{"id":339289,"date":"2025-10-28T21:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/339289\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T21:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:54:12","slug":"watch-nyc-marathon-documentary-26-2-journey-to-the-finish-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/339289\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: NYC Marathon Documentary &#8216;26.2: Journey to the Finish Line&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tWatch: NYC Marathon Documentary &#8216;26.2: Journey to the Finish Line&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstshowing.net\/author\/abillington\/\" title=\"Posts by Alex Billington\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Billington<\/a>\t\t<br \/>October 28, 2025<br \/>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ra2nrXAtT44\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstshowing.net\/2025\/watch-nyc-marathon-documentary-26-2-journey-to-the-finish-line\/\" class=\"watch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/262runningdocpostermainTsr1.jpg\" alt=\" 26.2: Journey to the Finish Line of the NYC Marathon Trailer\" width=\"350\" height=\"168\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Savor every minute of this journey.&#8221; Tribeca Films has just debuted a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstshowing.net\/category\/docs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">documentary film<\/a> titled <strong>26.2<\/strong>, made by filmmaker Nicolas Heller \u2013 best known as the runner &#8220;<strong>New York Nico<\/strong>&#8221; on social media. The full title for it is <strong>Journey to the Finish Line of the NYC Marathon<\/strong> and the 34-minute short doc is out now to watch (view below). 26.2 follows four tenacious New Yorkers in the lead-up to the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon. A long time superfan of the race, Nicolas was inspired by individual stories &amp; motivations of each runner (and walker) who chooses to participate in one of the world\u2019s largest annual marathons. This is their honest story. &#8220;Between them, they&#8217;ve survived a stroke, cancer, a life-changing house fire, &amp; finishing dead last in the 2023 race. They&#8217;re not professional runners. They&#8217;re people who&#8217;ve been knocked down and decided to keep moving. This isn&#8217;t a story about running fast. It&#8217;s a story about getting there at all.&#8221; This reminds me of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstshowing.net\/2023\/trailer-for-doc-26-2-to-life-about-the-san-quentin-prison-marathon\/\" title=\"Trailer for Doc &#039;26.2 to Life&#039; About the San Quentin Prison Marathon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">another doc called 26.2 to Life<\/a>, about a marathon inside of a prison. And this year&#8217;s other doc on running called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstshowing.net\/2025\/first-trailer-for-learning-to-fly-doc-film-about-runners-marathons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Learning to Fly<\/a>. 26.2 is another engaging &amp; wholesome film that should inspire everyone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Enjoy New York Nico&#8217;s doc <strong>26.2: Journey to the Finish Line of the NYC Marathon<\/strong>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ra2nrXAtT44\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/262runningdocpostermain5991.jpg\" alt=\"26.2: Journey to the Finish Line of the NYC Marathon Poster\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"599\" height=\"899\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The documentary 26.2 follows four New Yorkers training for the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon: a retired math teacher, an NYPD administrative aide, a public defender, and an elevator mechanic. Between them, they&#8217;ve survived a stroke, cancer, a life-changing house fire, and finishing dead last in 2023. This isn&#8217;t a story about running fast&#8230; It&#8217;s a story about getting there at all. Directed by Nicolas Heller, also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newyorknico\" rel=\"noopener nofollow \" target=\"_blank\">@newyorknico<\/a>, the film was inspired by his coverage of the NYC Marathon finish line. Created with support from New York Road Runners, and featuring NYRR&#8217;s Team Inspire. 26.2: Journey to the Finish Line of the NYC Marathon is directed by the runner \/ filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm7327208\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nicolas Heller<\/strong><\/a>, who has also directed quite a few other short films previously. Produced by m ss ng p eces, E 89th Street Productions, and Heller Films. This recently premiered in New York City at an event but not at any festivals, as far as we know. Tribeca will debut Heller&#8217;s 26.2 doc directly on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ra2nrXAtT44\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> &#8211; you can watch it above anytime. Thoughts?<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"socialright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share#url=https:\/\/www.firstshowing.net\/2025\/watch-nyc-marathon-documentary-26-2-journey-to-the-finish-line\/&amp;title=Watch:%20NYC%20Marathon%20Documentary%20&#039;26.2:%20Journey%20to%20the%20Finish%20Line&#039;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Share \/ Save this post\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ShareButtonMain25-01.png\" width=\"85\" height=\"26\" alt=\"Share\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p style=\"padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:8px;\"><strong>Find more posts in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstshowing.net\/category\/docs\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Documentaries<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstshowing.net\/category\/shortfilms\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Short Film<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstshowing.net\/category\/worthwatching\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">To Watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t      <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Watch: NYC Marathon Documentary &#8216;26.2: Journey to the Finish Line&#8217; by Alex Billington October 28, 2025Source: YouTube &#8220;Savor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":339290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[167371,167370,5229,434,405,403,167376,114571,5226,5225,167375,5228,167373,5227,166135,167372,167374,2433,142527,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-339289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-26-2-doc","9":"tag-26-2-trailer","10":"tag-america","11":"tag-documentaries","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-new-york-nico","15":"tag-new-york-road-runners","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-nicolas-heller","19":"tag-ny","20":"tag-ny-marathon-film","21":"tag-nyc","22":"tag-nyc-marathon","23":"tag-running-documentary","24":"tag-running-movie","25":"tag-short-film","26":"tag-to-watch","27":"tag-united-states","28":"tag-united-states-of-america","29":"tag-unitedstates","30":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","31":"tag-us","32":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115454021918780904","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}