Raising a World Champion is a story which takes us inside the genius and madness of Team Ingebrigtsen. It provides unique access into the grand ideas and the small details that made three of Gjert Ingebrigtsen’s sons some of the world’s best runners.

Gjert Ingebrigtsen is a man swimming against the current, a man who measures his sons’ lactic acid every ten minutes and laminates their training schedules so they cannot be tampered with. Gjert himself grew up the son of a poor single mother. The contrast between his own childhood and his adult life where, together with his wife Tone, he strives to build a solid home for their seven children, while single-handedly creating what is perhaps the greatest success in the history of Norwegian sports, is remarkable.

But Gjert also talks about the reverse side of the medal. The father-son relationships are put to the test by his tough regime. Goals and results bind them together today, but what will those be worth in the long run?