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Athens Runner

Season 1 Episode 2 | 2m 54s

Elite athlete Dimitris Theodorikakos trains in Athens at night to avoid the punishing daytime heat of summer, as he reflects on the game changing reality of a hotter climate in the home of the modern Olympics.

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