{"id":99,"date":"2007-10-29T05:43:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-29T10:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=99"},"modified":"2013-03-10T13:00:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T18:00:28","slug":"marathon-challenge-pbs-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/marathon-challenge-pbs-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Marathon Challenge: PBS Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On October 30, 2007 at 8PM <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\">PBS<\/a> will broadcast a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/\">NOVA<\/a> special called <em>Marathon Challenge<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>According to their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/marathon\/about.html\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>it follows 13 generally sedentary people through a training regimen designed to prepare them for an ultimate test of stamina and endurance. Created in cooperation with the Boston Athletic Association\u00c2\u00ae, which granted NOVA unprecedented access to the 111th Boston Marathon\u00c2\u00ae, and Tufts University, &#8220;Marathon Challenge&#8221; takes viewers on a unique adventure inside the human body, tracking the physiological changes that exercise can bring about.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Marathon Challenge site offers team biographies, journal entries from the participants, a complete training schedule, expert advice, and much more. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"82\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/marathon\/images\/home.jpg?resize=255%2C82\" width=\"255\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check your local listings to make sure the date and time are correct.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" id=\"0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:ee0a7327-b8b4-4ec4-b4f1-8da027894f40\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px\">Technorati tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Marathon\" rel=\"tag\">Marathon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Marathon%20Challenge\" rel=\"tag\">Marathon Challenge<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/PBS\" rel=\"tag\">PBS<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Movie\" rel=\"tag\">Movie<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-5426328079068557\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"468x60_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\n\/\/2007-05-28: Nick\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"4949967308\";\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 30, 2007 at 8PM PBS will broadcast a NOVA special called Marathon Challenge. According to their website it follows 13 generally sedentary people through a training regimen designed to prepare them for an ultimate test of stamina and endurance. Created in cooperation with the Boston Athletic Association\u00c2\u00ae, which granted NOVA unprecedented access to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-1B","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":713,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/october-highlights\/","url_meta":{"origin":99,"position":0},"title":"October Highlights","author":"crossn81","date":"October 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This really should be titled \"Marathon Highlights\" since most of the month this year and last was talking about marathons!\u00a0 Did I talk too much about it this year? 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