Smithson Ides 250lb unmovable weight is matched only by the stagnant quality of his
life. The only relationship in his life
is a close bond with his family. Bethany, his older sister disappeared in the 1970s. Ide's monotonous existence is shattered by the death of his parents in a horrific road accident. Left alone and bewildered, Ide decides to start cycling the Raleigh bicycle he owned as a child. As Ide struggles with his massive girth on his Raleigh Racer, he begins to recapture a youthful
feeling, his 'memory of running’. Ide’s journey takes him thousands of miles across America and enables him to resolve his deep feeling of loss and numbness.