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Challenge of a Lifetime

1985·Movie·1h 40m

Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

4.2 / 10 (4 votes)

Nora Scoonover is 35, divorced, in debt and going nowhere when her 16 year-old son, Steven, runs away from camp and asks to spend the summer with her. Together they decide that she will enter the Ironman Triathlon competition in Hawaii, although she has not done any running since high school. The experience brings them together.

Directed by
Russ Mayberry
Original language
English
Released
14 February 1985

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Last verified 2 Nov 2026

Cast

  • Penny Marshall

    Penny Marshall

    Nora Schoonover

  • Richard Gilliland

    Richard Gilliland

    Will Brodsky

  • Jonathan Silverman

    Jonathan Silverman

    Steven Schoonover

  • Mary Woronov

    Mary Woronov

    Mary Garritee

  • Paul Gleason

    Paul Gleason

    John Schoonover

  • JB

    James Bergeson

    Donald Turnquist

  • Bart Conner

    Bart Conner

  • NH

    Nancy Hogshead-Makar

  • Cathy Rigby

    Cathy Rigby

  • DS

    Dave Scott

  • MS

    Mark Spitz

  • JL

    Jim Lampley

    Announcer