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.
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Penny Marshall
Nora Schoonover
Richard Gilliland
Will Brodsky
Jonathan Silverman
Steven Schoonover
Mary Woronov
Mary Garritee
Paul Gleason
John Schoonover
James Bergeson
Donald Turnquist
Bart Conner
Nancy Hogshead-Makar
Cathy Rigby
Dave Scott
Mark Spitz
Jim Lampley
Announcer
Anne Simon
Announcer
Greg Monaghan
Jay Redmond
Dorothy Dells
Dr. Jackson
