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Sunday, 1 November 2015
American Revolutions Tour 2015
In September 2015, I rode my fold up Brompton bike 800 miles down the East Coast of the USA. I followed the story of the American Revolution, through Concord, Lexington, Boston, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Long Island, New York, Princeton, Washington Crossing, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Fredericksberg and Richmond Virginia. I'm currently writing the second book in the Adventures By Bike series and doing a series of talks for charity.
Check out the rest of this site for my previous adventures!
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Sunday, 6 November 2011
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Mile-058 The Maratona d'Italia
Join Phil Moneypenny and I in Italy as we run the Ferrari Half Marathon, from Maranello to Modena
Find out how Phil and I managed to avoid a "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" bed sharing incident, catch up with us as we run the race and afterwards in Florence
We also hear from the winner of the womens half marathon and a number of runners along the way
We meet up with some great guys from Malta, some Canadian Polish folks, some Finnish runners and of course a heap of Italians!
We also catch up with Janis, who literally ran away from her spectacular Italian wedding day exactly 10 years ago. She was celebrating her "non-anniversary" that weekend with all her friends - they were all running at various places around the world that weekend including Janis herself running the Ferrari Half!
Also join me on board Connie as I ride through Wimborne telling you all about the Studland Stampede!
Its a packed show so download and enjoy!
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Sunday, 18 September 2011
Mile-057-Enduro Challenge London to Paris Triathlon
Its the 7th annual "Enduro Challenge a 6 person team relay event that takes place between teams in the finance sector in London. The challenge is to:
- Run 120 km from London to Dover
- Swim 40 km from Dover to Calais in France
- Cycle 300 km from Calais to Paris
Follow our adventure through the hillsides of Kent, find out more about the infamous "Bucket Club" and on to the finish at the Eiffel Tower.
The team came together from friends across Price Waterhouse, Goldman Sachs, Citadel LLC, Credit Suisse, Serpentine Running Club and JPMorgan and we took on UBS, Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse and Accenture in the frantic race through day and night to Paris
Follow the adventure as the team (to strict Channel Swimming rules) have to swim in the cold English Channel in just their speedos and then time trial to the City of Light.
Its a great an unusual adventure.
Find out more about us all at:
http://www.teamvirtualis.blogspot.com/
http://dangreenallphoto.blogspot.com/
Other links mentioned in todays show
http://www.stuarthallcycling.co.uk/
http://www.serpentine.org.uk/
http://www.socialhiking.org.uk/
Music from the podsafe music network this week:
- Phoebe Le Gere - Under Paris Skies
- Andrew Lubman - Swim
It would be great to hear from you - mail me at steve@amilewith.me.uk
Check out the show notes and back catalogue at http://www.amilewith.me/
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Mile-056 Running in Ibiza
On this edition of the A Mile with Me podcast you join me running the trails and towns of the beautiful white island of Ibiza.
Set in the azure waters of the Mediterranean Ibiza has been home to hippies, holidaymakers and of course the global clubbing scene deposits itself on the island during the summertime
I run through the hippy market at Es Canar and along the lovely rocky coastal paths.
I also tell you about a great edition coming up!
Its always great to hear from you. if you enjoy the show then why not drop me a line at Steve@amilewith.me
Thursday, 4 August 2011
Mile-055-Three Men and a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)
It was part travelogue, part novel.
122 years later three running friends ran along the same part of the river having a good chat and enjoying some adventures along the way.
We saw plenty of boat action, including a homemade raft race, a more professional wooden Sciff race and had an interesting encounter with a dog.
The run took us from Richmond to Hampton Court Palace and back a distance of around 18 miles, and with a few breaks thrown in we ran exactly a half marathon of it
So, let me introduce my friends .. On my left in the above picture is Colin Clews (@Clewsy) one of the hosts of the fabulous Velo Club Don Logan cycling podcast (http://www.veloclubdonlogan.co.uk/). On my right is Paul Abrelat (@Pabrelat) from the Run Yank Run podcast . http://www.runyankrun.blogspot.com/
Join me running in Ibiza as I introduce this episode. Music this week snippets of original classics from the Trojan record label - "Kingston Town" by Lord Creator, Desmond Dekker's "007" and "Feel the Riddem" by Clancy Eccles, something very cool for the hot days of Summer.
