Godspeed is a riveting documentary with jerry schemmel and brad cooper and their quest to win the 2015 race across america ultra. June 16, 2016 oceanside, california team working nation is staging to take part in race across america. Race across america raam is one of the most respected and longest running ultraendurance events in the world. Sep 17, 2018 martin butler is raising funds for godspeed a documentary film of endurance, faith and hope. Race across america raam rider bios the ataxian movie. There are no teams, no support vehicles, no special jerseys and not a dime in prize money. He will bike 3,000 miles through the united states. Nov 12, 2009 the film, by stephen auerbach, documents the 2005 race across america and a handful of riders who, for one reason or another, feel the need to push themselves to the limit. The route is about 4,200 miles 6,800 km long and uses the transamerica bicycle trail that was developed by the adventure cycling association for the bikecentennial event in 1976. To win, they must endure the intense 3,000 mile journey, while battling extreme. Pedaling 168 hours nonstop across 12 states from the pacific to the atlantic oceans, schemmel and cooper embark on the journey of a lifetime a race that would provide an extreme test of physical endurance and dependence on faith, all for the greater purpose and personal calling to raise money for the orphans of haiti. This powerful documentary from award winning filmmaker stephen auerbach tells. Race across america is a film that brings to life a race that viewers will long remember, as they become transfixed by the extreme physical endurance needed to complete this long distance cycling event.
In 20 and 2016, he won the tour divide ultraendurance mountain bike race across the rocky mountains in canada and the united states. Raam race across america continues to stand as one the toughest events in the world and a tribute to. American flyers is a 1985 american sports drama film about bicycle racing directed by john badham and starring kevin costner, david grant, rae dawn chong, alexandra paul, luca bercovici and janice rule. The team traveled along i80, i76, i70 and i15, receiving help from a network of lookouts. Jun 25, 2017 bicyclist sarah cooper conquers the race across america. You absolutely should ride your bike across america, too.
Women are a minority in the worlds endurance bicycle races, and some of the competitions tailor their rules by gender. Raam 2015 data analysis race across america 2015 with brian. A new cycling film from the producers of ride the divide. To win, they must endure the intense 3,000 mile journey, while battling extreme fatigue and injury, in just 6 and a half days. We followed a team of 8 managers of the german company metafinanz trough the country. Inspired to ride follows a handful of cyclists as they race unsupported in the inaugural year of the trans am bike race.
Oct 22, 20 raam race across america continues to stand as one the toughest events in the world and a tribute to human endurance, mentally, spiritually and physically, a staggering 3044 miles from san diego. Bicycle dreams a documentary film about the race across. A self supported road bike race along the trans america trail june 3rd, 2017 06. Best bicycle documentaries on netflix right now momentum mag. What began as the adventure of a lifetime is transformed in an instant when one of their comrades is killed in a head on collision. Movie recounts baseball broadcasters gutsy, harrowing bike race across america in the rain, in the middle of the night, on a narrow highway in kansas, colorado rockies broadcaster jerry schemmel. Godspeed the race across america documentary is with colorado rockies and 3 others.
Results trans am bike race trans am bike race 2018. Raam race across america continues to stand as one the toughest events in the world and a tribute to human. Jun 28, 2011 this was the 30th year for cyclings ultimate test the 3,000mile race across america, which takes participants from california to maryland in less than 12 days. The film crew is deeply embedded with team working nation. The race originated in 1982 when four riders raced from santa monica, california, to the empire. A oneofakind documentary which takes the viewers through a journey of nonstop action and drama of a six day straight bike race. Bicycling across the central portion of the united states perhaps offers the most routes. Four by 3000 documents our journey racing in raam 2016 in stunning 4k. Tickets for godspeed the race across america can be purchased online by visiting. Bicycle dreams a documentary film about the race across america.
