PBS does a marathon

aeiouy said:

Set your VCR/DVD recorders

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/marathon/?campaign=pbshomefeatures_1_nov...

What [censored]! They are supposedly educational TV, but when I asked they
never even heard of ME!

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aeiouy:

Quoted message said:

Set your VCR/DVD recorders
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/marathon/?campaign=pbshomefeatures_1_nov...

TBR:

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What [censored]! They are supposedly educational TV, but when I asked
they never even heard of ME!

It's a program on marathons, dipshit. When they do a show on
"retarded children, 40 years later" they'll surely drop by for an
interview.

aeiouy said:

Set your VCR/DVD recorders

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/marathon/?campaign=pbshomefeatures_1_nov...

I was so looking forward to this, but the Dems are debating tonight,
and I'd really like to see whether Obama starts slamming Hilary...I'd
just order the DVD of this Nova episode, but it probably ain't coming
out anytime soon....

I hope to run the NYC marathon one day myself; I was hoping this show
would give me some insight....

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just order the DVD of this Nova episode, but it probably ain't coming
out anytime soon....

01/04/08 according to
http://shop.wgbh.org/product/search?terms=marathon+challenge

rms

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just order the DVD of this Nova episode, but it probably ain't coming
out anytime soon....

01/04/08 according to
http://shop.wgbh.org/product/search?terms=marathon+challenge

rms

Silly business to order it sight unseen. VCRs still work, DVD recorders are
reasonable, and DVRs are fast becoming a necessity of modern life - pausing
live TV gives you control, and starting football or baseball games an hour
late lets you suffer not Fox's 4 minute commercial breaks! In my area there
are also 3 PBS stations, 2 of which show NOVA on different days...

Charlie Pendejo said:

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aeiouy:

Quoted message said:

Set your VCR/DVD recorders
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/marathon/?campaign=pbshomefeatures_1_nov...

TBR:

Quoted message said:

What [censored]! They are supposedly educational TV, but when I asked
they never even heard of ME!

It's a program on marathons, dipshit. When they do a show on
"retarded children, 40 years later" they'll surely drop by for an
interview.

Charlene, you nasteeeee [censored]! You can't have a marathon program
without knowing and discussing ME, the all american hero of running.

Aldic said:

Charlie Pendejo said:

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aeiouy:
> Set your VCR/DVD recorders
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/marathon/?campaign=pbshomefeatures_1_nov...

TBR:

Quoted message said:

What [censored]! They are supposedly educational TV, but when I asked
they never even heard of ME!

It's a program on marathons, dipshit. When they do a show on
"retarded children, 40 years later" they'll surely drop by for an
interview.

Charlene, you nasteeeee [censored]! You can't have a marathon program
without knowing and discussing ME, the all american hero of running.

Of cxourse you are right and I wrong. I am such an [censored] since I got
my nuts and weiner chopped off, but they say it'll get better after my
vagina heals, and I get laid.

Charlene formerly Charlie Pendejo

Charlie Pendejo said:

It's a program on marathons, dipshit. When they do a show on
"retarded children, 40 years later" they'll surely drop by for an
interview.

Charlene,
This is an uncharictaristic personal attack from you. Wuzzup dude?
What got your hump greased?

Tony S. said:

Silly business to order it sight unseen. VCRs still work, DVD recorders are
reasonable, and DVRs are fast becoming a necessity of modern life - pausing
live TV gives you control, and starting football or baseball games an hour
late lets you suffer not Fox's 4 minute commercial breaks! In my area there
are also 3 PBS stations, 2 of which show NOVA on different days...

On the other hand, if it's simply the broadcast, I wouldn't be
inclined to order it, especially at the prices they charge. This
episode really deserves "more"...I did manage to catch it last night,
since the Democratic debate wasn't being carried by anyone, not even
the local NPR affiliate on radio (!), and though a great idea the
episode was only half-baked and even rushed towards the end....

Tony S. said:

Silly business to order it sight unseen. VCRs still work, DVD recorders are
reasonable, and DVRs are fast becoming a necessity of modern life - pausing
live TV gives you control, and starting football or baseball games an hour
late lets you suffer not Fox's 4 minute commercial breaks! In my area there
are also 3 PBS stations, 2 of which show NOVA on different days...

On the other hand, if it's simply the broadcast, I wouldn't be
inclined to order it, especially at the prices they charge. This
episode really deserves "more"...I did manage to catch it last night,
since the Democratic debate wasn't being carried by anyone, not even
the local NPR affiliate on radio (!), and though a great idea the
episode was only half-baked and even rushed towards the end....

Tony S. said:

Yes, much too rushed and very short on details. Even VO2max levels weren't
given as numbers but as "fair", "superior", etc.

Indeed! The old lady ranked as a "poor" in the beginning, but it was
never mentioned poor relative to what: other seniors in their late
sixties, other sixty-somethings who run, or what? And they didn't
give an update on her later VO2Max readings, though they said everyone
improved dramatically.

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There was very very little science in the show or on the website. The main
findings were that 1) aerobic fitness comes fast, and 2)muscles and joints
take much longer, producing injuries. That one was able to finish in 4:09 is
unremarkable given that he rated as "superior" in Vo2max from the first
test.

Yes, and it would have been great if they had explored that a bit.
Same thing with the fat lady, and the ex-football star...heart attack
guy, AIDS guy...I was even curious why that flip was waving two flip
flags at the finish line...it's funny how the show kind of paralleled
the emotional state of many a beginning runner, I suspect: good start,
then a ho-hum now-it's-over finish, with points in-between something
of a blur.

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I agree, it was like a cheerleading show to say that, yes average people can
finish a marathon in 5-7 hours,

Most of them seemed to have stopped at various points. Well, heck,
anyone can quite easily finish the marathon, in that case! I've
always thought the point of it was to run continuously, even if
slowly. If you stop -- however much warranted, nevertheless -- it's
just cheating. You didn't run the marathon. You walked and ran 26.2
miles, with rest in-between. Heck, I can do that right now!

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overcoming injuries, but without losing
weight or fat, since that takes more than mere exercise. (They said just the
one lady actually lost weight and fat %). They were saying it's healthy to
exercise blah blah, but who didn't know that already. Very sad how low NOVA
has sunk slowly but surely over the last 20 years.

-Tony

Wow, it's been in decline that long???

I don't watch it all the time, but this is the first time I've gotten
so close to being disappointed in a Nova episode. I'd get the DVD if
they had a special edition director's cut with much more information.
There was hardly any science at all, much less cutting edge science.

"Prisoner at War" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Most of them seemed to have stopped at various points. Well, heck,
anyone can quite easily finish the marathon, in that case! I've
always thought the point of it was to run continuously, even if
slowly. If you stop -- however much warranted, nevertheless -- it's
just cheating. You didn't run the marathon. You walked and ran 26.2
miles, with rest in-between. Heck, I can do that right now!

Oh no! None of my 20 sub 3 hour marathons count! Not even the pair of
2:37's!!

Oh, if I'd only known that stopping to drink would ruin everything :-)