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Hood To Coast: 197 Miles, 1,000 12-runner Teams, Unforgettable Stories

Documentary showcases grace and grit of the storied event

By Jim Gerweck

As featured in the Web Only issue of Running Times Magazine

Movie theaters around the country may want to replace their soda and JuJuBees with Gatorade and PowerBars Tuesday night as runners descend for the one-day national screening of Hood To Coast, a documentary about the epic 197-mile relay race in Oregon that has spawned an entire industry of similar events nationwide.  

HTC was conceived in 1982 by U of Oregon grad Bob Foote as something to break up the monotony of everyday 5K and 10K races. In the ensuing years, it has grown to 1,000 12-person teams, some very competitive and competent, others a bit less so.

In the course of just under two hours, the film follows a half dozen of these teams in the 2008 race, focusing not just on the actual running from the start at Mt. Hood to the finish at the Pacific Ocean in Seaside, but on the personalities and interaction of the dozen runners on each of the highlighted squads.

Read on here.