Few movies have stirred more emotion in me than this one. I initially spied this by chance on HBO. Upon seeing the title “Marathon Boy,” I was bracing myself for an inspirational story of a slumdog turned hero by his own accord. After watching this riveting and dark documentary, I’m still not sure exactly how to feel about this movie. Without playing the spoiler, I truly encourage you to watch this movie and let me know what you think.

• Is this truly a sports story or an inside look at politics and popular fanaticism?
• How young is too young to begin running?
• There’s a very thin line between encouragement and exploitation.

I absolutely love documentaries but I’ve never been more emotionally involved in a movie as I have watching Marathon Boy. Please be advised that you will find this disturbing and if you have children outright bone-chilling!

RMFR

You’ve probably seen this on Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. If not, here’s the movie trailer for HOOD TO COAST. The movie follows four quirky teams on their epic journey to conquer the world’s largest relay race. Winning isn’t everything in this character-driven documentary that takes a celebratory look at motivation and attempting the extraordinary.

If this doesn’t make you want to head up and take part of this “funfest,” I don’t know what would. Anybody run in this relay or have plans to this year?

I’ve been meaning to buy this movie forever now but I just saw a link from Runner’s World that it’s now being show on Hulu (with limited commercial interruptions). I haven’t watched it yet (I’m off to Team Selvig Bowling) but plan to watch it later today. Please feel free to watch it here on ORB or click here to view it in HD/full screen on Hulu. Enjoy!!!