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The Nature of Things
1960 · TV series · documentary · 64 seasons
The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
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Here in Canada the CBC TV show 'The Nature of Things' recently had a show about the human gut microbiome: http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/it-takes-guts
This March "The Nature of Things" aired a good episode, "The Perfect Runner", on human adaptations to distance running, evolution, etc.. They cover everything in the article in more depth plus more, such as some possible reasons for the supremacy of Ethiopian long-distance runners.
http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episode/the-perfect-runner.html
(If you're really keen, the above link includes references under "resources".)
The article seems a big cribbed quite frankly in that it mostly talks about the a subset of the same things the NoT episode did, only in less detail. The man vs. horse marathon was not in the NoT though.
If you are interested enough in this to watch a 40 minute documentary then the NoT episode is highly recommended. It might be difficult to find for those outside of Canada unfortunately.