Run World Radio & A Mile With Me

"What I Talk About When I Talk About Running" is the new book by Haruki Murakami, the Japanese novelist which in my view is the literary equivalent of a running podcast. Murakami is not only a top writer but also a seasoned marathoner and triathlete. We join him in spirit on a "long run" as his book shares his life in running and thoughts with us. I talk about the book whilst travelling along the banks of the River Stour Murakami feels he is in the Autumn of his running and I celebrate this season which reaches it equinox today (22nd September) by looking at the origins of the words "Autumn" and "Fall" nd how they diverged. Join me on an Autumn run to the local dump for the "Dump Runners Club" as we kick through the leaves! I have a report from the New Forest Half Marathon on Sunday 21st September. It was a beautiful weekend, very reminiscent of the summer with a free hog roast and music festival afterwards at a pub. 12 of us from my department took part so it was a great day. Also last Friday (19th) was "International Talk Like A Pirate Day" so I encourage (bully) some "landlubbers" (members of my team) to talk like pirates or walk the plank at appraisal time! Its all on Mile 16 of the A Mile With Me podcast Music and links Amb26 - Summers Day (theme) Air5- Write my Story Antanas - Eastern World Murakami's book http://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Talk-About-When-Running/dp/1846552206/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222117815&sr=8-1 Link to Rich Scott's incredible running club http://www.sharedvisiontrackclub.org/Download Standard Podcasts

Faster, Higher, Stronger is the motto of the Olympic Games and the theme of today's show: HIGHER: As we leave Beijing, follow the Olympic spirit to London, home of the 2012 games as we run the Nike+ Human Race from Wembley Stadium, London. This event is aiming HIGH - to get 1 million people running 10k on the same day. Listen to my report from a rainsoaked London (pics above). FASTER: The worlds fastest self-propelled human being is Sam Whittingham, who has piloted his streamlined bike to 81mph (130.34kph). Sam joins me on the show and we talk about his records, the events he takes part in, the remarkable machines involved and the crazy way he has to accomodate his frame within the... er... frame! We also discuss his recent bike ride with Lance Armstrong and Gary Fischer. STRONGER: I share my "Top 5 Olympic Oddities", and the incredible story of Betty Robinson, the first ever female Olympic medalist and her amazing survival from near death, coma and disablement to mount an Olympic comback. Its a tale of immense strength. As I run around RAF Coningsby, I talk about the Eurofighters that are based there, its one of the worlds fastest, powerful and nimble aircraft All this on Edition 15 of the A Mile With Me podcast. Set your dial to 11 and off we go! Music interwined in todays show, courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network at Music.Podshow.com Amb26 - Summers Day (Intro / Outro) Randall Cousins - Euphoric Aftermath Klavar - Do You Believe? uGene - Sunlight Euphoria Peter, Bjorn and John - 100 Metres of Hurdles If you have a comment on the show, then please leave it at iTUnes, on www.amilewith.me.uk or email chopper@amilewith.me.ukDownload Standard Podcasts

There has been a revolution in cycling over the last 20 years, on edirtion 14 of a mile with me we explore how cycling training techniques and thinking can improve our running. Im joined by Steve Moss, an ex international cyclist, who was a former team-mate of Laurent Fignon, 2 time winner of the Tour de France. Steve is now a cycling coach and also a committed runner - so we compare and contrast running and top level cycling training. Come with me on a local cycle as we explore the revolution in literature in the last 150 years and how many famous authors who lived and wrote in Bournemouth, from JRR Tolkein and  Robert Louis Stephenson to Thomas Hardy. Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein is buried here, alongside the heart of her husband, the romantic poet Percy Shelley. Wilde and Henry James also visited so we go on a literary cycle tour and I tell you about all these connections. Find out why the residents of Bournemouth are not today running into the sea like they did in the James Herbert book "The Fog" Its a feature poacked edition of the podcast Podsafe music courtesy of music.podshow.com: Amb26 - Summers Day  (a Mile with Me theme) Scanlan - Bike Ride Jeff Rosiana - Another Trip Home website: www.amilewith.me.uk Email: Chopper@amilewith.me.uk Itunes: amilewithme  Download Standard Podcasts

William Penny Brookes has been widely recognised as the founding father of the modern Olympic Games, but surprisingly not that many people are aware of him or his remarkable life. Born in Much Wenlock in Shropshire, England in 1806 he was a local doctor, played a major part in bringing the railway to town and also introduced both a reading and an Olympian class into his newly created library. In 1850 he set up his first Olympian Games and 40 years later a visit to those very games by the French aristocrat Baron Pierre Coubertin was destined to change both their destinies. The Baron stayed at Brookes's house for several weeks and inspired by what he had seen Courbertin went on to launch the modern Olympic movement in 1894. In 1994 the President of the IOC visited Much Wenlock to celebrate a century of the modern Olympic movement and in a moving speech said "I came to pay homage to Dr Brookes, who really was the founder of the modern Olympic Games" Find out more about his extraordinary life and the Much Wenlock Olympian Games as I chat with Helen Cromarty, historian of the Wenlock Olympian Society on Mile 13 of the "A Mile With Me" podcast. To find out more visit www.wenlock-olympian-society.org.ukDownload Standard Podcasts

