| Crossing America | |
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 Promo image for the film | |
| Produced by | Marcus Weinberg |
| Starring | Jonas Deichmann |
| Music by | Joel Hunger |
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Running time | 54 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German with English subtitles |
Crossing America is a 2024 documentary film directed by Marcus Weinberg focusing on Jonas Deichmann's duathlon across USA. [1] [2]
The film covers the entire 10'500 km duathlon - biking and running. [3] [4] First half of a trip is an unsupported bicycle journey from New York City to Los Angeles and the second half is running from Los Angeles back to New York. [5] [6] The culmination and the final stretch of the journey is a run in the 2024 New York Marathon. [7] [8] [9]
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