Episode 42

Celebrate 1 year running with 4 Feet Running! This week:

- Nik and Dan run at night in Bristol, R.I., to escape the heat

- They recap their yearlong adventures podcasting and in running

- Dan's gone from a blob to an honest-to-goodness runner

- Nik's working through her GI issues, and she doesn't mean an overseas deployment, unless "overseas deployment" is some sort of euphemism

- They discuss the first podcasts they ever listened to, and their first experiences with running podcasts in particular

- Dan gets the hard sell from a gym membership lady

- He also describes a relaxing experience on the open water

- They read feedback from some wonderful people

- Stay tuned at the end for a special treat!

Clickables:
Get a nice baseball hat (thanks, Ultradad)
The Finnish race that's hard for Americans to pronounce
Gluten Free Girl
Mom on the Run
Celiac.com


Enjoy!

Episode 41

These colors DO run with 4 Feet Running! This week:

- Nik and Dan meet Special Guest Star John to run the Mattapoisett 4th of July 5-mile road race

- They talk about Mattapoisett history, and how it's the nicest, most quaint town in southern Massachusetts

- Running podcasts are the best -- all three of them are agreed on this

- John describes what it's like to run a 10-mile-long 5K

- Embarrassing race running stories aplenty, and what it's like to quit smoking after decades

- Nik talks a little bit about gluten intolerance and her possible Celiac disease

- They get a special message from Adam "Another Runner" Tinkoff and Austin Hastings

- They read feedback and reviews from some very nice people

- Special thanks to John for making it a great show!

Clickables:
Mattapoisett road race results
The Onion: "I'm Training to Ruin a Marathon"
AustinHastings.com
Running the Narrow Path podcast

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Nik watches Dan cross the finish line, having knocked over several toddlers and elderly women to get this prime spot.

The actual route is prettier than this map lets on. See below!


Check out these fantastic photos of the area around the Mattapoisett road race route, taken by listener John!

Mattapoisett

Episode 40

Just a quick run to the post office with 4 Feet Running! This week:

- Nik and Dan go for an easy 3-miler through the neighborhood

- Despite his second-to-last finish in his last race, Dan's going to try another race next week

- Nik discovers she has something strange: reactive hypoglycemia

- Meet (very briefly) Mike the Quizmaster Postman!

- Nik goes into a little more depth about her shiny new Garmin Forerunner 405

- They talk about their favorite new hobby: geocaching

- Then they get feedback from some very nice people


Clickables:
What's reactive hypoglycemia?
Hmm. What's the Wikipedia version of reactive hypoglycemia?
OK. What's celiac disease?
Mattapoisett Road Race
Geocaching is the best
Running Litchfield
Ambitious Aspirations

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Enjoy!

Nik and Dan find a typical regular-sized geocache in Newport, R.I. Geocaching is the most funnest thing ever.


We use the Garmin Forerunner 405 to find geocaches. It's so much fun that it's worth the $300 for that alone. Not really. But it's still fun.