Run Yank Run 030: Birthday Boy

Join me for a 6 mile run along the Thames on a lovely, sunny morning with a birdsong accompaniment.

In this episode I talk about my 42 birthday, announce that I am making an exciting job change to a new digital agency called R/GA, discuss my training and the upcoming White Peak Half Marathon and pose the following question to you listeners out there:

Which would be the better gadget to get - an iPad or a Garmin 310XT?

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I'd love to hear your opinions on this, so leave me a message! Either post a comment here or send me an email.

Music from the Podsafe Music Network

Featured Song:

"Fujiera In My Dreams" by Ex Norwegian

Intro/Outro:

"You Start It" by The Monikers

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Run Yank Run 029: Ash Cloud

Hello again. Sorry for yet another massively long silent spell, I go into the reason for this podcast's absence in great detail in this episode, but in short it goes like this: I got really sick in March, work exploded, then we went on holiday in Spain and got stuck due to the volcanic ash cloud.

Our trip was great and we really enjoyed getting away. We saw never ending orange groves, over-developed beachfronts, ancient castles, and the inside of a Spanish hospital when one of my children got pneumonia (!). He's perfectly fine now but that was a bit of drama for the trip.

I go over being stuck in Spain due to all flights being cancelled due to the volcanic ash cloud and our journey home by bus and ferry.

And finally I talk about the running I have been doing, an upcoming race, and conducting an interview for the Runners Roundtable podcast next week with Alex Vero, a UK documentary filmmaker, runner and creator of the documentary "Running to the Limits."

Music from the Podsafe Music Network

Featured Song:

"Wheels On The Bus" by Beth Burrows
"Home" by Great Northern

Intro/Outro:
"You Start It" by The Monikers

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Run Yank Run 028: Born Free

Join me for a 10 mile run through Richmond Park in my new Nike Free 5.0 shoes.

In this episode I discuss all kinds of stuff including forefoot running, upcoming races, first impressions of running in the Nike Free's (is that the proper plural??) and various random thoughts, as usual.

This time the episode is a healthy 45 minutes rather than the brief 20 minute ones of late, so save this one for your next long run if you feel so inclined!

Music from the Podsafe Music Network

Featured Song:
"She's My Methadone" by the The Hall Monitors

Intro/Outro:
"You Start It" by The Monikers

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Run Yank Run 027: Knee's Fine!

Hi everybody, this episode was recorded during my first run in two weeks. I injured my left knee (actually re-injured it) so I had to lay off running for a while.

It felt great to get out there and run, even if it was just a sub 3 mile commute run!

In this episode I talk about recovering from injury, some ideas for the podcast, Christopher MacDougal's book "Born To Run" and the concept for barefoot running.

Music from the Podsafe Music Network

Featured Song:
"Girls in Uniforms" by the The Weightlifters

Intro/Outro:
"You Start It" by The Monikers

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Run Yank Run 026: Well Howdy!

Well howdy, long time no see. Sorry about that - I had recorded 45 minutes of witty, inspiring, and captivating material the first week of January (yeah right) but most of it ended up garbled. I think the microphone jack got jiggled during the run. Sigh.

Then things got crazy with the weather and work and sick kids, etc. Anyway, we are back in business.

When I have been able to run I have been doing great - bookended morning and evening commute runs with average weekly totals of about 25 miles - despite not running for several days per week.

I am also doing the 100 Pushups program and the 200 situps program, and that is humming along well.

Anyway, I promise it wont be so long till the next episode - I just realized I completely forgot to mention the 10 in 10 Challenge put together by Nigel from Running From The Reaper, so stay tuned for that in the next episode!

Music from the Podsafe Music Network

Featured Song:

Crazy song by a dude on the Paris Metro

Intro/Outro:

"You Start It" by The Monikers

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Run Yank Run 025: Merry Christmas!

A very Merry (Happy) Christmas to you!

This run is along the Thames on a chilly but not frigid Christmas Eve. This week there has been snow and ice but the temps warmed up a bit - at least enough to melt the ice and create some decent mud for the towpaths, hehe.

I hope all of you have had wonderful holidays!

Music from the Podsafe Music Network

Featured Song:

"Gloria" by Cat Jahnke

Intro/Outro:

"You Start It" by The Monikers

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Run Yank Run 024: Deep Freeze

BRRRRRR it is cold in Blighty! I really can't complain when I hear about the temps from my Canadian friends or others with really frigid temps, but for some reason 0 degrees Celsius in London just feels really cold. No matter that it is just 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

In this episode I am running on yet another morning commute run to Ealing Broadway in the wind and cold. That boom mike is doing a great job of getting rid of the cars, but it does sound tinny. Can't have one without the other, I guess. Well, at least you can hear what I'm saying now!

I got to work yesterday with my change of work clothes only to find that I had forgotten my trousers! WHOOPS! So, I changed back into my running clothes and had to walk to a store and buy a pair. That threw my morning out of whack and I wasn't able to meet up for a run with Patrick from Twitter. We are going to reschedule.

Last night it was supposed to snow quite a bit but it all melted by morning. That doesn't change the fact that it was blowing a gale last night. Simply ferocious winds!

I started the Hundred Pushup Challenge program this week. You gradually build up over 6 weeks until you can do 100 pushups in a single session (but you do them reps).

Time to pack it up and run on home (literally). It was snowing again but I think it's stopped. Really cold outside right now - 34 Fahr at last check. I am wondering about running in the dark though. This morning there were patches of ice. Hmmm....

Music from the Podsafe Music Network

Featured Song:

"Hi" by THE PAPERAZZI

Intro/Outro:

"You Start It" by The Monikers

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