Age Group Winner (2025)
• May 9th, 2025 • 1h 23min
Documentary
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Breaking2
Released on: 2017-09-20
Documentary
After six months of scientifically advanced training, three of the world's most elite distance runne...
Lorena: Light-Footed Woman
Released on: 2019-11-20
Documentary
A young woman of the Tarahumara, well-known for their extraordinary long distance running abilities,...
Inside the Hunt for the Boston Bombers
Released on: 2014-04-13
Documentary, Crime
In April 2013, chaos erupted in Boston near the finish line of one of the world's oldest and most pr...
Eilish McColgan: Running in the Family
Released on: 2023-11-30
Documentary
Eilish McColgan is running in the footsteps of her mother, Liz. This documentary shares their extrao...
Watching the Detectives
Released on: 2017-08-16
Documentary
Immediately after the Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013, amateur detectives took the Internet ch...
Kipchoge: The Last Milestone
Released on: 2021-07-20
Documentary
Kipchoge: The Last Milestone follows record-breaking marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge's journey to bec...
Boston
Released on: 2017-02-23
Documentary
The history of the Boston Marathon from its humble origins starting with only 15 runners, to the fir...
KUBA
Released on: 2024-02-23
Documentary
Football is much more than a simple game. It is a passion that connects people from all over the wor...
Made in Senegal
Released on: 2020-04-08
Documentary
Sadio's story is the classical heroes journey and and archetype for African football players. Blesse...
The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young
Released on: 2014-10-26
Documentary, History
In its first 25 years only 10 people have finished The Barkley Marathons. Based on a historic prison...
CATCH ME ON THE ICE
Released on: 2025-02-07
Documentary
Ava Caputo, a freshman at Toronto Metropolitan University, left her home in Alberta to embark on her...
Gamer Girl
Released on: 2022-12-07
Documentary
Gamer Girl follows Allison Drouillard, a college freshman and top ranked Valorant player. While figh...
Red Fever
Released on: 2024-05-01
Documentary
Red Fever is a witty and entertaining feature documentary about the profound -- yet hidden -- Indige...
No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
Released on: 2010-04-13
Documentary
Director Steve James returns to his home town of Hampton, Virginia to tell the story of how the tria...
Life in 24 Hours
Released on: 2023-05-04
Documentary
One of the most successful ultrarunners of all time Lithuanian Aleksandr Sorokin talks about challen...
RUNN
Released on: 2024-07-16
Documentary
"RUNN" is a heartfelt portrayal of one man’s, Nedd Brockmann’s, extraordinary mission to make a diff...
How to Become a Hero
Released on: 2008-09-05
Documentary
Mladen Maticevic is a 40 year old Serbian film director. In the summer of 2005, he decided to try an...
Rising Phoenix
Released on: 2020-08-26
Documentary
Elite athletes and insiders reflect on the Paralympic Games and examine how they impact a global und...
Stray Dawg
Released on: 2011-04-25
Documentary
Meet Jonny Corndawg, the underground country-music legend. A born-and-bred Virginian, Jonny has play...