Icarus.

There was an excellent Shackleton doco showing on IMAX about 15 years ago. Has there ever been a greater story of survival against the odds?

As a flipside to Tony Hawk, check out All This Mayhem:
https://www.imdb.com/video/vi4031425561/?ref_=tt_vi_i_1


Not sure if inspiring is the right descriptor, but a compelling story all the same.

I actually like the bodybuilding ones (generation iron) on Netflix plus there’s a good one about Ronnie Coleman on YouTube.

Have you watched the fan made 'Silver war'? A dude made a pretty awesome documentary about Nico Rosberg vs Lewis Hamilton and the 2016 season. I think he also made a follow up origin story and how the relationship between Rosberg and Hamilton soured.

Jiro Dreams of Sushi - yes

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Ya can't go wrong with classic Warren Miller films either. Although they often DO look cheesy & dated, they're good for a laugh #whysoserious

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

There is a Canadian TV show from a few years ago called Boundless that I absolutely loved. A couple well known adventure athletes compete in random adventure/endurance races around the world. Everything from ultra marathons to stage ski races to all-night bike adventures. Sometimes they succeed and sometimes they fail miserably. But the show did a wonderful job showing the physical ability and heart that is needed to do these crazy races. It was a well-done show that really opened my eyes to the world beyond triathlon.

Ya can't go wrong with classic Warren Miller films either. Although they often DO look cheesy & dated, they're good for a laugh #whysoserious[/quote]
Most fun ski film ever is G.N.A.R.

Even though we all know nothing tragic happened in Free Solo, I still get sweaty palms just thinking about it

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Directed by Stacy Peralta - The Search for Animal Chin, Dogtown & Z-Boys

Bruce Brown's son made a surf movie called Step Into Liquid released about the same time as Riding Giants, and - honestly - it wasn't nearly as good

Jack Johnson started out making surf films; I can't remember which I discovered first, his movies or his music?

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

I agree and got the same impression from « The Alpinist » (now streaming on Netflix). What Andre Leclerc achieved in his short Mountaineering carrer is incredible.

I watched that on a long run on the treadmill - my HR shot up so much on his actual attempt watching it. Even though I knew nothing happened, it was adrenaline-pumping.

Probably more reality TV than doco but the Ironman series - was it called Road to Kona? - was inspiring for me. Most of the people really stood no chance of getting to Kona but there were some incredible stories of regular people giving it their all.

This is almost certainly a recipe for injury and/or burnout. IME, you need to approach your training a bit cautiously, increasing the miles very gradually, and increasing the frequency and length of your hard runs very gradually. If you swim and bike, you can increase these distances faster with less concern for injury (aside from bike crashes), but the run needs to be very carefully monitored.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Yup. Just insane.

If memory serves me right, someone from here at Slowtwitch was on that show

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Thanks for the reminder. I still haven't watched this.

I was supposed to run Boston in 2013 but had an injury that season. I ran Boston in 2014. It was a really special race. The whole city was so supportive of the runners. I would get Boston residents thanking me for coming to Boston to run it on the T (Boston's subway) and in restaurants. The camaraderie was really amazing between athletes and supporters. I personally didn't have a great run performance, but I remember having tears of joy when I learned Meb won. I really enjoyed the whole experience even if it wasn't my best run.

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Death is easy....peaceful. Life is harder.

I agree about the Billy Yang YouTube videos. I look forward to everyone of them. A few of my favorites are:

Mont Blanc
Western Time
Life in a Day

Also, Jeff Pellitier does good video content on YouTube about ultrarunning. He recently did a multipart series about a stage race in Namibia. It was enertaining.

If you have any interest in The Barkley Marathons, then check out the following:

Where Dreams Go to Die by The Ginger Runner
Out There by Karel Sabbe
The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats its Young

Someone already mentioned The Vegan Cyclist. His Impossible Route videos are great. Also, for pure entertainment purposes, watch his video where he decided to spontaneously do an ironman near his house. Also, his video of his Unbound Gravel (DK) race is interesting

For cycling, Adam Roberge is a Canadian (Queebec) pro who does videos about his races and training (mostly gravel). These are pretty good.

EF Cycling does a few videos of Lachlan Morton and Alex Lowe racing Leadville and Unbound.

There are a few really good Backyard Ultra ones from all around on YouTube as well

https://www.youtube.com/...kyard+ultra+marathon

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Next Goal Wins: American Samoa's grassroots national soccer team, with underdogs, a crazy maniac lovable manager, and a lot more.

Eyes on The Prize: PBS's documentary of the American Civil Rights era.

Google "Snooker 147" and watch the youtube videos that you find.

The Dawn Wall, about climbing and one hell of a biography.

Since so many folks like the climbing movies, I suggest Meru (about struggle and success) and Touching the Void (harrowing).


A couple of links:
Next Goal Wins (2014) - IMDb
Eyes on the Prize | PBS

So much great stuff! Blown away by this.

Watched Plan B: The Fall and Rise yesterday, about Jumbo-Visma's 2021 TDF

I forgot that they were down to just 4 guys at the end [Vingegaard, Wout, Sepp, and Mike Teunissen]

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

The Alpinist is a great movie - it just won the Emmy for best long documentary.

Icarus makes me feel Juiced... because my competitors were juiced and I now feel juiced to become a keyboard warrior.

Other movies that move me
GameChangers
any other diet related movie that makes my blood pressure rise 50mmHg


....maybe that's not what you meant by juiced...inspired....moved.... :)

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I think that Vincent Luis docu put a curse on him calling it 'unbeatable' was it? He's been everything else but since!