Episode 8

This is Episode 8 of 4 Feet Running! In this episode:

- Nik and Dan go for a 25-minute jog, and he predicts (inaccurately) his own death at the hands of bears or alligators

- They talk about their various attempts to lose weight

- Dan's Couch to 5K Week 6 is going fantastic

- Nik's marathon training isn't as fun, because she has a hurt hip from sitting on her bum too much at work

- One of the cats also keeps stealing her chair

- Nik confesses she doesn't like chouriço, which may trigger an international incident with the nation of Portugal


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Episode 7

This is the 7th episode of 4 Feet Running with Nik and Dan! This week:

• Nik is exhausted and cranky from lack of sleep, but she still runs Week 7 of the Hal Higdon marathon training program
• Dan is exhausted and cranky from lack of sleep, but he still runs Week 5B of his Couch to 5K program
• They discuss the body's Four Humours: Larry, Moe, Curly, and Shemp
• Several noisy cars run by, and also an ambulance
• Dan's in a "comme ci, comme ca" mood
• Nik describes the interesting sleep-deprivation hallucinations she's having
• You find out what Dan shrieking like a little girl sounds like
• He also mentions Russian circus bears from Michigan
• Then they eat like rich people and read e-mails from nice people

Special Guest Star, live via answering machine: Dan's mom

Links mentioned in the show:
• Melinda at runamileinmyshoes.blogspot.com
• Rebecca at juststartrunning.blogspot.com

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Episode 6

Welcome to 4 Feet Running's 6th episode! In this fun-packed installment:

- Nik and Dan take a run by the Great Feast of the Holy Ghost of New England, a major Portuguese feast in downtown Fall River's Kennedy Park
- Dan's C25K Week 5 run becomes Week 5-ish because he's overtired
- Nik talks about her do-it-yourself approach when she first started running
- Dan recounts the story of Queen Isabella of Portugal, her devotion to the poor, and her milk jugs
- Nik describes her weekly training for the Philadelphia Marathon, her new pair of Brooks shoes, and her Clif Bloks
- They wander around the feast, smell some Portuguese food, try to get some free meat, and see a whole bunch more jugs
- Dan asks Nik how much money she'd take to break a leg
- Dan stupidly forgets what the difference is between being blind and deaf
- They apologize again for being too loud in Episode 5
- It's wall-to-wall Portuguese music, including songs by this cat: Jorge Ferreira

Blogs they talk about:

- irunformylife.blogspot.com
- georgiaruns.com
- juststartrunning.blogspot.com

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And scroll down for more pictures from the feast, taken by Nik!

This is St. Anne's Church, a predominately Portuguese Catholic church right across the street from Kennedy Park, where the feast is held.

After a good run, sometimes you've got to go.

These yellow bags are full of beef roasts and Portuguese sweet bread. They're given away at the feast. Much as we like roast beef, we didn't take one--other people need it more.

This is Dan trying to convince Nik that chourico sandwiches and french fries and beer are healthy post-run food.

Vendors sell all kinds of Portuguese stuff at the feast, including these Portuguese music CDs. They are, incredibly, in this day and age, $15 each.

Dan buys a couple of CDs to use in the podcast: an album of folk music and one by Fall River superstar Jorge Ferreira.

There are dozens of traditional pots and bowls used for cooking Portuguese food. You could probably cook other kinds of food in them, too. We didn't ask.


The sun begins to set over Kennedy Park's Holy Ghost Feast decorations. This is the time when the Portuguese bands begin to play--so we quickly left.

Where I Run

I was inspired by Susan and took my camera with me on one of my favorite running routes along Fall River's waterfront.

This is my house. It needs to be painted. So just picture it as a pale green with a cream trim, we do until we can get a chance to tackle that project. This is a pretty steep hill along North Park that was design by Frederick Law Olmsted. (He's the guy who design Central Park in NYC.)
This begins my run along the waterfront.
This is a smaller version of the Marine Corp War Memorial. The mold was found is some guy's house and he donated it to the city recently.
There's lots of fishing, but I wouldn't eat the fish if I were you. We have 2 of the worst polluting power plants in Massachusetts along the Taunton River.

This the view from the board walk of the Battleship Massachusetts and the Braga Bridge. I run around the new Gates of the City that was donated by the Ponta Delgada. Our sister city in the Azores.