On coldest day of the year in the coldest place in America, the Arrowhead 135 ultra-marathon is not for the faint of heart. Competitors have 60 hours to run, bike, or ski over three days in snow-covered woods where hallucinations, frostbite, starvation or potentially freezing to death is a risk they’re willing to take.
A former Iron Man named “Epic” Bill Bradley hopes to complete the race after several failed tries, and this year he decides to train in a meat locker. A geologist named Leah Gruhn’s first Arrowhead attempt on skis ended in disaster, but she refuses to give up on crossing the finish line.
In this award-winning film and with stunning cinematography, Director Marius Anderson goes deep into the forbidding cold to discover the surprising motivations that lie beneath the world’s toughest endurance race. What drives some to extremes yields profoundly warm human stories about life, love and happiness.
“40 Below: The Toughest Race In The World might present madness in its purest form. But it also shows humans’ dogged determination and resilience.” FilmThreat
“A Great Documentary.” San Francisco Chronicle
“You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll cheer. You’ll be inspired.” Duluth News Tribune
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