Join me on Mile 23 of The A Mile with Me podcast as we have a special mix Ive put together for you. So lets take a run together along the golden sanbds of Bournemouth listening to some essential running sounds
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Around the Avon valley and alongside the River Stour - as I contemplate buying a road bike and we find out about Bailey Bridges!
Its a couple of warm spring Sunday afternoons so lay back with the Sunday papers and join me on the riverbank
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Part 2 of the Spirit of Adventure as we tell the story of the “Helly Hansen Adventure Challenge”
I talk also about Matt and Stephanie who are running a marathon a day for a year to cover 11000 miles around the US and Canada. We spoke with Matt on The Runners Roundtable last week. I also discuss my training and upcoming events.
Links
The Runners Roundtable - http://runnersroundtable.com/
Matt and Stephanie’s web site - http://www.runforoneplanet.com/
Music. Some of the music in today’s show was courtesy of the podsafe music network at music.podshow.com
Amb26 - Summers Day (A Mile with Me Theme)
Fluid Boys - Melody of LIfe (1by1 Podcast themne and closing titles)
Dreadzone - Moving on
The Stone Roses - Waterfall
The Mantee Man - Paddlin my Canoe
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We thank Jodi from Confessions of a Runner and discuss a couple of running related stories from this week
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The Helly Hansen Adventure Challenge is a Sprint Adventure Race that we took part in on 1st February. The disciplines of Run, MTB and Canoe were approached in a fun way by all 250 or so teams of 3. “The Village People” (explanation in the podcast) had ticked the box “have fun and get round” and thats what we did. So join us as we throw ourselves into these events.
Also on Mile022, we have a recording from the making of A Mile with Me that will shock! plus we discuss the history of Adventure Racing. I also pay tribute to the people of Iceland, Luxembourg and Hull .. how are they linked .. find out in this edition!
Also an update on the training miles put in during January
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www.trailplus.com for other Adventure Races
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I’m trading the “stocks and shares” of my regular work in investment banking this week, for “Stocks and Chairs”! .. as I take you for a trip around Christchurch along some of my favourite running routes.
We start at Christchurch Castle, built by the Normans in the 11th century and join me on the top of the “Motte” (a man made hill on which stands the ruins of the keep - see pic) as I survey the rooftops of the town.I avoid tomatoes and swedes, as we go past the old wooden Stocks. The chair is actually a “stool”, as we visit Christchurch’s Ducking Stool and tell you about the crimes that led to a Ducking in the past. One for the ladies!!
I also talk about Bob Wilson (Arsenal FC and BBC legend)’s book “Life in the Beautiful Game”. I met Bob last week and he recorded a message exclusively for YOU …the subscribers to this podcast. I talk about Burns Night, listen to a lone piper who I met in the High Street and discuss a Little sporting psychology. I also review “Slumdog Millionaire”. Its all on this weeks edition of 1 by 1.
Opening theme, courtesy of the podsafe music network at music.podshow.com is “Melody of Life” by the Fluid Boys. “A man’s a man for a’that” by Robert Burns was performed by Lionel McClellend (from YouTube). There is a brief snippet from the fabulous song “Paper Planes” by MIA which is on the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack.
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On edition 3 of One by One, join me as the weather thaws a little here
in the south of England after the coldest December for many years
Training has been going well and the swimming sessions are starting to pay off
pay dividends, but still a long way to go!
I discuss my training, some “interesting” observations on front doors and light bulbs and the dormant vigor that
resides in all of us, so even if you are feeling like “January” right now, awaken your
inner “June”!!
I also discuss the new Kelownagurl podcast
www.kelownagurl.blogspot.com
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Some of my goals and events for 2009 to share with you!
Join me on Southbourne Beach at sunset in Winter and find out about the Christmas tree thats too big for the house, in a story of ambition and achieving the seemingly unachievable!
Some of my 2009 Goals
Learn to swim properly and be capable of swimming 1000m comfortably with bilateral breathing etc
Complete my first Triathalon
Help add to the £70,000 we have already raised for Oxfam and the Gurkha Welfare Trust through running Trailwalker the last couple of years
To “be here now” in the moment and not “multitask” so much
To complete another foreign marathon and head back towards by PB times
To be happy with whatever life throws
Heres a link to an article about the tree in my photo and description!
