The Run of Your Life
Nine ultrarunners attempt to cross Romania’s longest trail in just 25 days, discovering that the hardest battle is not against the terrain, but themselves.
Tibi Ușeriu and eight other ultra runners set off from the North of the country towards the Danube, on Via Transilvanica – the longest trail in Romania, recently landscaped. Almost 1,400 kilometres and over 30,000 meters elevation difference in 25 days. A lot is going to happen between these two milestones which embrace a whole country (Putna and Drobeta-Turnu Severin) and the ten reasons a day to give up: getting lost in the night; endless races under the sun and rain until the skin peels off, the nails fall, just like all the masks, eventually. No runner is a granted finalist. They all know that suffering is inevitable, but behind every step lies a blend of emotions and inner discoveries that turns the journey into a profound confrontation with one’s own limits. The real race isn’t run only on the trail, but also within each runner.
