Currently Listening To These Podcasts

Besides the entertaining and informative Phedippidations podcast, I've been a fan of Endurance Planet for an equally long time. Though This site deals primarily with triathlons, there are segments devoted to running and books, a combination that I really dig! If you're new to Endurance Planet, there's an episode that I fully recommend you start with. You can right click on the logo below and select "Save Target As" to download the MP3 program.



There's another new running podcast on the scene called The Extra Mile Podcast. Set up primarily to compliment the Phedippidations Worldwide Half Marathon, this neat cast features the stories of runners as they train for the Worldwide Half. If you're one of them, you may want to contribute a 2-minute audio to these guys for their next show. To get to the podcasts, just click on the banner below. And if you haven't registered for the Worldwide Half, perhaps you'd want to do so and join hundreds of runners all over the world. So far, Ronnie, Choi, Chin and another runner in Sarawak have also registered. Registration is free!

Wednesday Run & Debut Podcast

I took yesterday off from running as I was feeling a bit tired and also because I've got lots more to do back to back before the week is over. Might as well get some rest in. My TOF when I set off today was 30 minutes - I wanted to keep it short yet of some quality in anticipation of tomorrow morning's run. What better then than to incorporate a bit of hills into a moderate pace run. On a whim, I decided to bring along a cheap MP3 player which could also do a bit of recording just for the heck of trying out a mini podcast. I dug the ancient hardware out of storage rather than looking at the expensive option of getting a new iRiver or Creative. So why don't you check my debut podcast out by clicking the image below and let me know what you think? Naturally it's all very amateurish compared to the professionally done casts at steverunner.com.

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More Sources Of Podcasts & Vodcasts

Trawling the Internet have led me to yet another source of multimedia content relating to running. This time, it's the Real-Berlin Marathon website. So that you don't need to spend time searching for the pages, here they are:

Podcasts: http://www.realbuzz.com/podcasts/podcast_page/index.php?page=5

Vodcasts: http://www.realbuzz.com/podcasts/vodcast_page/index.php?page=13

Note that the Podcasts are Beginner-oriented while the Vodcasts are relevant to all runners. I love the videos of the NYC, Chicago, London and Berlin Marathons! It's easy to see why they're the top-4 marathons in the world in terms of organization, support and atmosphere. My other favourites are also David Bedford's London Marathon Pre-race briefing - damn funny.

A Highly Recommended Running Podcast

If you're one of those who spend some time commuting everyday, chances are you may also be a user of portable MP3 players. However, if you don't have an iRiver, Yepp, MuVo or iPod, there are still ways to enjoy your tunes on the go. Most mobile phones these days, for example, are also capable of supporting MP3 formats while the car stereo have been supporting MP3 and WMA formats for quite a while.

Besides blogging, podcasts are also very "in" these days. Podcasts are basically voice blogs but because they're audio, there are much more to what you can do. There are podcasts on humour, news, nothing-in-particulars, sports and more. Some podcasts are quite basic with the podcaster narrating, while some are very creatively produced, complete with background fillers, guest contributors, music and special effects, just like a radio program.

Unlike many running related blogs out there, there aren't many running related podcasts. But there's one which is a gem and it's the Phedippidations Podcast. Located at www.steverunner.com, the weekly 1-hour podcasts is hosted by Steve (who else?), a marathoner in his 40s who is pursuing a sub-4 marathon. I can relate to Steve in many ways - a similar marathon goal being just one of it. So do check out his website and download the podcasts. The older podcasts are in the Archive section and I highly recommend the Why We Run? chapter.