Wales' mountainous regions are notoriously beautiful, so at least runners are comforted by the view, while they average just under 40 miles in a day.
Over six days, enthusiastic runners will complete a 200 mile course across the mountainous spine of the country, starting in North Wales' Conwy Castle and finishing at Cardiff Castle. The race is Wales' answer to the extreme race category. But the reward for enduring these shortcomings is an unparalleled opportunity to experience untold human strength.Dragon's Back Race actually sounds as difficult as what it would be like to run across a dragon's back. Regrettably also, the coverage of the diversity of cultures and geography they ran past was necessarily cursory (note pun opportunity here). At a few points when the team's mood was low, the film sank into an uncomfortable, bitchy reality TV format. Given the impossible terrain-with sandstorms, heat, and access to virtually no local technology-the cinematography is outstanding, capturing the unimaginable beauty of the desert and handsomeness of the lonely, unfamiliar places the runners encountered. Words to live by! Anyone who sees this film is likely to consider expanding his or her personal goals. At the end one of the runners comments that we are all limited by the goals we set for ourselves. The documentary's biggest strength is its realistic account of ways that team members dealt with the inevitable struggles among them and with the doubts in each one's minds about the constant challenges, mental and physical. Running 4,500 miles is something most of us will never do, so how lucky we are to have a film that shows three men and a small support crew doing exactly this.
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