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"Anyone can run a marathon!" This provocative claim is often made by runners,
not only by euphoric running freaks, but also by level-headed sports doctors. The
toughest Olympic running discipline - a sport for everyman? No matter how old, fit or fat? Seven absolute non-runners will run a marathon after only 12 months of training - and, of course, not just any one, but the marathon, in New York City! Not exactly easy for people like "Mücke" (i.e. Midge), 60 years old, 95 kilos, or Anna, 52 years old, 90 kilos, - but doable as we shall see. The
viewer witnesses the transformation of lethargic "couch potatoes" into wiry
"marathonis". Scientific interest is the one motivating force, the other is the curiosity about the mental change in the seven participants: each one of them has invested hopes and desires into the project "Marathon" - will they be fulfilled? Will they manage to integrate the training plan, which becomes more extensive every week, into their daily routine? How do they deal with setbacks? How do they resist the temptation to just take things easy again? Running the 42 miles has meanwhile joined the "top five" of the most frequently named aims in life. Moving human stories on the one hand, exciting scientific insights on the other - that is "From Zero To 42".