Jim Hogue including several coaches, teammates, classmates, his cellmate, law enforcement, and in the end the lead character himself tells his own impression of his past behavior. Keith Mark, his childhood friend and teammate, states "He was a runner, first and foremost, that was his identity. To be a distance runner you have to be a con man and a liar to yourself. You have to convince yourself that you’re not hurtin’ when you know you’re hurtin’ and you have to con yourself into running five more miles when you want to quit right now." See a full time line of this story at MileEndFilms.com and you can order this 2002 film that was released on DVD in 2006, complete with many extras, at Amazon.com.

2007 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s
Cross Country National Championship

Josh McDougal, from Liberty University, won the individual title by only 1 second with a finishing time of 29:22 making this 12-time All-American undefeated for the season. Galen Rupp finished second in leading the University of Oregon Ducks in winning their first men’s team title since 1977 (and fifth in school history). Stanford captured the women’s title for the third year in a row. This production was released in February 2008 by NCAA On Demand and can be purchased at Amazon.com.

1981 NCAA Division I Men’s Cross Country National Championship

The cover of this DVD title says 1981, however the description provided at Amazon.com describes the 1991 event. Hopefully when you order this film you will obtain the 1981 race where Mathews Motschwarateu from UTEP wins the race and also leads his team to their fourth consecutive national team title.

1971 NCAA Division I Men’s Outdoor
Track and Field National Championship

UCLA, under coach Jim Bush, wins the first of three consecutive national titles during the 50th NCAA Track and Field Championships hosted by Washington. Second place Southern California was just 11 points behind. Runners (competing in yards) who took home individual championships included Harrington Jackson, Larry Black, John Smith, Mark Winzenried, Marty Liquori (his 3rd one mile title), Sidney Sink, Steve Prefontaine in the 3 mile event, Garry Bjorklund, and Rod Milburn and Ralph Mann in the hurdle events.

1995 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s
Cross Country National Championship

On the men’s side, Arkansas returns to top form in winning both the team title as well as the individual championship with Godfrey Siamusiye. The women’s winner over the 5,000 meter distance was Kathy Butler from Wisconsin and Providence took home the team trophy for their first and only win to date.

Juno

A comedy about growing up...and the bumps along the way
2007, 96 minutes, Rated PG-13. Filmed in Canada under director Jason Reitman, this is a compassionate story of a 16 year old girl who wants to give her baby up for adoption. Juno, played by Ellen Page, becomes pregnant by high school track star, Paulie Bleaker, and then must navigate this very difficult situation. The running found in this film acts as the backdrop which helps show the passage of time as the seasons, and status of the pregnancy, change. Sure, the running outfits are odd by today’s standards, yet these are the type of uniforms that appear the year books all across the country. Juno has been nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Make a chance to see this one in the theater and you may learn more about this film at the official website as well as sign up for notification at Amazon.com for when the DVD will be released.

Just Yell Fire

Empowering Girls to Protect Themselves
Two high school students, Dallas Jessup and Catherine Wehage, developed and perform leading roles in this self defense instructional film. After a talk show type introduction to the main concepts of how to protect oneself from kidnapping or rape, there are six scenes that demonstrate and teach the skills needed to keep yourself safe. The last scene takes place on a jogging trail where the attackers grab each of the women from behind. Do you know what to do if this were to happen to you when out running? By watching this DVD you will learn 10 effective ways to help get free including how to effectively bite, gouge an eye, whip slap an ear, properly kick, and release holds. The production quality is very high, with interesting graphics, statistics, and with enough repetition of instruction to get the point across clearly. Released in 2006, the entire 48 minute movie can be downloaded (please make a donation) and you can also view a trailer online at their web site, JustYellFire.com.

The Runner’s Foot

Released in July of 2006 by the Stanford Health Video Library, this 59 minute DVD presents a presentation by Dr. James Ratcliff. Join Dr. Ratcliff as he discusses the most common foot injuries that runners encounter and shows ways of preventing and treating them based on the latest scientific research. If your feet are struggling you can be sure that the rest of your running will not be going as planned. Here is one case where an ounce of prevention is definitely worth a pound of cure. See a quicktime trailer by visiting createspace.com and you can order this production at Amazon.com.

2006 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country National Championship

Here the men’s team from Colorado returns to the title which they last won two years ago. Josh Rohatinsky from Brigham Young is the individual champion this year over the 10,000 meter course in Terre Haute, Indiana. Amazon.com shows this as the Men’s race, although the cover art seems to suggest that the Women’s race is also included, although their race has been previously released in it’s own DVD.

Naylor’s Run

From the UK, this 38 minute Striding Edge production was first released in 1997 in VHS and can now be purchased in DVD (PAL) format. Watch Joss Naylor attempt to run the 60 highest Lakeland peaks in under 36 hours on his 60th birthday. With each of these peaks over 2,500 feet high, he has to negotiate 40,000 feet of ascent as he runs nearly 110 miles. With the beautiful weather and aerial photography you will see many pleasures as well as the pain that comes with such an experience. At times the very thick northern accent is difficult to understand, and there is an introduction by Eric Robson in this DVD, which is a specially extended version of th ITV documentary.

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