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Mile-054-Running with Karnazes
Hi everyone,This week we have a great edition as I run round Hyde Park in London with the great Dean Karnazes!
It was a great adventure as Dean was over launching his book and running with one of the worlds biggest and best running clubs - The Serpentine.
The club is named after the main lake in Hyde Park which you can see in the picture here.
I had a good chat with Dean as we ran around and also you can hear from Robin Harvie, author of the great new book "Why We Run"
Theres some excerpts from the run and also find out about the Istanbul Marathon which I am running this year - from a Turkish member of our running group who has done the race.
http://www.ultramarathonman.com/
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Mile-053-Upon Tuscan Shore
Come along on a walk around the walls of Lucca, an exceptional city protected with a 4km belt of earth and brick walls from the 16th century and home to some tremendous buildings
Im running at lunchtime as we talk about the English Romantic poet Percy Shelley whose heart beats no more, but lives on next to his wife Mary, author of Frankenstein, in a Bournemouth graveyard.
Shelley had a very strong connection with Italy and the region I was in.
I read from "Ode to a Skylark", one of his most famous poems, about the freedom of the birds in the sky and what they must see. As runners we also experience these freedoms, and believe we see more of the woprld than those who spend their time indoors.
Its a packed show, so come along for a mile with me in the sunshine!
Monday, 16 May 2011
Mile052-Chrissie
Join me on Mile52 of the podcast at the TCR show (Triathlon, Cycle and Run show) at Sandown Park racecourse in Esher.
Its a great event attracting thw worlds top athletes, bike manufacturers and equipment suppliers to the UKs premier event.
Listen to a feww snippets from Chrissie Wellington, World Iron distance record holder and 3 x Kona champion.
More on the Blazeman Roll
Monday, 2 May 2011
Mojo London 2011
Hi everyone, just a quick post about the Mojo London. A great response so far for this free "Mojo Loco series" run from the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London, where all time on earth is measured.
I will send out a further mail this week to those who have sent in registration details. If you havent yet then there is still time. Check out the separate tab at the top of this site which will give you more details!
I will send out a further mail this week to those who have sent in registration details. If you havent yet then there is still time. Check out the separate tab at the top of this site which will give you more details!
Saturday, 9 April 2011
Monday, 28 March 2011
Mile-051-The Blackmore Value Half Marathon
On todays show we go out into the lush countryside of North Dorset, previously home to Douglas Adams the author of "The Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy", Alan Turing, the god father of computing and King Alfred the Great.
Join Justin and I as we run the Blackmore Vale Lions Club Half Marathon across the olling valley of the River Stour
Also I tell the story of The King James Version of the Bible which is 400 years old this year and originated from a session at Hampton Court Palace which is just one place we run through during the Mojo London!
Monday, 31 January 2011
Mile-050-100 Miles By-Cycle
Hi and welcome to Mile 050 of the podcast. It was a crisp winters day when I wheeled my trustee Cube Agree SL bicycle out through the doors of my summerhouse .. it emerging like the space shuttle moving out of the assemby building.
It was cold but the sky was a glorious deep blue as we made our way from the South Coast up through Salisbury to and it's majestic catherdral (pictured above).
Around 10 miles further is the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge, one of the most famous monuments in the world. I stopped there and recorded some thoughts before dropping back down through the New Forest as dusk swept its way rapidly westward across me.
100 miles were covered in 7 hours of cycling. So join me from the ride in this edition.
Im also in Greenwich at the start of the show, up by the Royal Observatory talking about the Mojo London.
Its a packed episode so why not come along for the ride!
Sunday, 16 January 2011
Mile-049-Running to Work
Welcome to Mile 49 of the A Mile with me podcast.
Join me as I walk across the south of London from Waterloo to Blackfriars, taking the tried and tested "quickest route" to my office! Hear about the church cross that fell during the Blitz in 1941 and scorched the earth as we cross the pasth of the Mojo London.
Theres a longer segment where I run to work through the centre of Boscombe and Bournemouth taking in the early morning commute ambience and tell you a bit more about the Mojo London run
Music this week, from the podsafe music network, is London or Berlin by Alan Lauris.
