Welcome to the 19th episode of 4 Feet Running, and Part 2 of the 2007 Philadelphia Marathon spectacular!  It's an extra-special show packed with laughs, heartbreak, adventure, romance, and glory! This week:

 - All of Nik's training pays off for the Philly Marathon

 - Nik and Dan wait in line at the marathon expo for her number, an orderly process that devolves into pandemonium in a matter of seconds

 - They attend the marathon expo and gather a bunch of swag

 - Nik and Dan try out the Sleep Number Bed, as seen on TV

 - They collect their thoughts before the big run and get psyched up

 - Nik is herded into a group of several thousand people running through downtown Philadelphia

 - She sees many of them peeing on downtown Philadelphia's bushes, just right out in the open

 - Nik's thorough post-race report includes moments of juggling, beer-drinking, and one furious runner having "the worst day of his life"

 - They read feedback from some very nice people


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This is the 18th episode of 4 Feet Running -- and Part 1 of a very special 2-part Philadelphia Marathon spectacular!  This week:

 - Nik and Dan travel hundreds of miles across the unforgiving wilderness of Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania

 - They discuss, and eat, junk food

 - Nik and Dan stop in Scranton, Pa., home of Dunder Mifflin Inc., which because of a snafu doesn't get recorded

 - They take a 2-mile run through downtown Philly to get Nik nice and limber

 - Nik prepares to run her second 26.2-miler

 - It briefly becomes 4 Feet Painting as they get into a highbrow art discussion

 - Make sure to listen next week to see how well Nik ran the marathon! 

 Enjoy! 

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Welcome to the 17th episode of 4 Feet Running! This week:

 - Dan runs the Vasque Luv2Run 5K Trail Run on the Charles River in Brighton, Mass.

 - Nik sits out the run while she tapers for the Philadelphia Marathon

 - Somehow, Dan gets a little lost, which is only the beginning of a highly embarrassing week

 - Nik and Dan try to talk like young whippersnappers

 - She suffers from an acute case of non-running, work-related crankiness

 - Dan introduces this phrase into your vocabulary: "take a digger"

 - They discuss their plans for the next few weeks and read e-mail from very nice people

Welcome to the spooky 16th episode of 4 Feet Running!  This week:

 - Nik and Dan celebrate Halloween with a 2-mile run through Salem, Massachusetts, witch capital of the world

 - They see a haunted ghost walk featuring mostly live people

 - Nik reveals that she didn't like candy as a kid (no, REALLY)

  - Dan's vampiric past gets dragged into the light

 - They witness an actual recreation of a witch trial in an actual recreation of a witch dungeon

 - Some ghostly spectre scares the whatsit out of Nik

 - Dan gets a "psychic reading," and they explain why psychics are all 100 percent full of crap

 Show notes: http://4feetrunning.blogspot.com

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 Enjoy!

Welcome to 4 Feet Running's 15th episode! This week:

- Nik and Dan decide it's a good idea to take the dogs for a 2-mile run in the pouring, freezing rain at night

- They decide that this actually isn't that good an idea

- Dan reveals his running plans post-5K, then steps in several puddles

- Nik worries about whether their Philadelphia hotel will be able to supply oatmeal before her marathon

- Some people yell "Woo hoo" at them

- Nik and Dan at last uncover the answer to the most compelling mystery of our age: "Who's walking who, eh?"

- They talk about weight loss and read feedback from some nice people

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Enjoy!

Welcome to the 14th episode of 4 Feet Running!  It's a very special episode packed with adventure!  This week:

 - Dan and Nik run the Catholic Memorial Home 5K Harvest Race and Fun Run (or whatever it's called)

 - It's Dan's first-ever 5K distance, and the longest he's ever run -- EVER

 - Dan's knee is mysteriously swollen ahead of the race

 - Nik has a running week packed with miles, yoga and "fairy cards"

 - They discuss the merits of taking a bathroom break before a race, as opposed to taking all over yourself as you run  

 - Bananas appear in strange places

 - Dan survives to run another day despite one crucial error

 - They read an e-mail from a very nice person

 Show notes: http://4feetrunning.blogspot.com 
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 Enjoy!

This is 4 Feet Running, Episode 13!  In this episode:

 - Nik and Dan run for 40 minutes through the East Side of Providence

 - They come across the Red Bull Soapbox Race, where they meet people with outrageous soapbox racers (very few of which are made with actual soap boxes)

 - They talk about Rhode Island drivers and almost get hit by a few

 - Nik and Dan again discuss the class system

 - Nik continues her marathon training for Philadelphia, and Dan is one week away from his first 5K

 - Get an audio tour of the soapbox racer judging

 - They read feedback from very nice people

 Show notes: http://4feetrunning.blogspot.com

 E-mail: 4feetrunning@gmail.com

 Enjoy!

