Long Haul, The

[Plays 5/10 at 7:30 p.m. and 5/11 at 4:45 p.m. as well as virtually as part of the MSPIFF41 Film Festival running May 5-19; for more information, log on to MSPfilm.org for full schedule.] Scott Harves' heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, informative, inspirational, 60-minute documentary dotted with gorgeous scenery that chronicles the frightening, arduous ordeal that Minnesota-born, tenacious, strong-willed, 38-year-old triathlete Ben O'Donnell, who competed in his first Ironman Triathlon in 2017, went through when he was diagnosed with COVID-19 and spending 28 days in the hospital from March 9 to April 6, 2020, his difficult recovery to regain strength and mobility while surprisingly training for an Ironman Triathlon in Oklahoma in 2021 in which he completed in 16:12:21, and consists of commentary by physicians (such as Melissa Brunsvold, Jeffrey Chipman, and Salma Shaker), nurse Michelle Mezera, wife Deanna O'Donnell, sister Dawn Inman, and cousin Jason O'Donnell.
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