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Age Group Winner

May 9, 2025
1h 23m
★ 0.0

Run. Floss. Pray.

Overview

In 1980 Jay Helgerson shocked the world, becoming the first person to run a marathon a week for a year – each race completed in under three hours. For the last ten years, his daughter, filmmaker Alexandra Helgerson, followed him with a camera in order to understand the eccentric man who raised her. What she gets are his projected anxieties, his struggles with physical age and emotional distress, all while he endlessly trains for the Boston Marathon. But as Jay trains, the film is nearly derailed by Alexandra’s encounter with a life threatening illness. Ultimately, AGE GROUP WINNER is an affirmation of the will to live.

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Documentary

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Alexandra Helgerson

herself

Alexandra Helgerson

Jay Helgerson

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Jay Helgerson

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