Three customers at my restaurant made this documentary about Chang Chia-che (張嘉哲), a marathoner from Taiwan. There's some really good stuff here, for example, Chang's insights into competition: he feels a sense of achievement just from running. It's not necessary to win medals, etc. Chang lives in Yonghe (永和), so you'll probably recognize some of the scenery if you're Taipei-based.
I asked the film-makers how they expected to make any money. The doc is, after all, posted on YouTube. They said they didn't make this documentary with an expectation of making money.
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It was Kevin Lin (Traditional Chinese:林義傑, November 19, 1976) who run through Sahara desert, not Chang, my mistake.
ChoSan
I asked them if it was Kevin Lin also when they first described the doc to me.
"Running the Sahara." 2007, 103 min.
It is in the NETFLIX, (US$8.00 a month.)
ChoSan
Great! I sure recognized the scenery when they were running in Maokong, as I guess you did too Patrick :) Thank you for posting this. Very inspirational. Kevin Lin is the real deal though. He's an international legend.
How is your work developing the Taiwanese SPCA coming?
I am not working on an SPCA project. Sean McCormack is doing great work though as an animal rescuer. You can check out his organization on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TaiwanAnimalSOS
Oh, sorry, I thought that was you.
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