I have joined Daily Mile and will talk about that (and the terrific feedback I've received recently) on Mile050 coming soon.
If you enjoy the show then please let me know!
"SteveChopper" on Twitter, Facebook and Daily Mile social networks
See you out there!
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Vidcast - Riding on 10 Jan and Mojo Loco
Join me as I cycle along the seafront on a lovely crisp, sunny winters morning. Also I tell you a bit about the Mojo London
Sunday, 9 January 2011
Mile-048-Daytona Beach
Then you join me aboard "Konnie" my dark and beautiful bicycle (named after Konnie Huq!) during a section of a 56 mile bike ride we took on on New Years Day to blow off the cobwebs. We are in the New Forest amongst the ponies, donkeys and pubs, we even overtake an old mini steam-driven Traction Engine that was taking a couple of familiies out for a little jaunt in the forest.
On the next edition I will talk about the plans for the Mojo London in June this year, where you acn join us in person for a run from the zero degrees longitude line and across 2000 years of London history to the glorious grounds of Windsor Castle. Its a 50 mile "hop on hop off" relay adventure for up to 20 of us. If you are interested in this drop me a mail at the address below!
Music today from the Podsafe Music Network is:
Florida Song by Lucky Linda
Country Florida Sky by Robin and the Giant
Lifes a Beach by Monkeyshine
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Monday, 20 December 2010
Mile-047-Going Loco in Florida
This episode follows some of the story of that run, intertwined with a walk in St Augustine and some background history of the area.
The run was broadcast live on the internet and videos etc can be found, alongside runner profiles etc at http://www.teammojoloco.blogspot.com/
Steve Runner produced a fabulous episode of his podcast Phedippidations on the run, episode 257 at http://www.steverunner.com/
Watch out for more runs as the Mojo Loco spreads across the world in 2011!
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** Apologies for my freaking awful singing! **
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Sunday, 31 October 2010
Mile-046-In the Buff
One is my new Zoom H1 stereo audio recorder as my Olympus has died, and second is my new Buff headwear.
Im out and about on a blustery, overcast Hallow'een evening as we also discuss some amazing old cinemas, the Trailplus Adventure Racing series and the Worldwide Festival of Races run in Lincolnshire
Today's links
www.cinemaleregent.com/
http://www.thekinemainthewoods.co.uk/
www.buff.es/
www.trailplus.com/adventure-challenge-series.php
http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=2053
Sunday, 26 September 2010
Mile-045-Jeanne D'Arc and Robin Hood
first running at lunchtime along the coast in Bournemouth, at the Nottingham Robin Hood Marathon and in the countryside of the Loire Valley in France
In France we hear about the countryside around the farm I was staying on and the nuances of driving a right hand drive car on the wrong side of the road!
In Nottingham we join the atmosphere at the MarathonTalk Motivation Station at mile 19.5 of the Robin Hood Marathon. I helped out on this and it was a great weekend and adventure. Ahead of every runner arriving there was a 1/2 mile straight, which gave the opportunity to look up their name on the race sheet and welcome them personally. The station was supported by Lucozade Sport and the BPM linked soundtrack was by AudioFuels
http://www.marathontalk.com/
http://www.audiofuel.co.uk/
Podsafe Music on today's show is "Back Again - So Damn Smart" by Chris Townsend
Sunday, 19 September 2010
New Designs and T Shirts Available Soon!
If you are a podcast fan then you will soon be able to egt your very own "Powered By Podcasts" technical running shirts. More info soon but some designs below. Ping me a mail if you want any more detail in the meantime
Monday, 6 September 2010
Mile-044-24 Heures du Mans
They have an excellent example of the "Son et Lumiere", which is French for "Sound and Light". These days it refers to bright multicoloured laser shows which transform the walls of buildings into bright screens, where moving projections dance in tune to evocative music.
http://www.lemansnights.com/
It was a fabulous spectacle and there are some great pics and video on the website above.
