Hungry Man’s Andrew Hinton directs “Chasing Tokyo” a five- episode docu-series for ON.
Hungry Man has a long established working relationship with ON.
This direct-to-client project sees Andrew Hinton follow a team of Zap Endurance runners chase their dreams.
On ZAP Endurance consider themselves a close-knit family unit when training for professional long-distance
competitions in multiple continents around the world. Since 2002, this unique band of brothers (and sisters) have
stared the Summer Olympic Games in the face - producing 28 Olympic Trial Qualifiers in almost two decades - but none have yet set foot on Olympic turf. They plan on changing this narrative on their most gruelling road
yet towards Tokyo 2020.
In February 2020, On ZAP Endurance will take nine athletes to the Olympic Marathon Trial race in Atlanta – the most number of individuals the group has ever had on the starting line for an Olympic trial since the inception of ZAP 18 years ago.
In February 2020 a five-episode docu-series directed by Andrew Hinton, chronicled every step of their journey and training each week, documenting their unfaltering endeavour to fulfil an
Olympic dream for the first time.
On ZAP Endurance is a non-profit training center for post-collegiate, Olympic-hopeful distance runners. ZAP
athletes live and train together in Boone, a small town in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, perfect for
endurance athletes looking to train at high altitude year-round. The On ZAP Endurance founders- the late Andy
Palmer and his wife Zika - developed the program as a way to give back to distance running, a sport that played
a significant role in both their lives. The team's goal is to develop World Class American distance runners by
providing them with support that allows them to train like Olympians.
Andrew Hinton said: “We began filming the ON Zap Endurance team in early 2019 and I’ve been following their
twelve month build up to the Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta. All of these runners dream
of making the Olympic team and they all have a chance because on the day, it’s the first three people across the
line who get to represent the US.
Watching the sheer volume of miles they’ve put in, the injuries, the highs and lows of long distance running, has
been inspiring. They have chosen to live in the remote mountains of North Carolina so they can focus on being
the best they possibly can. Not many of us get to chase that.”