The Long Run (2001)

A failed track coach finally finds someone who he believes has what it takes to win The Comrades Marathon is a 90k race in South Africa An aging running coach Barry wants to field a winner hes working with four men from a factory but when hes fired to make way for a smooth corporate type hes at loose ends Then he sees Christine a Namibian immigrant who runs to forget her troubles He offers to coach her and soon shes living at his house following his diet and training regimen But his singlemindedness gets to her she wants a job and a place of her own Plus the man who replaced Barry likes her and wants her away from Barry Can runner and coach woman and man African and European sort out their complex relationship before the race Written by