Stan Cottrell's run across China began at the Great Wall north of Beijing, and finished 53 days later in Canton, more then 2,000 miles to the south, averaging 40 miles a day. The documentary CHINA RUN, however, is only peripherally concerned with the mechanics of this grueling run: it is really the story of a stranger in a strange land, the world of the modern Chinese peasant seen through the eyes of an American peasant. It is a study in contrast...it is also a study of shared aspirations. The son of a poor Kentucky sharecropper, Stan Cottrell struggled through a childhood of poverty and abuse by losing himself in running--running after neighbor’s cows, running down moonshiners for the law, running races at county fairs to achieve the only recognition a poverty-stricken country boy was allowed. The Great Friendship Run began as a dream, but quickly became an obsession, Cottrell and the Chinese and American film.  Click Here For Full Movie

Fire and Jade - The award winning motivation film featuring Stan Cottrell

Other YouTube Videos

Stan Cottrell, ultra-distance runner - 330 miles across Bulgaria in 11 days http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G43sFh_t_yo

Great Global Friendship Run - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER04uHri47g