We run alongside the river Sarthe and find out a little of the history of Le Mans, talk about trams and Geoffrey Plantagenet
You can contact me Steve@amilewith.me
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Look out for the next edition of the A Mile with Me podcast where I visit the world famous race track, several chateaux and run through the sunflower fields of rural central France!
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Mile-043-Une Petite "Tour de France"
Bienvenue a France - avec le podcast "Un Mille Avec Moi"!
Join me on my bicycle as I cycle through Normandy to the Utah Beach and St Mere Eglise, the first town in Europe liberated after D Day in 1944.
I start my cycle with around 8 miles down to Poole Harbour to get the fast cat ferry to Cherbourg and then cycle down the east coast of the Normandy penisular. We find out the story of John Steele a paratrooper who is immortalised on the church at St Mere Eglise (left). Its a great little day trip on the continent and a nice ride of around 85 miles.
Nearer to home, join me as we run to the lighthouse at Hurst Castle to watch the yachts in one of the world's biggest yacht races - the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race.
Its a 50 mile circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight which sits just a couple of miles off the south coast of England around 10 miles as the crow flies from where I live in the Bournemouth area.
Join me on my bicycle as I cycle through Normandy to the Utah Beach and St Mere Eglise, the first town in Europe liberated after D Day in 1944.
I start my cycle with around 8 miles down to Poole Harbour to get the fast cat ferry to Cherbourg and then cycle down the east coast of the Normandy penisular. We find out the story of John Steele a paratrooper who is immortalised on the church at St Mere Eglise (left). Its a great little day trip on the continent and a nice ride of around 85 miles.Nearer to home, join me as we run to the lighthouse at Hurst Castle to watch the yachts in one of the world's biggest yacht races - the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race.
Its a 50 mile circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight which sits just a couple of miles off the south coast of England around 10 miles as the crow flies from where I live in the Bournemouth area.
left: the Condor Vitesse
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Sunday, 25 July 2010
Vidcast- An Anarchy in the UK Cycle
A ride through Burley in Hampshire, amongst the famous New Forest Ponies. The soundtrack is from my video from The Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, featuring The Bad Shepherds led by the famous actor and comedian Adrian Edmonson
http://www.thebadshepherds.com/
Sunday, 4 July 2010
VidCast - At Milton Abbey, saluting 5 years of Phedippidations
In the early days of podcasting, a former radio engineer started recording his thoughts, opinions, observations and rambling diatribes that he composed during long runs. One of the original, and in many people's view still the best running podcast was born.
5 years later Phedippidations is still going strong and in my opinion up there in the top 5 or 6 running podcasts that I class as "The Premier League".
Who can doubt that:
- Phedippidations
- RunRunLive
- MarathonTalk
- Runners Roundtable
- The Extra Mile
- Zen and the Art of Triathlon
Congratulations Steve and heres to another 5 years of Phedippidations!
Sunday, 20 June 2010
Mile-042-Running With Friends Again
It was a great opportunity to meet up with a few friends from the online running community on a glorious weekend.
This is also the story of running through Liverpool the same weekend and a nice run through the meadows at Wick in the sunshine.
http://www.runnersroundtable.com/
http://www.youdonthavetorunalone.blogspot.com/
http://www.fusionview.co.uk/
Web: http://www.amilewith.me/
Mail: steve@amilewith.me
Twitter: SteveChopper
Monday, 14 June 2010
Hometown Duathlon
Heres a bike and run through my hometown here on the South Coast of England. Think Global, Run local! www.worldwidefestivalofraces.com
White Peak Half Marathon
Heres a video from the White Peak Half Marathon in Matlock, Derbyshire. A new AMWM pocast on this subject out soon!
Sunday, 30 May 2010
Mile-041-Shakespeare Half Marathon
He was born and died on 23 April and the weekend nearest that date each year hosts both a celebration attended by people from all over the world and a marathon run.
Join me as I run the Shakespeare Half Marathon through Stratford on a glorious late Spring day. Hear the sounds of the race and some history of Stratford and Shakespeare.
Also join me on a run through the forested hills to the north of Poole Bay as I tell you some stories from my recent chat with Dame Kelly Holmes, the 2004 Olympic 800 and 1500m gold medalist.
