RunningRamblings

RunningRamblings Podcast 0005: Much Ado About Nothing

 

2007 Rockville 10K the Promised Land!

This week we take another run through an icy Seneca Creek State Park in Gaithersburg, MD and talk about... well not much at all.  I really didn't have much to say this week and almost didn't produce this episode.  At least the song in the middle is pretty good, IMO.  Give it a listen for that, if not for anything else.

All music featured on Running Ramblings comes courtesy of the PodShow Podsafe Music network at music.podshow.com.  This week we heard 202-Shinny & Happy by Beats, I'm Having a Great Day by The Alice Project, and Satelight by dt king.

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RunningRamblings Podcast 0004: Mighty Mice

Seneca Creek State Park

This week we run in Seneca Creek State Park located in Gaithersburg, MD and talk about the possible causes of muscle exhaustion.  I also ramble a bit about cheaters.

If you are looking for some good episodes of Phedippidations, check out this thread.

Music this week includes Introvert 5 from base-box, Light Longing from Catya Mare, plus the songs Music Chair and Blue Shirt from my friend Drew Gibson.  You can visit Drew on the web by hitting; www.drew-gibson.com (don't forget the hyphen) or www.myspace.com/drewgibson.

All music provided on this episode of Running Ramblings comes courtesy of the PodShow Podsafe Music Network.  Check it out at http://music.podshow.com.

Special thanks to Kevin (www.theextramilepodcast.com), MarathonChris (http://marathonchris.blogspot.com/), and Krister (www.runningthenarrowpath.blogspot.com), who all provided some feedback this week.  Make sure you visit their blogs and checkout their running podcasts.

For the latest in the RunningRamblings world, go to www.runningramblings.com.  I really enjoy receiving your feedback, so feel free to send e-mail and audio comments to [email protected], or leave a comment on iTunes.

 

RunningRamblings Podcast 0003: Obtaining Balance

 

Turkey Chase Pre-Race

Well it wasn't easy, but I finally got thiis week's episode of RunningRamblings posted.  We are having Internet connectivity (Comcast) problems that likely will not be fixed until Wednesday or Thursday.  After about four unsuccessful attemps at getting this online, I finally connected my Treo to my laptop and uploaded it that way.  Upload speeds were really slow but it got the job done.  I hope you enjoy this episode.

 

This week we take a short run along the Capital Crescent Trail in Chevy Chase, Maryland, http://www.cctrail.org/, and talk a bit about obtaining balance in your life.  We also discuss one of our favorite running podcasts, Phedippidations, taking a break.

 

Music this week includes Sophisticated from Savoir Vivre, The Real You from Black Lab, and Drum Dub from Lion of Joppa Soundsystem.

 

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The RunningRamblings Podcast

Hey folks, guess what?  I decided to start a podcast.  Since I listen to so many of them, I thought I'd produce my own and maybe someone will enjoy it.  I guess it's just my way of giving a little back to the community that spends time creating so much really good, free, content.  It's fun to do in any event.  If you are wondering what a podcast is, I explain a little in this post, http://marlyns.vox.com/library/post/financial-aid-information.html .  You can also find a bunch of info here, http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcastsfaq.html .

So my show is called RunningRamblings and you can find it on iTunes by searching for RunningRamblings or The Rambling Runner.  If you are into RSS feeds, you can use this one, http://www.podshow.com/feeds/runningrambling.xml , for new episodes.

The idea is that I'm going to produce a weekly show recorded while I train and just blab about whatever comes to my mind.  In reality, I'm going to need some type of agenda because I'm not nearly as entertaining as I thought I'd be.  Admittedly they kinda suck at this point, but I'm sure they'll get better.  My biggest challenge at the moment is trying to remember the show name as I'm talking!

There are two episodes up now RR0001 and RR0002 and I'd really appreciate some comments.  You'll notice in iTunes that there are two versions of episode 0001.  The one with the 01/27/08 release date is in stereo and has music, so that's the one you should get.  I can't figure out how to delete the other.  RR0002 should be up now, or in a few hours, and is a report from the Country Road Run from this morning.

Let me know what you think.

The Country Road Run

 

Country Road Race

You may have noticed there was no race report for the January 19, Shooting Star 5-mile run.  Why?  Because it was freezing and I chickened out.  I mean seriously, I had no desire to get out of my warm bed and run in 20-something degree temperatures for a mere 5-miles.  Of course, no sooner did I blow that off that I began to feel guilty.  So this morning I ran the Country Road Run, another 5-mile race.  It was still in the 20's but I figured I needed to get back in the swing of things and this could make up for the Shooting Star.

This race was held in Olney, MD along, as you might imagine, a country road.  Despite the fact that it was cold, the run was really good.  They just posted results and 290 people ran.  I came in 79th with a time of 36:36.  69th out of men, 18/31 in my age group, and a 7:20pace.  That's a good time for me considering I hadn't run much the week prior and didn't decide to participate until about 1:00am the night before.

As is usually the case, the food was very good, especially for a club race, and the course marshalls did a wonderful job keeping people aware of cars, ice, etc.  Double thumbs-up go to those brave souls manning the water station.  I doubt I could pass out water when it's that cold.

Overall, that's about all there is to report.  I was able to kill two birds with one stone by participating in the race and creating a podcast.  I didn't record while I ran but I did capture some of the pre- and post-race sounds.  Give it a listen either here (RunningRamblings #0002) or by subscribing to the feed in iTunes, itpc://www.podshow.com/feeds/runningrambling.xml.