Thursday 23 October 2008

Mile-018 Soundtrack to the 3rd Annual Worldwide Festival of Races

















The Worldwide Festival of Races comprises of 3 events; The Pheddipidations Worldwide Half Marathon, the Zen-10k and the Kick the Couch 5k

I have broken my runcast recording equipment this week (bah!) so whilst I await for my new kit to arrive in the next couple of days here is a "change to the featured programme!"

Here is a "short-format soundscape" with the material Id already recorded following my run on the WWFoR remixed with some other material. So I hope you enjoy this interlude, ahead of Mile 19 The Sound of Silence, next week!

Picture above - the mirrored glaze of the beach at Hengistbury discussed in the podcast.

Music, courtesy of the podsafe music network at music.podshow.com

Amb26 - Summers Day (the A Mile with Me theme)
Damh The Bard - Land, Sky and Sea
Adam Zampino - At the Sea
Who is this Poet - Being Strong Always

The poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling, performed by Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal as part of a BBC lead-in ahead of the 2008 Wimbledon final

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jDC_S4zTGyY

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Friday 17 October 2008

In the next few days...

Join me on the next edition of A Mile With Me, as I meet an American Olympic Gold medalist, one of the greatest sprinters of all time - the only person to hold 11 world records in track and field simultaneously. But if that was not enough, he was also the key player in one of the most iconic sporting moments in history which changed his life and impacted that of millions. Hear his story and the enduring humanitarian work hes been involved in since, on Mile 18 - "The Sound of Silence". Subscribe below and I'll look forward to running with you in a day or two when Ive finished the episode... All the best, Steve "Chopper"



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Saturday 4 October 2008

Mile 017 - Reach for the Stars

"Why is it the ship beats the waves when the waves are so many and the ship is one?
The reason is that a ship has a purpose" - Winston Churchill





















The builders of England's medieval cathedrals had ambition, drive and belief: all qualities of a successful runner! They felt that building tall brought them closer to god. Whatever spirituality you have, there can be no doubting their endeavour and the sheer beauty that they left behind. Join me as I discuss how human beings have always "reached for the stars", from the Pyramids of Egypt to the Burj Dubai.
Join me on a late evening run alongside the medieval walls surrounding the historic city of Southampton as we discover how the two most famous ships in history (separated by 300 years) both departed from the same dock as I run along it.
This week I was also in Salisbury, where the cathedral (above) is celebrating its 750th anniversary this year. It is the tallest structure from the 15th century or earlier that remains standing. Another English church, Lincoln Cathedral, was the tallest structure in the world for 250 years from 1300 until its spire toppled in 1549. Its a testament to the amazing ambition of its creators that its original height was not surpassed for almost 600 years (by the building of the Washington Memorial in 1884)
People are still reaching for the stars .. its the old saying "Reach for the stars and you may hit the moon". Join one person, Carole Loader, who has just done that and decided she would run the full length of Great Britain, 1250 miles, at the pace of just under a marathon a day for 10 weeks. Hear her incredible story and the planning that goes into it, as Carole and I run round a local golf course and talk about her achievement. Find out how she was fueled by sugary tea and the same special diet as Michael Phelps (on occasion)!!
Its all on Mile 17 of the A Mile With Me podcast
Music on today's show, some of this courtesy of the podsafe music network at music.podshow.com
Amb26 - Summers Day (Intro and Outros)
Jerusalem - Billy Bragg
Antanas - Eastern World
Howard Jones - Building Our own Future

1250 miles in one Blog!! - More of Carole's amazing story, and a link to help her cause!

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