October 30, 2007

We're All Runners on This Bus

Tonight at 8 p.m. EST, PBS broadcasts "Marathon Challenge," a one-hour NOVA documentary that looks at what it takes to turn 13 sedentary adults into long-distance runners capable of finishing the Boston Marathon.

I'm expecting the program to shed light on the physiological processes involved in marathon training, but leave shrouded the mysterious psychological process that make someone want to actually run so far.

Here's a link to the info on the PBS site:

NOVA: Marathon Challenge

And here's a preview on YouTube:

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