TEM 21 - Episode 21

In this week's episode, The Extra Mile Podcast puts together a special message meant JUST for our friend, Steve Runner as he prepares to run that goofy little speed bump in Boston on Monday, April 21st.

If you are NOT Steve Runner, we apologize that this one is NOT for you, but we will be back next episode in full force (well, assuming you send us something!) as we all begin talking about and getting excited about The 3rd Annual Phedippidations World Wide Half Marathon Challenge and "Kick The Couch 5k".

So stop back soon and send us your audio comments with what you are doing these days and what plans you have for those big events!

As always, send us your comments and audio submissions to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com or feel free to call our comment line at:

513-397-0525

Enjoy the show (Steve)and have a great training week. Kevin, Chris, Nigel and John

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Boston Marathon Trivia

• The Boston Marathon course is 26 miles, 385 yards (42.195 kilometers)
• About 22,5000 runners compete in the Boston Marathon
• Runners now begin the Boston Marathon in two waves of approximately 10,000 runners each
• The total prize money package for the Boston Marathon is $575,000
• The winners of the Men and Women Open Division Winners each receive $100,000
• Prize money was first awarded at the Boston Marathon in 1986
• Since 1969 the Boston Marathon has always been run on Patriots' Day, the third Monday in April
• About 500,000 spectators line the marathon route each year
• Wheelchair athlete Jean Driscoll holds the most Boston Marathon victories (8)
• Johnny Kelley started a record 61 Boston Marathons, won twice and finished the race 58 times
• There were only 15 runners to start the first Boston Marathon in 1897
• John J. McDermott won the first Boston Marathon in 1897 in a time of 2:55:10
• Greg Meyer was the last American Man to win the Boston Marathon (1983)
• Lisa Larsen-Weidenbach was the last American woman to win the Boston Marathon (1985)
• 1966: Roberta Gibb became first woman to unofficially run the Boston Marathon
• 1967: Katherine Switzer became first woman to receive official number, by using her initials to register
• 1972: Women were first allowed to officially enter the Boston Marathon
• In 2004 the Elite Women runners were given a separate, earlier start time from the main field
• The largest field of runners was for the 100th Boston Marathon in 1996, when 36,748 runners started the marathon
• Clarence DeMar was the oldest winner of the Boston Marathon at age 41 (1930)
• 18 year-old Tim Ford was the youngest winner in Boston Marathon history (1906)
• 173-pound Lawrence Brignolia is the heaviest runner ever to win the Boston Marathon
• 1975: Boston became the first marathon to include a wheelchair division
• 1936: Boston Globe reporter Jerry Nason nicknamed "Heartbreak Hill" in Newton
• In 1988 Ibrahim Hussein finished 1 second ahead of Juma Ikangaa in the closest finish in Boston Marathon history
• Clarence DeMar, Bill Rodgers & Cosmos Ndeti are the only champions to win the open division three consecutive years
• In 1961 the racers faced 38-degree temperatures and snow squalls along the course
• Water and Gatorade are provided every mile of the course; PowerGel is provided at mile 17
• 4 tons of pasta and 500 gallons of tomato sauce are cooked for the pre-race meal
  

TEM 20 - Episode 20

THINK SPRING!!!

From the looks of the pictures Nigel took recently, I'd say it's a safe bet HE is!

Lets all take a ssllooww Extra Mile today and make sure we all take time to smell the flowers that are FINALLY blooming!

If you are running and training in an area where Mother Nature has been pounding you all winter, she should be in a much better mood very soon and you will LOVE the effect her good mood has on your running.

As always, send us your comments and audio submissions to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com or feel free to call our comment line at:

513-397-0525

Enjoy the show and have a great training week. Kevin, Chris, Nigel and John

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TEM 19- Episode 19

Join us this episode as we "span the globe" and hear from fellow runnings from one end of the planet to the other!

Updates from Switzerland to California. From Florida to New England.

Hang on tight, this one might make your head spin!


As always, send us your comments and audio submissions to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com or feel free to call our comment line at:

513-397-0525

Enjoy the show and have a great training week.Kevin, Chris, Nigel and John

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TEM 18- Episode 18

As we all give it our best shots at getting through this winter, this weeks episode of The Extra Mile Podcast is a special edition.