We also look forward to the Runners Roundtable edition on Half Marathons which I'm hosting on Wed 2nd June at 4pm EDT. 9pm BST and 10pm in central Europe. Join us LIVE!
http://www.runnersroundtable.com/
http://www.doublegold.co.uk/
www.shakespearemarathon.org.uk/
http://www.talkshoe.com/
Monday, 3 May 2010
Mile-040-Rosie Runs the World
It was one in a whole series of amazing challenges that she has set herself and successfully completed over the years. We hear about some of these on today's episode of the A Mile with Me podcast.
Her latest target is to run 27 marathons in 27 days around the south of England and Wales to raise money for children's hospices
I joined up with her as she ran through Portsmouth a great naval city on the South Coast of England. It was a glorious sunny day although quite windy. Join us as we run through the beach area of Southsea amongst the holidaymakers.
http://blog.rosies26marathonsin26days.co.uk/
www.rosiearoundtheworld.co.uk/
Monday, 22 March 2010
Mile-029-The Grizzly 2010
Today you join me at The Grizzly 2010 - Beauty and the Beach, an annual 20 mile all terrain run along the South Devon coast at Seaton.
It was lovely weather as I joined my Twitter friend and AMWM listener Iain, from the North Devon Triathlon Club (left).
Iain is going to Kona later this year as a qualified age grouper at the Ironman Hawaii world championships so hes a true athlete!
Join me as we run along the beach, through rivers, fields of slurry, tough wooded hills and the infamous river bogs of Branscombe on this fantastic race put on by the Axe Valley Runners. Its testament to the route and the organisers that many of the people I spoke to on this race have all run 9 or more Grizzlys - it really is an experience.
Around every corner is a new hazzard and the sound on the wind of music of many types. How many races have a Scottish piper at the top of one tough hill, followed by a Tibetan temple with bongos and diggeridoo - then as you run through the fields you pass a lonely house with a beautiful girl sat playing a solo fiddle in the garden? Its this spirit of community involvement that makes this race special. Join us for the ambience and the run plus a chat with Iain about Kona.
http://www.axevalleyrunners.org.uk/
http://www.northdevontri.co.uk/
Follow Iain on Twitter @Devoniain
Chris Russel appears courtesy of http://www.runrunlive.com/
Music is Black Rum by The Big Sea thanks to the podsafe music network music.podshow.com
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Mile-038-New York to Boston
We tell the story of the Prime Meridan as I straddle the Western and Eastern Hemispheres and we talk about Longitude.
There's an embarrasing toilet moment and a visit to a Fish and Chip shop.
Web: http://www.amilewith.me/ Mail: steve@amilewith.me Twitter: SteveChopper@twitter.com
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Sunday, 7 February 2010
Mile-037-Magna Carta
Join me in Runnymede near Windsor, a pleasant meadow on the side of the River Thames where in 1215, King John under pressure and needing the support of his barons, signed over over to them significant rights.
These included the concept of habeas corpus or the ability to appeal against unlawful imprisonment. It also enshrined the concept of sentence proportionate to offence and led to trial by Jury.
It is seen as one of the most important documents in the English speaking world and key elements are in the constitution of Commonwealth nations and that of the United States and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
At Runnymede there is a large memorial to President Kennedy and a monument to Magna Carta put up by the American Bar Association.
We also run in Windsor Great Park and visit the fishing village of Beer. Hear from Tineke as she talks about the Run for Phil and the Extra Mile Podcast.
Join runners across the planet on The Extra Mile podcast: http://theextramilepodcast.blogspot.com/
Find out more about Tineke's run: http://www.justgiving.com/CSCRunForPhil
Runnymede: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-runnymede/w-runnymede-history.htm
Chopper@amilewith.me.uk www.twitter.com/stevechopper
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
Mile-036-Athens Classic Marathon
In 490BC a great battle took place on the Plains of Marathon that altered world history. The Athenians defeated a much larger Persian army in a real turning point. If they had lost then there would have been no Classical Greek civilisation and western world as we know it.
According to legend, a messenger called Phedippides ran the 26 miles to Athens to proclaim the victory and the Marathon run was born!
