Don’t forget that the Spirit of the Marathon is playing tonight only at theaters across the country.
You can find if it is playing at a theater near you by going to Fathom Events and entering your zip code.
I am looking forward to seeing it tonight and will have a review up tonight or tomorrow morning.
Just a quick update that I got the DVDs in the mail today, so once I have everybody’s addresses I will be able to mail them out next week. Any suggestions on how best to mail them are more than welcome. Now, for the proof: Greg and Rick have already won copies of the movie,…
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