Running with Pheidippides: Stylianos Kyriakides, The Miracle Marathoner

It is 1946. World War II is over. As the rest of Europe struggles to rebuild itself, Greece-which had bitterly resisted Nazi occupation-is ripped apart by civil war. Thousands are dead or dying of starvation. In the face of such epic disaster, one Greek athlete takes valiant action. This is the true story of Stylianos Kyriakides, champion Greek runner who against all odds entered the 1946 Boston, Marathon, a race he had lost eight years before. Now Kyriakides ran not just to win, but to wak...