**Check out my website at www.amilewith.me.uk**   Sometimes raw grit is what is necessary to get through! On Mile 12 of the "A Mile With Me" podcast we look at digging deep, which is what the 2000 participants of Trailwalker needed to do to get through 100km of tough hills within a day. Hear my report from the event which will raise over £1m for Oxfam and the Gurkha Welfare Trust. A few pics of me on the run are above. Find out one of the 1000 unusual uses for an umbrella! Also hear me off the coast talking about how Bournemouth Council is literally digging deep in the sandy seabed off the coast to create the northern hemisphere's first artificial surf reef. Bournemouth is sheltered from the Atlantic by the Purbeck peninsular and thats one reason why its beaches are regularly voted the best in the UK. Once the reef is open in the autumn it will provide an excellent 400 metre wide surf beach within 1.5 hours of London for the first time. Its even claimed it will be good for the local fish stocks. Hear about what you can see from the Bournemouth Eye and also about the designer developing the "best beach huts in the world". http://www.bournemouthreef.com/ http://www.pooleandbournemouth.co.uk/content/view/88/55/ I also explore how focussing on improving concentration can help when you need to dig deep at that crucial point. Music this episode from music.podshow.com Amb26 - Summers Day (A Mile With Me theme) Psychosoul - So Deep Orgasm Medley Mangomad - Simple Theory "Shafty" in his makeshift tent Download Standard Podcasts

A conversation with Danny Dreyer originator of ChiRunning. Find out the programme that has been described by Toby Tanser, author of "Train Hard Win Easy" as "the most exciting and revolutionary book to hit the running community this decade" Also join me in a couple of country and village runs and also at a party with 46,000 for Nelson Mandelas 90th birthday  **see main website  www.amilewith.me.uk for show notes and pictures**Download Standard Podcasts

Welcome to the Jurassic Coast, 190 Million Years in 95 miles! On Mile 008 of the A Mile with Me Podcast we learn more about the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site on my doorstep and follow us on a 21 mile tough hill training challenge between Lulworth Cove and Weymouth. Also join me on St Catherines Hill for some Hill Training practice where we explore the techniques for hill sessions and on Warren Head surveying the panorama of Christchurch Harbour in the Sunshine. Lets explore The Mall on a lunchtime run from my office in The City to Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch Find out more about the Pheddipidations Worldwide Half Marathon Challenge and how you can take part with others in the online running community wherever you may be in the world. Think Global - Run Local! Links for today's show: http://www.jurassiccoast.com/ to find out more about this unique area Music from the Podsafe Music Network at http://music.podshow.com/ Amb26 - "Summers Day" (A mile with Me opening and closing theme) Mangomad - "So Pure" Junction Pool - "Cheetham Hill" Damh The Bard - "The Hills they are Hollow" You can mail me at Chopper@amilewith.me.uk or visit www.amilewith.me.uk for more detailsDownload Standard Podcasts

This is London, home of the biggest fundraising event in the world, the London Marathon. Join us on the A Mile with Me - London Marathon special as we tell the history of the London Marathon and how the 26.2 mile distance came about in London, exactly 100 years ago. Hear the story of Dorando Pietri, who drank wine along the way and was still the first man over the line in the 1908 Olympic marathon. Also we are at the British Academy overlooking the finish line at The Mall and hear about the work of Oxfam in Liberia directly from Abraham, a local worker on the ground. We also hear a heart warming personal account of this year’s race from a lovely young lady called Alex, who ran through her tears to achieve the title of “Marathoner”! Join me on the run along the Beaulieu River in Hampshire, and join “Team Pingu” on their Trail training on the Solent Way path. Also join my Trailwalker team as we get caught in a blizzard on an exposed headland in the Purbecks. The snow was blowing horizontally into the side of our faces. In direct contrast, join me for a gentle evening run on a Spring Evening. Its all in Edition Mile006 of A Mile with Me podcast Music this time from music.podshow.com: Summers Day – Amb26 – The A Mile with Me opening and closing theme Arrival by Kalvar Walk in London by Null Device Marathon by Loving the Sun I look forward to hearing your feedback on www.amilewith.me.uk or email me Chopper@amilewith.me.uk. If you enjoy the podcast then please tell your friends and subscribe via iTunes. Download Standard Podcasts