Running to the Limits
Alex Vero this month releases Running to the Limits. With interviews and profiles from such greats as Haile and Richard Nerurkar the film follows Vero in his quest to run a marathon in sub 2 hrs 20 mins…
16 stone, obese, heavy drinking filmmaker Alex Vero goes on a journey to find out firsthand what it takes to become an international marathon runner and to explain the recent decline of British male marathon running.
Alex’s inspirational story takes many twists and turns before becoming intertwined with former Ethiopian goat herder Mengsitu Abebe, and closer to home, recent Oxford graduate Ben Moreau – Britain’s brightest hope for 2012 marathon success. Filmed over 3 years in 7 different countries all three runners push their bodies to the limits of human endurance as they find out if they’ve got what it takes to make the international grade.
Shown on Channel 4 in December, it can be seen on 4OD now. Alternatively, and perhaps best, you can soon buy the DVD, to be released in mid-January 2010…