Its a packed edition - I am in Marathon for the opening ceremony of the Athens Classic Marathon and the start of the celebrations of the 2500th anniversary year in 2010. We hear from the Mayor of Marathon is a special wish exclusively recorded for the listeners to this podcast. We also catch up with a few of the participants and hear the sounds of Athens and my explorations, plus of course my report from the race.
The chap above is Gregoris Lambrakis, a Greek athlete and democracy campaigner who started a Peace Marathon along the same route in 1963. He was assassinated shortly afterwards but through his actions inspired modern democracy in Greece. We hear his inspirational story as we explore the terrific new running musuem at Marathon.
Many thanks to Spyridon Zagaris, Mayor of the Municipality of Marathon, Greece for his message and to his nephew for telling us the story of Gregoris Lambrakis.
Also thanks to T.Batjargal and Jantsan Batbayasgalan representing the marathon and the city of Ulaanbaatar for telling us about the Mongolian International Marathon.
Thanks also to Roy Pirrung for a great chat and sharing the bus ride to the start line!
http://www.athensclassicmarathon.gr/ site of the Athens Classic Marathon
http://www.mongoliamarathon.com/ the first Mongolian International Marathon
To the organisers of the Athens Classic Marathon for putting on such a unique and inspirational event
Feel free to mail me chopper@amilewith.me.uk, visit my website for all the previous editions and shownotes at http://www.amilewith.me.uk/ and follow me on Twitter @SteveChopper
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Monday, 21 December 2009
Mile-035-Antarctica, Goodwill to all Men
I have been lucky enough to run with Phil several times this year as the Run Net Community in the UK have gathered to meet for real.
One of these occasions was on Midsummers Day in June as Phil, our friend Ciemon and I ran together across the fields of Wiltshire to see the dawn rise at Stonehenge which we recorded for an earlier episode of this podcast. It occurred to me that as I was recording this edition of the podcast today that it is actually Midsummers Day in Antarctica, so its quite apt to hear from Phil and to send the good wishes from around the world to Phil for Xmas Day. The above picture is not doctored, its the aurora and part of the Halley IV base where Phil is right now.
So on todays episode we talk about people, community, the Antarctic - and how in this sometimes difficult world people are still building and sharing and making connections and things happen.
Contributions from:
Phil Moneypenny http://www.runcast.tv/ http://runderland.posterous.com/
Gary Wall http://www.kinverkid.blogspot.com/
Harry Burns http://www.runningtothelight.net/
Krister http://www.runningthenarrowpath.blogspot.com/
Nigel http://www.runningfromthereaper.com/
Paul http://www.runyankrun.blogspot.com/
Tineke @tinebeest on Twitter
Toni Harvey http://www.drusy.blogspot.com/
Steve Runner http://www.steverunner.com/
Adam Tinkoff @Zenrunner
Charlie http://www.cewtwo.com/
Barb, Kelownagurl http://kelownagurl.blogspot.com/
Thanks to Harry (above) from the Dream Inspires team for coming up with the idea of sending Phil a Christmas message and sending out the initial email.
Merry Christmas to you all and thanks for your support in 2009.
You can contact me Chopper@amilewith.me.uk
Twitter @SteveChopper
http://www.amilewith.me.uk/
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Sunday, 29 November 2009
Mile-033/34- The Dream Inspires Parts 1 and 2
A group of UK podcasters, bloggers and runners came together on 11th October to run our WWFOR together amongst the "dreaming spires" of Oxford University.
It was a fantastic adventure! Listen to the two A Mile with Me episodes (33 and 34) and join us in spirit.
Also check out the Runners Roundtable http://www.runnersroundtable.com/ for the special edition where we discussed this run with many of the particpants. Krister also put out an excellent edition of his Running The Narrow Path show (http://www.runningthenarrowpath.blogspot.com/) which was a documentary of the event and his experiences doing it.
I'd love you to mail me chopper@amilewith.me.uk if you have any comments on any episode or alternatively you can find me @SteveChopper on Twitter
I am proud to support the Run Net Community which aims to provide a link into the world of independent running podcasts, blogs and other ways the global online running community motivate each other. Find out more at http://www.runnetcommunity.org/
If you are interrestd in gettin involved in a similar Dream Inspires event next year wherever you live, contact me by mail and we will try and make it happen!
