Forging The Dream

Forging The Dream is a concept sports documentary.

It is an exploration into an athlete's journey to find the person within. Our flagship web-series is the story of Marc Lovatt.Marc Lovatt's life is going nowhere. Fighting and drinking, he ends up spending a night in a prison cell. He prays for forgiveness, and a chance to turn his life around. Tragedy strikes as three of his closest friends suddenly die in a car accident. Marc is lost as to what to do. He decides to set himself a challenge to run 13 Miles to help raise money for a memorial. Unfit, and ill-prepared, he manages to complete the run. But something else happens. The running gives him a new focus and determination in life. He decides he wants to become an athlete.

An idea is planted in Marc's head, and he signs up to compete in Ironman 70.3 UK, to raise money for charity. The race is reputed to be one of the hardest triathlons in the world. Marc has never done a triathlon. He doesn't have a bike. He has a fear of open water swimming. He has six months to prepare. With great determination, he makes it to the start line.The start horn sounds, beginning a journey that not only takes Marc to his phyiscal limits striving to reach the World Championships, but also deep within himself to discover his purpose in life is intimately entwined with the fate of Millions. This is a triathlete's journey to find the person within.

Marc Lovatt’s life is going nowhere. Fighting and drinking, he ends up spending a night in a prison cell. He prays for forgiveness, and a chance to turn his life around. Tragedy strikes as three of his closest friends suddenly die in a car accident. Marc is lost as to what to do. He decides to set himself a challenge to run 13 Miles to help raise money for a memorial. Unfit, and ill-prepared, he manages to complete the run. But something else happens. The running gives him a new focus and determination in life. He decides he wants to become an athlete. An idea is planted in Marc’s head, and he signs up to compete in Ironman 70.3 UK, to raise money for charity. The race is reputed to be one of the hardest triathlons in the world. Marc has never done a triathlon. He doesn’t have a bike. He has a fear of open water swimming. He has six months to prepare. With great determination, he makes it to the start line. The start horn sounds, beginning a journey that not only takes Marc to his physical limits striving to reach the World Championships, but also deep within himself to discover his purpose in life is intimately entwined with the fate of a persecuted people. This is a triathlete’s journey to find the person within.

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Un documental británico que relata la historia de Marc Lovat un joven alcohólico y alejado del deporte que se transforma en un atleta luego de perder a tres de sus amigos en un accidente automovilístico.

Luego de la muerte de sus amigos, Lovat empezó a replantearse su manera de vivir. Se dió cuenta de que la vida pasaba por delante de sus ojos y él no era parte de ella. En ese entonces Marc empieza a correr para juntar plata y ayudar a las familias de sus amigos fallecidos.

Corrió carreras de calle y más tarde, sin tener una bicicleta y con miedo a nadar en agua abiertas, decidió anotarse en el Ironman 70.3 de Austria en 2011. El atleta completó la carrera y ahora sueña con clasificar al Mundial Ironman 70.3 Las Vegas 2012.

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Este documental representa la historia de muchas personas que gracias al deporte y sobretodo el triatlón lograron dar un cambio radical en sus vidas. Otra prueba de que este deporte es una puerta de entrada para lograr vencer el mundo de las adicciones y los malos hábitos.

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