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4 unusual facts about Spirit of the Marathon II


Spirit of the Marathon II

Julie, from Los Angeles, began running after a divorce and has completed many marathons, including qualifying for the Boston Marathon, and plans to run 52 marathons in 52 weeks hoping to raise both awareness of and $1 million in donations for the fight against pancreatic cancer, which killed her father.

Italian runners Gelindo Bordin, Orlando Pizzolato, and Stefano Baldini are interviewed, as well as former world record holder, Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie, British world-record holder Paula Radcliffe, and Norwegian Grete Waitz.

Spirit of the Marathon II is a 2013 documentary film directed by Jon Dunham, and the sequel to the 2008 film, Spirit of the Marathon.

Vasyl Matviychuk

He was one of the subjects of the American documentary film, Spirit of the Marathon II, featuring his unsuccessful attempt to earn a spot in the Ukrainian Olympic team for the 2012 Summer Olympics at the 2012 Rome Marathon.



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