Flotrack's Best of 2012

David "The best 800m race, ever" Rudisha - Performance of the Year, Best of 2012

Dec 29 by Mitch Kastoff

It wasn’t just the best race of the Olympic Games, but it was the best middle-distance race of all-time. David Rudisha’s world record and gold medal winning time of 1:40.91 was an ...

Alberto Salazar - Coach of the Year, Best of 2012

Dec 30 by Mitch Kastoff

The 80,000 screaming fans in the Olympic stadium nearly drowned out the broadcast for the men’s 10,000m final. “Can it be a one-two for the Salazar group? It looks like it! Mo Farah takes...

Cam Levins - Breakthrough of the Year, Best of 2012

Dec 27 by Mitch Kastoff

“Last year showed me that as long as you don't set limits on how hard you can train, then the same can be said for races. I have continued to improve each year because there was never any doubt...

The Real Maine - Full Length Documentary - User Video of the Year, Best of 2012 39038 views

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Uploaded by Erik Van Ingen | December 23, 2012

User Video of the Year, Flotrack's Best of 2012 (Uploaded on May 21, 2012)

The Real Maine is the debut documentary by filmmaker Erik van Ingen. Inspired by John L. Parker's novel "Once A Runner" van Ingen approached fellow Five Star Cross Country Camp counselors Kyle Merber and Chris Derrick in August 2010.

Van Ingen proposed a summer of training in solitude. In April of 2011 action was put behind these words. The group had inquired Riley Masters about Maine as a potential training destination. Almost immediately Masters was added to the group. Merber invited fellow teammate Mark Feigen who was fresh off of a breakthrough season to join the group.

July 2011 The group met for the first time in Bangor, Maine. The film follows the lead up to the summer, the summer itself, and the successes that follow.

Note: The intense coach feature in this video is Tom Carter, the coach of Broome County Community College. Tom competed competitively in college around the time of Pre. Here are some good reads to learn more about Tom: 2011 Q&A with Tom and After 1988 Road Race Victory

Speakers: Chris Derrick, Kyle Merber, Erik Van Ingen, Riley Masters, Mark Feigen

Categories: documentary

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45 comments

That was just awful 5 months ago

Why is Derrick with these guys he got second at ncaa xc the other guys are so gay it's not even funny

Anonymous Coward 5 months ago

yeeeee

Anonymous Coward 11 months ago

anyway to see the full interview with tom carter?

Wesley Washington 12 months ago

Too dope.

Anonymous Coward 12 months ago

What is the record for most views on a flotrack video??

Anonymous Coward 12 months ago

Merbalicious

Spandits 12 months ago

Great video! Loved the feeling of connecting with such great runners. If you like things made in Maine, check out our website! We make crazy spandex for runners right here in Maine! (spandits.com)

Anonymous Coward 12 months ago

i feel like this just scraped the surface of what you could've done, but overall a great doentary. Would've been nice if it continued into the indoor and outdoor seasons too.

Anonymous Coward 12 months ago

"its on our sign, therefore its science"

NICE lol

Anonymous Coward 12 months ago

mark rocking the mullet!!!

Anonymous Coward 12 months ago

Merbtastic!!!

Anonymous Coward 1 year ago

he has incredible footage here. i love his angles and the cinematography. however his story is weak. the film really never goes anywhere he doesnt relate the training to their successes or failures or accurately capture any of those emotions. he should work on it

So sick 1 year ago

It would be awesome if you made more videos. You could make one about the trials and Olympics or other things. You could also make shorter videos so you can release new ones more often.

Anonymous Coward 1 year ago

Awesome job. I really think the movie business is a great way to help promote running. I mean who doesn't know Pre... It would be really cool to see something that shows the continued success through this Olympic year!

Anonymous Coward 1 year ago

tom carter was the highlight

Amazing 1 year ago

Thanks for making this Erik.

eddiemeneses 1 year ago

Awesome !!! Im inspired. No better way to end my first day of summer training

Kaceeeeeee 1 year ago

waaaaay good :) yay for running!

Hmm.... 1 year ago

For what was shown I thought it was pretty inspiring. I feel like it's missing some things though. There were so many interviews with all of them, but I feel like none of them really got a lot of time at all. Derrick only talked once, and didn't show him training.

Pretty cool, but I think it had (has) a lot more potential than what came out of it. Some of the released interviews could have done really well in certain parts.

Anonymous Coward 1 year ago

The support that these athletes give to each other is so awesome to see. I have had a chance to be a part of summer training groups and it is the most awesome experience. I imagine that training year round in Kenya is quite similar. Could this small group training be the key to US becoming better and not only for elites? For example Paul Tergat would have never become a runner at his age in the US.

Cantwell 1 year ago

Derrick has two A standards

Anonymous Coward 1 year ago

"Chalk one up for the funny guys"

GREAT 1 year ago

I wish it would show more training though

Cole Toepfer 1 year ago

Awesome. Really inspiring definitely worth the wait

jvd 1 year ago

Sick doco, really enjoyed it

David Pinsonneault 1 year ago

Awesome video, really inspiring to watch

anonymous coward 1 year ago

This was great! Thanks for doing this!!!

Callo 1 year ago

Didn't seem that they liked each other very much...

mangy pete 1 year ago

the old guy was great!

Matt 1 year ago

Chills for half of the film. Loved it. Really got me excited for next season.