Tuesday 10 January 2017

My Forrest Gump Tribute

As most of my friends and clients know, I love to run.  I run when I'm home, in my own neighbourhood, when I travel for races, and even when I travel for vacation.  Running is part of my life.



My most recent vacation took me to an amazing and scenic part of the world - the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley in the Southwestern United States.  As I was travelling through Monument Valley, the beautiful rock sculptures rising from the desert landscape reminded me of certain scenes from one of my favourite movies, Forrest Gump. In particular, the epic run scene where Forrest decides to end his 3years, 2months, 14days and 16hours long run.

If you need a little help jogging your memory, here is a YouTube video clip of that scene:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKKmzmeU5-0

Drawing on my inspiration from the scenery around me, I re-created this very run scene.  It was a little windy the day I was running down highway 163 from Utah to Arizona (a stretch of highway now affectionately nicknamed the Gump highway), but I'm sure you'll have to admit it is a funny and fitting tribute to one of the most classic run scenes of all time.  

For your enjoyment, here is my video re-enactment:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5egiAmtquv0S1NGUWduamgyLTg/view

Happy trails!

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