Welcome to the 12th episode of 4 Feet Running!  This week:

 - Nik and Dan run through beautiful, traffic-plagued Wellesley, Massachusetts

 - Celebrity chefs mentioned: Ming Tsai, Rachael Ray, the Barefoot Contessa

 - Dan runs his first 2-miler and does OK with hills

 - Nik does less OK on a lunch of cookies and soda, which threatens to make an "encore"

 - They discuss meteorologists, Twizzlers, kale soup, and clouds of gnats

 - They read feedback from lots of nice people

 Show notes: http://4feetrunning.blogspot.com 

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 Enjoy!

Welcome to 4 Feet Running, Episode 11!  In this week's fun-filled episode:

 - Nik and Dan hunt zombies in downtown Boston -- yes, zombies

 - They find them, and they are rather a sorry lot

 - Nik and Dan run for 30 minutes through the financial district, Faneuil Hall, and past South Station

 - Dan reveals that he has skipped Week 8 and gone straight for Week 9's jugular

 - Nik is still tremendously busy with work, which is putting a damper on her marathon training

 - They discuss the various social habits and cultural biases facing people of the undead orientation

 - Celebrity spottings aplenty, from world-famous conductor John Williams to the guy who played Carla's husband on "Cheers"

 - Nik and Dan read lots of e-mail from very nice people


 Show notes and links: http://4feetrunning.blogspot.com

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 Enjoy!

This is 4 Feet Running, Episode 10!  This week:

 - It's 12 Feet Running as Nik and Dan take dogs Stanley and Myrna for a 25-minute jog

 - Dan breaks his all-time running record at 27 minutes despite running by a bunch of schoolkids

 - The dogs' various habits, tricks, and PRs are discussed

 - Nik has a great running week, except for the pain in her foot, a full bladder and bloody hand

 - Dan suddenly begins to stink pretty bad

 - The animals get rubbed with ice

 - Nik also runs 17 miles across state lines and talks about eating "mystery meats" as a child at Chinese restaurants

 - They read feedback and talk about the social sacrifices you make for being a runner


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Welcome to 4 Feet Running's 9th episode!  This week:

- It's a 25-minute jog through downtown Bristol, R.I., the noisiest town, like, ever

- Dan's C25K week 7 is wicked crappy because he gets a side stitch

- Nik's marathon training goes a lot better than last week because her hip is a little better

- They talk about coffee (Dan likes it), waking up early (Dan hates it), dogs (they like them), and drinking cheese (Nik did it)

- Dan finally figures out the mathematical formula for minutes per mile

- Nik knows no long-distance runners who carry as much water as she does

- They reminisce about hanging out in Bristol and Nik beating the crap out of him in chess

- Dan wins 50 bucks in the lottery, which they spend on lobster rolls

- They read feedback from nice people.



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

- Nik and Dan go for a 25-minute jog

- 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



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Enjoy!

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 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



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Enjoy!

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 goes strangely because he's overtired
- Nik talks about her do-it-yourself approach when she started running
- Dan recounts the story of Queen Isabella of Portugal, her devotion to the poor, and her milk jugs
- Nik talks about her marathon training, her new shoes, and her Clif Blocks
- 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 she'd take to break a leg

Enjoy! 

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Welcome to episode five of 4 Feet Running!  In this installment:

• Nik and Dan forgo their usual routine as she runs the Louie's Race 5K in New Bedford  
• They almost sneak into Buttonwood Park Zoo to "pet and ride" the elephants  
• Dan spills his coffee a little  
• Nik and Dan somehow get lost walking around a square park  
• They discuss "Jungle Love" and jungle cats  
• Nik successfully runs her 5K, while others run as if being chased by the zombies from "Thriller"  
• Some guy may have spit a bit of lettuce on her  

Enjoy!  

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This is 4 Feet Running's 4th episode! In this installment:


Nik does a great job with her marathon training ... but Dan does lousy with his Couch to 5K week four, thanks to The Home Improvement Project That Wouldn't Die ... Nik and Dan run by the Fall River Celebrates America summer waterfront festival and are shooed away by two huge guys in military fatigues ... Dan reveals that he is actually descended from the Lost City of Atlantis ... Nik coaches him on how to relieve side stitches ... Nik and Dan talk yoga, hot, naked or otherwise ... and much more. 


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Enjoy!

This is the third episode of 4 Feet Running!  In this edition, Nik continues her marathon training and Dan sweats through 90-plus-degree weather; Nik may or may not be confused as to how long Dan's Couch to 5K run should be; they talk about their weight loss goals and how they are different from those people on "The Biggest Loser"; explain what a Portuguese-American vegetable is; read listener feedback; and come to the sad conclusion that they will never be more popular than a naked yoga podcast.

Enjoy!

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Welcome to the second episode of 4 Feet Running!  In this edition, Nik gets ill (again) with The Mystery Disease, and Dan flounders miserably as he tries to podcast solo. Later on, though, Nik feels well enough to train with Dan on his Couch to 5K second week run, and then keeps going to make up for lost time with her marathon program.

Other things mentioned this week are dogs, their lack of gardening skills, and bagels.

Enjoy!

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This is the first episode of 4 Feet Running. Here we meet Nik and Dan, and talk about running, races, body parts, etc.

Enjoy!

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