Running in the Center of the Universe

After taking a week off from running, I hit the road again in my futile attempt to actually pound myself into the pavement. In this podcast, I talk about what’s on my mind and make a plea to all male runners out there to take care of their nipples.

Some links mentioned in the show (I think I mentioned these):

Trilogy Running Podcast

Run Run Live podcast

Runcast TV

Charlotte’s “Thunder Road” Marathon

The opening sound clip was from the 1998 movie, “There’s Something About Mary.”

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Several of my training partners ran the Richmond Marathon and half marathon. This is a short video of my vantage point as a spectator. It’s hard to see on the video due to it being compressed, but there’s a [unknown] runner who comes in at the end who really should have worn nipguards.

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The Outer Banks Marathon is now over. There is so much preparation for just one day of running. Sometimes it’s a good day, and sometimes it’s a bad day. I had a good day.

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I made this video with my ‘Flip’ video camera as I ran the 2008 Outer Banks, NC, marathon. The race course had terrain that I didn’t know existed on the barrier islands. I’ve vacationed in the Outer Banks almost every year since I was a teenager and never experienced it like I did on race day. But then again, I never ran a marathon in the Outer Banks before November 9, 2008.

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Tom and I ran a few miles together and talked about our upcoming marathon in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

A few links were mentiond during the show:

Run Ansky Run (Ari’s blog)

Run With Me (Cindy’s blog)

Outer Banks Marathon

Outer Banks Marathon picture tour with accompanying map (pretty cool)

SPI Belt (small personal item belt)

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The answer to why people run long distances is not easy to explain. People do it for various reasons. In this podcast, I share some thoughts about why people run.

Some links mentioned in the show:

Phedippidations Podcast (SteveRunner)

Running Through the Wall (book)

To the Edge by Kirk Johnson (book)

Dean Karnazes’ site

Deena Kastor’s site

Ari’s blog (Run Ansky Run)

Running with the Pack podcast (Allan and Jeff)

Confessions of a Runner podcast (Jodi)

Texas Independence Relay (race director Jay’s blog)

OBX (Outer Banks) Marathon

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I’m in “taper” mode now although the miles seem endless to get my body ready for the Outer Banks Marathon. In this episode, I hit the hills on Blunts Bridge Road (see a vulture having dinner) and have trouble deciding to run 5 or 7 miles. I also include a neat race report audio clip at the end of the show.

Some links related to what was mentioned in the show:

Ashland Harvest 10K Run

Trilogy Running Podcast

Mark Junkerman’s Race Series (awesome)

Richmond (Virginia) Marathon

Super Kwik Half Marathon Results

2009 Texas Independence Relay

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After this week, I have three weeks before my November 9th marathon. I’ll peak at 40 miles this week and taper for three weeks. Some runners taper for only two. I’m trying something different for this race. In this podcast, I talk about my weekly mileage and how it feels to be locally “famous.”

Some links mentioned or alluded to:

Blunts Bridge Half Marathon Challenge Route (check out the elevation profile!)

Derby 50K (North Carolina - Greg’s race)

Richmond Folk Festival

Texas Independence Relay (Rich’s race)

Outer Banks (OBX) Marathon

My email address is ashlanddave@gmail.com.

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This is a video of my running team’s experience of the race I talked about in podcast episode #32. We ran from noon on October 5 until noon on October 5.

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This show is about the race my running group participated in over the weekend. Our team ran 135 miles in 24 hours.

Race link:

http://www.runriderace.com/24-hours-of-momentum/

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