NOVA · SEASON 35
Marathon Challenge
Episode 3 · 2007-10-30
- Documentary
Episode overview
Can anyone run a marathon? How do you run 26.2 miles if you have trouble making it around the block? With good coaching, discipline, and lots of group support, as NOVA shows when it follows 13 generally sedentary people through a training regimen designed to prepare them for an ultimate test of stamina and endurance. Produced in cooperation with the Boston Athletic Association®, which granted NOVA unprecedented access to the 111th Boston Marathon®, and Tufts University, "Marathon Challenge" takes viewers on a unique adventure inside the human body, tracking the physiological changes that exercise can bring about.
55 minutes
Season 35 episodes
1. Secrets of the Samurai Sword2007-10-09
2. Ghost in Your Genes2007-10-16
3. Marathon Challenge2007-10-30
4. Sputnik Declassified2007-11-07
5. Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial2007-11-13
6. Master of the Killer Ants2007-11-20
7. Missing in MiG Alley2007-12-18
8. Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold2008-01-08
9. Absolute Zero: The Race for Absolute Zero2008-01-15
10. Secrets of the Parthenon2008-01-29
11. Astrospies2008-02-12
12. Ape Genius2008-02-19
13. The Four Winged Dinosaur2008-02-26
14. Cracking the Maya Code2008-04-08
15. Car of the Future2008-04-22
16. A Walk to Beautiful2008-05-13
17. Lord of the Ants2008-05-20
