"Run for Glory"

[El Gordo]

Yes, I saw the first one, about 3 weeks ago, but have been out of the country for every episode since. Among the group are 3 or 4 immensely fat people (including one who is literally double his recommended weight) who struggled to complete a walk of 4 laps of a track in the one I saw. That was 6 months before the race. They must have had a real struggle.

But good for them, I say. I know it's just yet another half-hearted twist in the reality TV movement, and the likelihood is that the show's been edited and manipulated like crazy for ratings purposes, but at the heart of it is a quest that many of us can identify with.