RtNP#29 Huffing and Puffing

I recorded this episode last week on two of my runs. I'm not running distances long enough to record all at once. I'm afraid you (and myself) have to put up with this solution for a while. Coming back after the injury seems to take longer than expected. I wanted to jump right in where I was at when I got injured but I realize that precaution is required. and I'm also a bit out of shape to say the least so I'm giving myself plenty of time to build my strength and endurance back.

The photo shows where the road used to be, I talk a bit about that in the episode.


In this episode ..
..you can hear me breathe heavily and inbetween I try to talk a bit about how I plan to return to running like I used to, what kind of tracks I'm looking for in the snow and some other things aswell.

The Music ..
.. is from Mevio's Music Alley, at musicalley.com In this episode you can hear:

• Thom Lyons - Stop to Breathe
• Greek Guitar Power - Breathless
• Matthew Ebel - Lost My Way (intro, outro)

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RtNP#28 the AirGuitar Orchestra

I'm running again, not particularly fast and only shorter distances but I am running and it feels great! The weather could be better, there's not enough daylight and I wish I was in better shape but I am running and it feels great! You could probably tell that I'm out of shape by my breathing and there's quite a lot of traffic in this. Sorry about that but I hope you can hear me through the noice.


In this episode ..
..you can, among other things, hear me talk about what the Running From the Reaper Podcast has meant to me.

The Music ..
.. is from Mevio's Music Alley, at http://music.mevio.com/ In this episode you can hear:

• Ryan Shupe and the RubberBand - Dream Big
• Hampshire Guitar Orchestra - Liberty Bell
• MSU Orchestra - Hey You LIVE
• Matthew Ebel - Lost My Way (intro, outro)

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RtNP#27 Captain's log

I'm back to running again, after almost 6 months. At least I hope to be back. My achilles injury isn't all healed but I thought I'd give it a try to see what happens. No running for such a long time have made not only my fitness but also my mood suffer. Never ever had I thought that the healing process would be so slow. I sure hope that my comeback will be quicker even if I know I have to take it easy.

In this episode ..
..you can hear me run/walk at a 1/1 ratio, but don't pay too much attention to the time signals. The audio have been edited so they are not accurate.

The Music ..
.. is from Mevio's Music Alley, at http://music.mevio.com/
In this episode you can hear:

• Matt West - Escape (bkgr)
• Guardian Mind Mix - Hubble deep space (bkgr)
• Take No Glory - Wake me up
• Matthew Ebel - Lost My Way (intro, outro)

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RtNP#26 Found and Lost

This episode was recorded a week ago, as I did a 5k WWFOR walk. I also brought my camera and you can see some photos from the forest here.




In this episode ..
..you can hear me get slightly lost as I explore a newfound path.
The Music ..
.. is from Mevio's Music Alley, at music.mevio.com
In this episode you can hear:
Great Big Sea - Walk on the Moon
Jon Schmidt, Powerful Exhilarating Piano Music - Hymn of Nature
Matthew Ebel - Lost My Way (intro, outro)


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RtNP#25 Walking the Narrow Path

Apologies for my absence but beeing injured, I just wasn't in the best mood to produce something. Now I'm slowly getting back to excercising again. My spirit is also returning. You might not agree on that after listening to this but then you should have heard me a month ago. This episode contains a bit of whining even if I tried to keep it mostly to facts, Ok go ahead and listen then but don't say I didn't warn you.


In this episode ..
..you can hear me talk about my injury and how I'm trying to recover. At the end I manage to share a few more positive things. (May I suggest the fast forward button...)

The Music ..
.. is from the PodShow Podsafe Music Network, at http://www.musicalley.com/ In this episode you can hear:

• Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly
• Crossfire - Never Give It Up
• Matthew Ebel - Lost My Way (intro, outro)

Links ..
.. to thing mentioned:

• The movie "Once"
• The book about Stretching
• Our new car

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RtNP#24 Some are eating themselves up

On Midsummers eve I did one of my best runs so far this summer. Perfect weather and quite good running. If it hadn't been so windy the recording might have been better but then I would probably have been boiled so the wind wasn't all bad.

In this episode ..
..you can hear me talk about the best running shoes I ever had, (they turned out really good after breaking them in). I'm also telling you a bit about the charity in Ethiopia.

The Music ..
.. is from the Music alley, at musicalley.com In this episode you can hear:

• Kevin Burdick - We are the Walking Wounded
• Matthew Ebel - Lost My Way (intro, outro)

Links..
..to things mentioned:

• Pickled Herring
• 3D Hope for tomorrow
• my Dailymile page
• Buckeye Outdoors

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Slightly injured

Earlier today I was working a bit on the house, putting in boards on a floor. As I was kneeling down on the floor hitting the next board with a hammer to get it in place, I missed with the hammer and accidently hit myself on the right knee. A stupid thing to do.
It was quite painful but before I even felt the pain, the first thought that flew through my mind was:

"No! I have to go running later today!" then came the pain and I was wondering if I would be able to run.

Guess what happened just a few minutes later. - I hit the same knee with the hammer once again. A really stupid thing to do. Luckily I didn't hit as hard this time.

Anyway, I finished my work and got my running clothes on and went out to see if the knee was working ok. I had a great run, 12.85 km/8 mi, in a beautiful sunny and warm evening and the knee didn't bother me at all. I don't feel anything when walking or running but it is a bit painful when walking up and down stairs and it hurts when I bend it more than 90 degrees or so and it will probably end up in several different colours in the coming days. I'm so pleased that it didn't turn out worse than this, especially since my running now is going really good. I would hate to take a break from my training now.