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Athens Classic Marathon
On Sunday November 8th 2009, I ran the Athens Classic Marathon along the classic route in legend taken by Phedippeides in 490 BC. The Athenians had just scored a comprehensive victory over the Persian forces on the plains of Marathon, an event which is seen as a turning point for the continued evolution of democracy and hence Western civilisation as we know it today.
I met some incredible people and had some amazing experiences during my 5 days in Greece, and these will be the subject of a podcast in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime I have posted a little "taster" vidcast on Runcast.tv and the A Mile with Me podcast feed, so if you are a subscriber you will get this delivered to your Ipod or MP3 player automatically. If not you can get it from the podcast player on the right of this webpage.
From the city of Marathon to the finish in the Panatheniac Stadium (above) built in the 4th century BC for the Panatheniac Games and restored in 1895 to host the games of the 1st Olympiad of the modern era it was a great adventure.
The next edition of the A Mile with Me podcast will complete another journey following a historical running story, as we travel with the runners on The Dream Inspires into Oxford to finish their run at Iffley Road Stadium, venue of the first 4 minute mile. Look out for that in the next few days. Until next time my friends, thanks for listening and see you then!
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Sunday, 18 October 2009
The Dream Inspires!
We had a great time last weekend as we ran The Dream Inspires - Oxford in celebration of The Worldwide Festival of Races (WWFOR)
With several running podcasters taking part plus Phil from Runcast.tv there should be no shortage of audio and video material available shortly, including on the next A Mile with Me podcast! In the meantime you can find more pictures from the day here:
Also we wll be reliving the event on the next Runners Roundtable. Join us live on Talkshoe.com for the recording of the show at 4pm EDT, 9pm BST, 10PM CET more details on www.runnersroundtable.com
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Mile-032-Fit Christchurch
The ancient town of Christchurch has a long history going back to before 800a.d.. It's residents also have an equal history of good health and longievity - with the 3rd highest life expectancy in the UK.
The borough council has partnered with a number of organisations in a project called Fit Christchurch. Its aims are to promote fitness for all residents. Its an ongoing project which you can find out more about at:
But one of its aims is to have an event each year for residents and visitors to the town to showcase the clubs and resources available in the area. This took place last Saturday and was a great event on a glorious sunny day. I popped along and caught up with the organisers and representatives of some of the sport related clubs that were at the event. Here are some of the links for the voices you will hear on this week's show:
http://www.newforestrunners.co.uk/
http://www.thesillyarmy.org.uk/
http://www.womensrunningnetwork.co.uk/
http://www.aecc.ac.uk/
http://www.re-discover.co.uk/
http://www.seagullssc.org.uk/
http://www.childrensuniversity.co.uk/
http://www.christchurchrc.org.uk/
http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/
http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/
http://www.poolerunners.com/
Also check out the Worldwide Festival of Races at - its free and taking place everywhere including Christchurch - THINK GLOBAL - RUN LOCAL!
If you are in the UK then why not join me and some of the UK online running community at Oxford University in the footsteps of Sir Roger Bannister. See earlier posts for details!
As the show is about 1:20 long Ive reduced the MP3 rate so quality is slightly reduced over normal - but makes it quicker for you to download and also will not take up so much space on your ipod!
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Friday, 18 September 2009
Hi, if you are joining us from the Fit Christchurch Event then welcome to the A Mile with Me Podcast website.
A Mile with Me follows my running adventures with interviews, events and music.
To subscribe to the show Free in iTunes follow the "Subscribe" Link. This will guarantee you automatically receive all future editions of A Mile with Me and they will be updated when you synch your ipod with iTunes.
If you dont use iTunes, then you can download to your PC each episode direct using the download bar against each edition. I hope you enjoy the A Mile with Me podcast. Dont forget to join us running with the world on October 10/11 in the Worldwide Festival of Races http://www.worldwidefestivalofraces.com/. If you are near Oxford, then why not drop me a mail or follow the instructions on this site to join us for The Dream Inspires run with Oxford University .
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http://www.runnersroundtable.com/ join some of my running friends around the world live for an hour of interviews and chat every week -as we record the "Runners Roundtable" podcast.
