When Heroes
Become Legends

The Documentary

The Legends Slam

When Heroes Become Legends is a feature documentary that tells the story of the 2017 / 2018 Legends Slam series of Ultratrail races in Belgium and Luxembourg.

With a total of 730 km and 15.000 m of vertical gain over just four races, achieving the Legends Slam challenges the physical and mental abilities of the athletes that are brave enough to embark on this adventure.

When Heroes Become Legends follows 5 runners who attempt to complete the first edition of the Legends Slam series. Their challenge consists of the 160 kilometer Great Escape from Luxembourg to the Belgian Ardennes, the 160 kilometer Bello Gallico in the Flanders area of Belgium, the 250 kilometer winter race, The Legends Trail — and the last man standing concept of Another One Bites The Dust during the hottest days of the year.

Follow these heroes during their challenges to complete these races, experience their struggles, their achievements and their emotions on their way to become Legends.

Behind The Camera

About The Creators

When Heroes Become Legends is directed, filmed and edited by Joost Mulders and Astrid Claessen during the years 2017 and 2018, collectively working under the name Out On The Trails. As volunteers at the very first race ever organized by Legends Trails, they experienced a whole new world that amazed them in so many ways — a world of exceptional people, each remarkable in their own way.

A world that did not exist in the BeNeLux region before the Legends Trails started in 2016 has now become a large and vibrant community — a community they wanted to share with the rest of the world.

And so they created "When Heroes Become Legends". There is a lot more to tell about this film, but as a picture tells more than a thousand words — here is the trailer: