Monday, January 19, 2009

4 Feet Running - Ep. 52

Get ready to freeze your behind off with 4 Feet Running! This week:

- Nik and Dan go for a staggeringly cold 3-miler in Providence (the ritzy part, not the crappy part)

- They discuss Yak Traks, which is appropriate because there's thick ice and snow everywhere

- Dan's got two great new coaches, but his trick knee is acting up again

- Nik does the Core Performance technique but still can't remember the guy's last name

- They wonder why there are multiple words for "stretching" in the fitness world

- Special Guest Star: Lewis from Starbucks, when Nik and Dan warm up with a nice hot mocha

- They take the plunge and actually set up Buckeye Outdoors accounts ... for their dogs

- Great feedback-o-rama from lots of listeners

(1.19.09)

Friday, January 2, 2009

4 Feet Running - Ep. 51

Ring in 2009 with a double-dip audio-video special of 4 Feet Running for the New Year! This week:

- Nik and Dan are sick with coughs and colds, but are headed out for a run to start the new year right

- They consider giving their dogs Stanley and Myrna their own Buckeye Outdoors accounts

- Santa got them some really cool presents, both running and non-running related

- Nik has the most annoying alarm clock ever invented

- They refuse to be optimistic about 2009

- But they're still making lots of running plans for the next year, from marathons to running plans to Core Performance routines to hopping-and-skipping exercises

- Nik and Dan take a brief look back at their running year that was 2008, and a look ahead at their new challenges for '09

- They get feedback from some fantastic listeners

(1.2.09)

4 Feet Running - Video 3

4 Feet Running - Video 3

(1.2.09)

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

4 Feet Running - Ep. 50

Here we are as in olden days, happy golden days with 4 Feet Running! This week:

- Nik and Dan do the audio part of their Santa Dash 5K in snowy Fall River, if the fates allow

- Dan uses various excuses as to why he doesn't run more -- but till then he'll have to muddle through somehow

- Nik's streak of bad luck continues briefly, and is determined not to have a cup of cheer

- Dan can't seem to nestle all snug in his bed when it's nestling time, and visions of sugarplums keep him awake

- They talk about Christmas lights and decking the halls with boughs of holly, fa la la la la, &c.

- Nik wants to deck her bike with a new tire and winter trainer, fa la la la la, &c.

- Figgy pudding is not mentioned anywhere in the show, but I thought I'd mention it here anyway

- They read a whole Santa sleighful of feedback and get several voice messages from nice people

- The annoying hiss you hear during the feedback portion of the show is the sound of the living room radiators at full blast -- sorry for the noise

(12.17.08)

Sunday, December 7, 2008

4 Feet Running - Video 2

Celebrate the first snow of the season with a 4 Feet Running Santa run on video! This week:

- Nik and Dan don they now their gay apparel and go for a 5K in the snow

- They talk a little about Christmas decorations (but they barely see any)

- There's more Garmin vs. Nike Plus discrepancies

- Audio podcast next week!

(12.7.08)

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

4 Feet Running - Ep. 49

Which do you want first, the bad news or the good news? 4 Feet Running has both this week:

- Nik and Dan go for a 4.5-miler through their neighborhood

- They have the best running geek week ever, with Runner+ back, a newish Garmin, and challenges on Buckeye Outdoors

- They have a terrible geek week also, as Nik's MacBook Pro lapses into a coma

- Nik and Dan check out treadmills and do really, really long intervals through stores across southern New England

- Reading treadmill reviews is very confusing, but they make the best of it

- Nik and Dan have some goals in mind they'll work toward with or without a hamster wheel

- They get feedback from some very nice people

(11.26.08)

Monday, November 17, 2008

4 Feet Running - Ep. 48

Santa Claus is stuck in a glass cage with 4 Feet Running! This week:

- Nik, Dan, and listener John run the Edaville Rail Run 5-miler trail run in Carver, Mass.

- Coming along for the ride are John's neighbor Jack, his daughter Amy, and Dan's work friend Jon -- so that's 3 Johns for the price of 1 right there

- Edaville Railroad has a whole Christmas display going, complete with creepy Santa dioramas and transgendered elves

- Nik's Garmin Forerunner 405 goes bye-bye

- They also meet an older lady who's all banged up but who still runs the 5-miler

- Dan starves his way across 5 hard miles, Nik's glucose levels plummet, but everyone else doing the race has a phenomenal time

- Listeners share their Garmin woes

- More Stanley the pointer dog hogging all the attention at the end

- They get email and phone calls from very nice people

(11.17.08)