From Rock Bottom to Mont Blanc: An Evening with Pro:Direct Running and New Balance
From Rock Bottom to Mont Blanc: An Evening with Pro:Direct Running and New Balance
Ahead of The Big Half, Pro:Direct Running and New Balance brought the PDRC community together for an easy 5K at Hackney Marshes, followed by a screening of From Rock Bottom to Mont Blanc at The Castle Cinema.
The evening started with a relaxed shakeout run. No hard efforts, just a few easy miles before race weekend and some time to catch up. Runners also had the chance to test the New Balance SC Rebel out on the move.
From there, we headed to The Castle Cinema for the main event.
Filmed by Conall Whelan, From Rock Bottom to Mont Blanc follows PDRC members Isaiah and Ayo on their journey to Chamonix for the Marathon du Mont Blanc Half Marathon. The film covers the build-up, the travel and the race itself, with a proper look at everything that goes into getting from the first training run to the start line in the Alps.
Watching it back on the big screen with the wider PDRC community made the night feel especially close to the story. Plenty of people in the room knew the work that had gone into it, while others were heading into their own race weekend a few days later.
After the screening, food and drinks kept things going, along with the usual mix of race plans, shoe chat and Big Half nerves.
From an easy 5K in Hackney to a mountain race in Chamonix, the evening covered two very different sides of running, but they sat together pretty naturally.
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