These include the gradual inclusion of women in competitive distance running the life of New York City Marathon co-founder Fred Lebow the struggle for high-level amateur runners to get paid and the growth of the now-defunct S piridon, a Swiss running magazine and corresponding effort to expand the running movement. in July, ambitiously chronicles the sport's rise to prominence by tackling several major themes. Free to Run, an IFC film that premiered in the U.S. These days, road running has become such a mainstream pursuit with such low barriers to entry that it can be difficult to imagine a time when the running community was considered a niche subculture. “There weren’t many of us,” he says, “and we were considered pretty odd.”

The documentary Free to Run opens with running icon George Hirsch standing on a balcony overlooking Central Park, reminiscing about how, in the late 1960s, he could do a full loop around the park and only encounter a handful of other joggers-most of whom he knew personally.

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