The Purple Runner

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In the early 1980s three American males find themselves running at various tempos over the Hampstead Heaths north of London. One is a San Francisco lawyer trying to write poetry. Another has quit his job as a video tape editor at Burbank's QBC News. And a third is a mysterious amazingly talented runner with a scarred face. Also galloping over the muddy trails and through forests and suburbs is a capable yet often distracted female New Zealander hoping to make her mark in European racing. A retired Scotsman on a modest income also mixes it up with the others. Looming ahead is the Greater London Marathon. The mysterious American doesn't plan to run it. </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Then no one has ever broken two hours for the marathon distance...</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A story of Racing Romance and Romps over grass and pavement culminates in a variety of 26.2-mile exciting or disappointing performances!</span></p>