This week I tried yoga for the first time and made the mistake of thinking that it would be a leisurely activity.

It's not, it's actually really tough.

I took a class at NYLovesYoga.com and spoke to my instructor Lucas Hall about all of the benefits that yoga has to offer for people getting in to shape. I also discovered first hand how miserable heat exhaustion can be.

From Wonder Wheel Media in New York, this is Marathon Man, one man's painstakingly foolish journey to train and run a marathon in one year's time.