![]() Viewers travel into Geoff’s Alaska life and see some of the old timers with whom he regularly shares the trails. JB does a wicked job in evolving deep backstories on the four stars by visiting their homes and documenting either their preparation for the 2010 WS100 or their world after the race. Krupicka, Roes, and Koerner answered questions after the premier. ![]() At times, the footage is raw and rough, like when Kilian’s pacer, Rickey Gates, captures the hottest part of the racing day on Cal Street with a GoPro camera and when JB catches runners slipping, sliding, and bumbling their way through the snowbound high country early on. ![]() My favorite parts of the film are when the cameras rolled down the trail with the runners themselves. The race’s story is told mostly through movement-based cinematography and a good dose of pre- and post-race interviews with the fab four. They were also a little blushy-blushy, making it clear that us ultrarunners are not accustomed to seeing ourselves on the big screen. These dudes were there, a part of every mile of the race, but they seemed enthralled with the plot’s unfolding, too. I also got a good kick out of watching the film’s stars watch themselves. The film has solid entertainment value, as evidenced by the audience’s generally high spirits, its round of applause for each athlete’s finish during the film, and its standing O for JB. In attendance was JB himself as well as Hal, Anton, Geoff, a passel of other runners with film cameos, and about 300 audience members. I watched the film at its premier in San Francisco’s Sports Basement last Friday evening. ![]() Unbreakable: The Western States 100 is a feature-length film by JB Benna that chronicles the race and folds in backstories about the runners and their lives. Unbreakable: The Western States 100 film posterĪ majority of us ultrarunners and ultrarunning fans know the story of the 2010 Western States 100 (WS100): fast men Geoff Roes, Anton Krupicka, Kilian Jornet, and Hal Koerner ran like hell for 100 miles until Geoff emerged as the day’s victor.
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