Cinemas for one night on may 22 fathom events and the rudy project bring the inspiring story of two cyclists and their teamenduring hope in. Like peewees big adventure, this chinese movie is another very loose retelling of bicycle thieves. A humble sportscasterplane crash survivor joins forces with ultracompetitive ceo in the worlds most grueling bicycle endurance race. Race across the sky 2010 movie trailer from citizen pictures on vimeo. Ride your bicycle across america with venture for charity. Despite his diagnosis of fa at the age of 17, kyle has completed numerous long distance bike rides including the worlds toughest bike race, race across america raam in 2010 as part of 4person team representing team fara. Virtual race across america to give riders challenge of a. Sleep and stop data there is a reason why every raam racers advice is to stay on the bike and just keep riding.
In 2009, race across the sky captured the imagination of countless mountain bike enthusiasts when lance armstrong not only won the leadville trail 100 mountain bike race, but set a new course record that seemed unattainable. Race across america, is award winning filmmaker stephen auerbachs first documentary to focus upon the world of cycling. Following the cancellation of this years race across america raam due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 12day events emergence will now allow riders to try their luck from the comfort of their. They are seekers, madmen and angels hell bent on riding across america on a bicycle in less than ten days. Stunning cinematography exposes raw, unfiltered emotions juxtaposed against the most inspiring landscapes across america. The amazing race host phil keoghan is getting ready for an amazing ride. As you might imagine, the documentary is full of triumph and tragedy. Race across america bicycle dreams, a 2009 documentary on the race its all aboutan. Raam documentary bicycle dreams screening in harrisonburg. Martin butler is raising funds for godspeed a documentary film of endurance, faith and hope. Bicycle dreams, an awardwinning movie about the race across america, is coming to harrisonburg on wednesday, january 25.
Team raam roses compete in the most extreme bicycle race on the planetthe. May 18, 2018 follow dave and his friends as they attempt to beat a group of local college boys in their towns annual bike race in this touching yet hilarious academy award winning film. The race across america raam is arguably the longest and most difficult bicycle race in the world. Jun 22, 2014 race across america, a 3,000 mile crosscountry trip, saw the eightperson group cycle through 12 states in six days, ten hours and 54 minutes raising money for the british heart foundation and. Inspired to ride follows a handful of cyclists from around the world as they race unsupported in the inaugural year of a 4,233 mile transcontinental race across the usa. Pippa middleton and james middleton complete the race across. A classic american tradition, drawing racers from around the world. A british amateur cycling team competes in one of the most extreme bicycle races on the planet. United states may 22, 2018 1 day only canada may 22, 2018. Jun, 2017 its the dead of night, youre cycling through the desert and are so chronically fatigued you think youre seeing goblins. These voyagers thought it was their bodies that were being. Jen orr, 42, has a dream of tackling the race across america, which goes from oceanside to maryland.
Heck, her training would probably make a much better movie than this one. When a teenage couriers bike is stolen in beijing, he embarks on a quest to find it. Go watch inspired to ride, about the trans am bike race, if you want to watch. Jure robic, a longdistance bicyclist who won the grueling race across america five times and whose seemingly endless, sleepeschewing stamina tested the limits of. In order to win they must battle extreme fatigue and. One of the shorter, well researched routes is the race across america, an endurance cycling event, begins in oceanside, ca just north of san diego and ends 3000 miles later in at city dock annapolis, maryland. Bicycle routes bike across usa bicycling across america. Four by 3000 journey into the worlds toughest bike race by team. Raam 2015 team start raam is one of the longest annual endurance events in the world. Not only has raam proved to be one of the most challenging races in the world, but has become a huge platform for racers to raise awareness and money for charities of their choice. In cycling race across america, sleep is shunned the new. With patrick autissier, cat berge, bob breedlove, chris hopkinson. Riding my bicycle across america was probably the stupidest thing ive ever done and i both hate and loved every second of it. It is the longest continuous race in the us, if not the world.