Let's head inside where it may be warmer, but Jim the Drill Instructor isn't about to let us slack off any! If you are a biker, or the least bit interested in what it might take to add biking to your crosstraining regiment, let Jim put you through the paces of his indoor biking boot camp.

Thanks to Jim for this submission.

Spring is quickly approaching, THANK GOD, and talk of training and racing starts anew. So lets hear what your plans are and how you plan on getting there!

Back to our "regular" format with our next episode, so get me your audio submissions.

As always, send us your comments and audio submissions to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com or feel free to call our comment line at:

513-397-0525

Enjoy the show and have a great training week.

Kevin, Chris, Nigel and John

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TEM 17- Eposode 17

In this episode, lets meet some more fellow runners from all over the planet, as well as our own back yards!







In addition, lets have some fun with Adam Tinkoff's question posed last episode about our Nike+ "Power Song"





Thanks again to all our Extra Mile Podcast friends who sent us submissions and please send us YOURS!

As always, send us your comments and audio submissions to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com or feel free to call our comment line at:

513-397-0525

Enjoy the show and have a great training week.Kevin, Chris, Nigel and John

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TEM 16 - Episode 16

HAPPY 2008!!!

It's a brand new year ans we are all starting off with a clean slate! So the question of the month is.... What does 2008 hold for you and your running?

Don't be bashful now!! We ALL want to know what plans you have for the new year and how things are going.

In addition to hearing from some NEW FRIENDS in this weeks episode, Adam wants to know what your POWER SONG is. Give a listen to Adam and get back to us!

Lastly, you will not want to miss John's submission this week. TRUST ME! Two words for you.....

BILL FRIGGIN RODGERS!!

OK, maybe that's 3 words, but it's still Bill Rodgers!

Check it out!!

Thanks again to all our Extra Mile Podcast friends who sent us submissions and please send us YOURS!

As always, send us your comments and audio submissions to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com or feel free to call our comment line at: 513-397-0525.


Enjoy the show and have a great training week.


Kevin, Chris, Nigel and John


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TEM 15 -Episode 15

Click here for a very special Christmas wish JUST FOR YOU

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE EXTRA MILE PODCAST ELVES!!

In this weeks special Holiday episode, we ask some of our friends the all important question:

WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS??

We have all had a lot of fun putting this one together, and we all hope you enjoy the show.

As always, send us your comments and audio submissions to theextramile2007@gmail.com or feel free to call our comment line at: 513-397-0525.

And most importantly, from all of us at The Extra Mile Podcast and our families, we would like to wish you and your families the happiest and safest holiday season.

Kevin, Chris, Nigel and John

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TEM 14- Episode 14

Another long Extra Mile episode, so suck it up and don't stop running until this episode is over!

In this weeks episode, we hear updates from some old friends and also hear from a VERY special guest, Dr. Monte from Fitness Rocks!

In addition, we catch up on some topics from I guess another VERY popular podcast in the "health" category over at Podcastalley.com.

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Enjoy the show and have a GREAT training week.Chris, Kevin and Nigel and John.


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TEM 13- Episode 13

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

This weeks episode is a bit longer than usual, but hey, it's time for a LONG run anyway!

We all lost a very good friend recently when Olympic hopeful Ryan Shay collapsed and died just minutes into the time trials in New York. No matter that you may never have heard of Ryan, much less met him, he was a fellow runner striving to be the best he could be, as we all are.

John Ellis was pulled to Central Park in New York with his CUTE family for this weeks update to The Extra Mile Podcast. Not to be missed.

So give a listen to John's very special update during your next long run, then shower and hug someone close to you tightly and remind them how much they mean to you.

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Enjoy the show and have a GREAT training week.Chris, Kevin and Nigel and John.

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TEM 12 - Episode 12

Welcome back! Wait, you haven't been gone, WE have!

In this weeks episode we will hear some good updates and some bad ones. But that's life.... and it's all still good.

Our first episode since the running of the second Phedippidations World Wide Half Marathon and "Kick the Couch" 5k. So lets see where we can all take this podcast. Yes, I said WE. I need your help on this one please.

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Enjoy the show and have a GREAT training week.Chris, Kevin and Nigel and John.

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