Article 6YDWT The New York City Marathon’s real heroes finish after dark | Callum Jones

The New York City Marathon’s real heroes finish after dark | Callum Jones

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Callum Jones in New York
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A new short film turns the focus on the everyday runners at the back of the New York City Marathon pack - the underdogs who finish in darkness but still change their lives

Drive To Survive, the seminal Netflix docuseries which introduced a new generation to Formula One, also unleashed a wave of sports shows that swept across virtually every streaming platform.

Many follow the same playbook, carefully painting a behind-the-scenes portrait of elite athletes pursuing greatness - from cyclists confronting the steepest climbs of the Tour de France and surfers hunting vast waves to tennis players vying for grand slams and track sprinters for medals.

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