{"id":554,"date":"2008-09-30T04:01:45","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T09:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=554"},"modified":"2008-09-29T21:03:11","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T02:03:11","slug":"spirit-of-the-marathon-at-twin-cities-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/spirit-of-the-marathon-at-twin-cities-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit of the Marathon at Twin Cities Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marathonmovie.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Spirit of the Marathon\" src=\"\/running\/images\/movie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a>If you are traveling to the Twin Cities for this fall&#8217;s <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Twin Cities Marathon\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twincitiesmarathon.org\">Twin Cities Marathon<\/a> you must go see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marathonmovie.com\/\">Spirit of the Marathon<\/a> while you are here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I&#8217;ve already seen it?&#8221; you say.\u00a0 Did you see it at a 1950&#8217;s style movie theater?<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t think so.\u00a0 Spirit of the Marathon is being played at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riverviewtheater.com\/\">Riverview Theater<\/a> in South Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.riverviewtheater.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Riverview\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.riverviewtheater.com\/images\/photo-lounge2.jpg?resize=180%2C135\" alt=\"Riverview Theater\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riverview Theater<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/coming-soon-to-a-theater-near-you\/\">the movie<\/a> when it first came out this winter and I enjoyed it.\u00a0 My wife liked it too, but not as much as me!<\/p>\n<p>To refresh your memory a bit, here is an excerpt from the website about the movie<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[A] first ever non-fiction feature film to capture the drama and essence of the famed 26.2 mile running event. Filmed on four continents, the production brings together a diverse cast of amateur athletes and marathon luminaries.\u00a0As six unique stories unfold, each runner prepares for and ultimately faces the challenge of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Chicago Marathon\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagomarathon.com\/\">Chicago Marathon<\/a>.\u00a0More than a sports program, <strong>Spirit of the Marathon<\/strong> is an inspirational journey of perseverance and personal triumph; a spectacle that will be embraced by runners and non-runners alike.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Along with citizen athletes, the movie features Deanna Kastor and Daniel Njenga.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marathonmovie.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"DVD Cover\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marathonmovie.com\/images\/store\/dvd-cover-small.jpg?resize=193%2C278\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a><strong>DVD Release<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A DVD with the movie and other goodies will be available after October 7.\u00a0 If you order now you can get an autographed copy of the DVD.\u00a0 Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marathonmovie.com\/store.html\">store<\/a> to find out more information.\u00a0 While there you can also purchase a variety of other paraphenila.<\/p>\n<p>[tags] Spirit of the Marathon, Marathon, Twin Cities Marathon [\/tags]<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Zemified by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/5bedc110-82ab-4018-b313-860112320a51\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?w=625\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are traveling to the Twin Cities for this fall&#8217;s Twin Cities Marathon you must go see Spirit of the Marathon while you are here. &#8220;But I&#8217;ve already seen it?&#8221; you say.\u00a0 Did you see it at a 1950&#8217;s style movie theater? 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