celebrates the growth and accomplishments of four of these students, three of whom ended up completing the LA Marathon. We watch the students ramp up both their training and their mental discipline, with compelling results.

We as a viewer yearned for a greater depth and complexity of story (because we know that there's complexity to be had) as well as a little less manipulation from this relatively uncomplicated addition to the Mad Hot Spellbound genre of documentary films. But, actually, we don't think we're the people this film is intended to reach. Instead, we see this film as ideally suited for a PBS documentary series or to be shown in the classroom. In fact, multiple educators in the audience begged for the film to be released on DVD so they could share with their students.

Runners High is playing again on Saturday at 3:30 at the Kabuki (bring the kids!) and next Tuesday at 8:30 at El Rio (bring a blanket!).

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