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/search/3980787.How_Bournemouth_Christmas_tree_raised_the_roof/
1 by 1 music is the “Fluid Boys” with “Melody of Life”, courtesy of the “podsafe music network” at music.podshow.com
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Its Christmas and ignoring my “fake misery” and BAH HUMBUG hat (left) its the time of goodwill to all men .. and we have a packed edition of the A Mile With Me Podcast this time.
Join us live at the finals of “Helium Idol” where you can select your 2008 champion, Royson or Keith. Listen to them perform their songs whilst inhaling helium from a balloon! Send in your votes and/or your own audition “tapes” for 2009 to the mail address below.
Also find out some secrets from the host of this podcast as we have possibly the most insightful interview ever.
This edition is called “One Vision” and is dedicated to human beings collaborating to achieve more than they could individually. We discuss “synergy” and the roles of Chris Chataway, Chris Brasher and Franz Stampf as I tell the story of these unsung but very successful heroes in propelling Roger Bannister to the first sub-4 minute mile in 1954.
Chataway paced both Bannister to the first 4 min mile and also John Landy to 3:57.8 a few weeks later, he went on to break the world record at 5000m. Brasher won Olympic Gold in the Steeplechase in 1956 and set up both the “Sweatshop” retail chain and the London Marathon.
We also hear Christmas greetings in several languages and hear a clip from a conference call where we listen to carol singing from the incredible city of Mumbai, India.
Join me in the search for bagpipe music in my local area, plus hear as Christmas comes to Christchurch. Theres a lot going on, so please lace up your shoes and come a mile with me!
Music on today’s show
Amb26 - Summers Day (A Mile with Me Theme)
Jerry Lee Surber - Try and Go the Distance Together!
Jakki Jelene - Silent Night
Links
A great feature on the 4 Minute Mile http://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/features/360/bannister.shtml
John Bryants Book
http://www.amazon.com/3-59-4-Quest-Break-Minute/dp/0099469081/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230070493&sr=8-14
Charity project supported by Chris Chataway and featuring him running with Haile Gebreselassie
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lS0i01gRfVQ
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Music can be a powerful motivational tool for runners. With the advent of small MP3 players (with no moving parts to jog about!) it is now very easy to take our favourite sounds (including podcasts) on the run with us. We make our own playlists of songs we like, or ones that have meaning for us. We can however now utilise the latest scientific research to help us to use music to its maximum effect. On Mile 020, Dr Costas Karageorgis from Brunel University in London explains how through his world leading research we can all select better music for our runs.
Dr Karageorgis (above) is one of the world leaders in this area of research and explains how his studies have shown that the correct music can increase exercise output by 15% at the same time as our believed exersion falling by 10%. Dr Karageorgis was also previously an accomplished athlete and has worked with many established and rising sports stars.
I discuss all this with Dr Costas, and also tell how (whilst I shelter from the rain during a run) you can link your pace to music. I also talk about some online resources that can help you work out what music will best fit you and check the BPM of your own music library.
We discuss what unexpected track Haille Gabrselassie uses to motivate him in training, some other famous uses of music in sport, and even if you dont listen to music during your run how you can still use music BEFORE a run to good effect.
We talk about Run to the Beat www.runtothebeat.co.uk a recent event in Greenwich London, that linked music and a 1/2 marathon. Dr Costas programmed the live music for this.
Music on today’s show courtesy of the podsafe music network at music.podshow.com is:
- Summers Day - Amb26 (A Mile with Me theme)
- Secret of Sound - Polished Chrome
- The Music - David Usher
- Reasonings in Dub - Messian Dread
Links
www.runtothebeat.co.uk Check out some of the science and register for next year!
http://www.run2r.com/running-music-store.aspx - Running to Rhythm. Check out the BPM calculators and links to software downloads
www.runcast.tv for the video showing where I run, the church in the pictures is where I am sheltering in the porch
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1731941 check out Pachelbels Canon sketch by Rob Paravonian
http://www.robprocks.com/ … and other great satirical songs by Rob, at his website and blog
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