Happy running! -Steve
Saturday, 29 August 2009
Mile-030- The World in Union!
Its 175 years this year since a turning point in the world of worker and human rights in the UK. This revolution led to the legitimisation of workers forming unions and led us on the path to wider access to the vote, and ultimately towards the welfare state and the National Health Service, which was 60 last year. Whatever your views of the NHS, its philosophy of "access to medical treatment based upon need and not the ability to pay" was revolutionary and a model for many other countries and of course this agenda is current in the US right now.
It is on the surface strange that this story was played out in the rural area of Dorset not the industrial midlands, however although the stone was metaphorically dropped into the water at Tolpuddle, the ripples were felt across Britain, Australia and Canada. Join Lybbe from the fiftycountingdown podcast (http://www.fiftycountingdown.blogspot.com/) as she picks up the Tolpuddle Trail through to a cemetary in London, Canada (she took the pic above!)
Come with us then on this inspirational story in Mile 31, as we have music and atmosphere from the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2009, music from Billy Bragg and hear from Tony Benn, a stalwart of British Politics as he describes the importance of the Martyrs story through to today.
I also tell you about the Dream Inspires, a unique opportunity for YOU to literally follow in the footsteps of Sir Roger Bannister in October, and hear about how I will be following the footsteps of Pheidippidies by running from Marathon to Athens in Greece in November.
Excerpts from:
Paul Van Dyke - Time of our Lives
Graham Moore - Tolpuddle Man
Ladysmith Black Mambaso - Word in Union
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Saturday, 11 July 2009
On October 10th and 11th around the world runners will be celebrating the 4th Annual Worldwide Festival of Races. This completely free event invites everyone to "Think Global, Run Local" by taking part in a running event in their own area on the same weekend and then share their experiences with the world.
In celebration of this global happening, we are setting up a run in Oxford, England on the 11th October 2009 that will enable runners within travelling distance to gather and enjoy the experience together in beautiful surroundings.
Its an ancient city in the shadow of the famous "dreaming spires" of the University of Oxford, one of the greatest seats of learning in the world and home of the Iffley Road track where Sir Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4 minute mile in 1954. We are now honored to be working directly with the university to put together a unique event for you, linked closely into the University's amazing running heritage.
I've called this run "The Dream Inspires" both as a play on words in homage to the run location and history, but also due to the capacity of Dreams to Inspire us to join together and achieve the impossible. There will be "Phedippidations Worldwide" 1/2 marathon, "Zen" 10k and "kick the Couch" 5k distances available on the day.
I thus welcome YOU and your friends to Oxford to celebrate the Worldwide Festival of Races with us - its completely free but you will need to register!
To begin with go to http://www.worldwidefestivalofraces.com/ and register for the WWFoR there. I will shortly publish details of how to additionally place your name on the "guest list" for the Oxford event. In the meantime feel free to comment here with any questions or to send me a mail Chopper@amilewith.me.uk
Oxford is just like the Worldwide Festival of Races - it has spread across the world; From Oxford Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the towns of Oxford in 21 US different states we welcome you all to join us in spirit (or in person!) at the original Oxford in England for - the Worldwide Festival of Races and "The Dream Inspires"
Friday, 3 July 2009
MIle-029-Dawn Chaser to Stonehenge
Join Ciemon, Snowshadow and I as we chase the dawn as its first light runs across Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England towards Stonehenge. Ciemon is a Pagan, so we find out on the DawnChaser run all about the close connection with the landscape and how he celebrates his beliefs through the act of running.Its a beautiful area of the country and we take you with us as we run into Stonehenge for dawn and listen to ambience and interviews within the Stone Circle itself on Midsummers morning! Its a unique atmosphere and by closing your eyes and listening you can be whisked into the celebrations.
Todays soundtrack snippets are from The Beloved “The Sun Rising”, Spinal Tap “Stonehenge”, Muse “Feeling Good” and Asian Dub Foundation “Buzzing”
Mail chopper@amilewith.me.uk web http://www.amilewith.me.uk/ and follow me at www.Twitter.com/SteveChopper
Check out video from this run at Runcast.tv - search “Stonehenge”
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