Challenge of a Lifetime

1985 TV-PG 1h 40m 6.5

A 35-year old, non-athletic mother of a teen son who went AWOL from summer camp bonds with him as she decides to enter the Ironman Triathlon for real.

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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Info about Challenge of a Lifetime

Studio(s): American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Originally Released: Feb 14, 1985

Production Country: United States

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Sport