Bicycle dreams is a 2009 documentary film by director stephen auerbach about the race across america, a 3000mile crosscountry bicycle race. James and pippa middleton complete race across america. Race across america is the worlds toughest bicycle race. March 6, 2018 sportscaster jerry schemmel of the colorado rockies wanted to. The trans am bike race tabr is an annual, selfsupported, ultradistance cycling race across the united states. In 2019, james and tom will be taking on race across america raam the worlds toughest ultraendurance bike race. Race across america a film by stephen auerbach bicycle. We have assembled a fourrider team along with a crew to represent rotary clubs from around the world participating in the polio plus campaign to eradicate polio throughout the world. A documentary about the worlds most difficult bicycle race. A film capturing the 35th race across america the worlds toughest bicycle race. Its the dead of night, youre cycling through the desert and are so chronically fatigued you think youre seeing goblins. It is called the race across america, better known as raam. With purity and grace, the film examines the life of a man aggressively living every moment in a race against his own mortality.
Godspeed a documentary film of endurance, faith and hope. The race across america bills itself as the worlds toughest bicycle race. The race across america, or raam, is an ultradistance road cycling race held across the united states that started in 1982 as the great american bike race. Bicyclist sarah cooper conquers the race across america. Starting in oceanside, under one of the longest piers in california, raam spans 3000 miles, climbs 175,000 feet, crosses 12 states and finishes at city dock in annapolis, maryland, the east coast sailing mecca. For 36 years raam has been challenging ultracyclists from around the globe to push their physical and mental limits to the farthest reaches. A british amateur cycling team, compete in the hardest bicycle race on the planet. I could have knocked a day and a half off my time if my only stops were for.
Movie recounts baseball broadcasters gutsy, harrowing. Raam is seen as a pinnacle of athletic achievement not only in cycling circles but the greater sporting community as well. It is the story of a great american adventure and spectacular endurance event that invites cyclists to race against one another from the west coast to the east coast of the united states. The race has become a global icon, having had over 35 countries represented. This 2005 film captures the efforts of solo riders who must cover 3,510 miles from oceanside, california to atlantic city, new jersey, in just nine days. In 2014, he won the inaugural trans am bike race, a roadbased event from the pacific coast to the atlantic coast in the united states. Bicycle dreams, however, isnt the story of a typical bike race.
Keoghan said hes cycling crosscountry to encourage people to pursue a. Godspeed the race across america documentary see what. Race across america the worlds toughest bicycle race. Keep checking back as more theaters will be confirmed. This exciting film won the boulder international film festival. To win, they must conquer 3,000 gruelling miles, while. Check out race across america 2016 documentary on indiegogo. To the racers of the 2020 trans am bike race and 2020 bike nonstop us, from continually confining circumstances in portland, oregon, it is with the heaviest of hearts that we are announcing that the 2020 trans am bike race and the 2020 bike nonstop us are officially cancelled.
Experience raam with team enduring hope in the 2015 race across america. Jan 27, 2017 inspired to ride follows a handful of cyclists from around the world as they race unsupported in the inaugural year of a 4,233 mile transcontinental race across the usa. Godspeed the race across america was released in 2018 on tuesday, may 22, 2018 in 1 day only movie theaters. Bicycle dreams is the true story of the race across america, a 3000mile bike race that challenges riders to pedal across the country in just ten days. Jul 18, 2015 2015 race across america county elevations 12 states, 88 counties click to download huge image, click again to zoom in your browser. Find your closest theater and get your tickets today. They will be raising money for prevent breast cancer, the only uk charity entirely dedicated to the prediction and prevention of breast cancer. Dec 20, 2016 james intended to take on a truly unique endeavour. The amateur british cyclists raam roses compete to win the race across america race. The race across america raam might be the worlds toughest bike race. Godspeed the race across america movie movie insider. I received a sneak peek of godspeed the race across america as part of being a bibrave pro. Follow cyclists as they race unsupported in the inaugural year of the trans am bike race. Mar 20, 2020 murrieta bicyclist plans to race across u.
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