It's a bird, it's a plane, it's 4 Feet Running's Super 5K race! This week: - Nik and Dan head to beautiful Narragansett, R.I., for the Super 5K - They prove to be invincible to cold weather, but Nik's kryptonite: rocks in her shoes - Hammer Nutrition? You CAN touch this - Dan takes his new Garmin 205 for a spin and loves how it helps his new Uncle Higgy schedule - "You don't see this many people in tights unless it's a race" - "The people I run with in races tend to be sort of elderly and a litt...
Feb 13, 2009
Make way for 4 Feet Running! This action-packed week: - Nik, Dan, and the dogs run 3 miles in Boston's Public Garden and Common - Nik starts her San Diego Marathon training plan and is liking it, except for a tiny little pain in her shin that comes & goes - Constant snow and ice keeps frustrating them, and work gets in the way of Dan's running (really, trust me) - They may have witnessed a horrible crime in the middle of the Public Garden - The difference between cable exercises and kegel ex...
Feb 02, 2009
Get ready to freeze your behind off with 4 Feet Running! This week: - Nik and Dan go for a staggeringly cold 3-miler in Providence (the ritzy part, not the crappy part) - They discuss Yak Traks, which is appropriate because there's thick ice and snow everywhere - Dan's got two great new coaches, but his trick knee is acting up again - Nik does the Core Performance technique but still can't remember the guy's last name - They wonder why there are multiple words for "stretching" in the fitness wor...
Jan 19, 2009
Ring in 2009 with a double-dip audio-video special of 4 Feet Running for the New Year! This week: - Nik and Dan are sick with coughs and colds, but are headed out for a run to start the new year right - They consider giving their dogs Stanley and Myrna their own Buckeye Outdoors accounts - Santa got them some really cool presents, both running and non-running related - Nik has the most annoying alarm clock ever invented - They refuse to be optimistic about 2009 - But they're still making lots of...
Jan 02, 2009
4 Feet Running - Video 3 (1.2.09)
Jan 02, 2009
Here we are as in olden days, happy golden days with 4 Feet Running! This week: - Nik and Dan do the audio part of their Santa Dash 5K in snowy Fall River, if the fates allow - Dan uses various excuses as to why he doesn't run more -- but till then he'll have to muddle through somehow - Nik's streak of bad luck continues briefly, and is determined not to have a cup of cheer - Dan can't seem to nestle all snug in his bed when it's nestling time, and visions of sugarplums keep him awake - They tal...
Dec 17, 2008
Celebrate the first snow of the season with a 4 Feet Running Santa run on video! This week: - Nik and Dan don they now their gay apparel and go for a 5K in the snow - They talk a little about Christmas decorations (but they barely see any) - There's more Garmin vs. Nike Plus discrepancies - Audio podcast next week! (12.7.08)
Dec 07, 2008
Which do you want first, the bad news or the good news? 4 Feet Running has both this week: - Nik and Dan go for a 4.5-miler through their neighborhood - They have the best running geek week ever, with Runner+ back, a newish Garmin, and challenges on Buckeye Outdoors - They have a terrible geek week also, as Nik's MacBook Pro lapses into a coma - Nik and Dan check out treadmills and do really, really long intervals through stores across southern New England - Reading treadmill reviews is very con...
Nov 26, 2008
Santa Claus is stuck in a glass cage with 4 Feet Running! This week: - Nik, Dan, and listener John run the Edaville Rail Run 5-miler trail run in Carver, Mass. - Coming along for the ride are John's neighbor Jack, his daughter Amy, and Dan's work friend Jon -- so that's 3 Johns for the price of 1 right there - Edaville Railroad has a whole Christmas display going, complete with creepy Santa dioramas and transgendered elves - Nik's Garmin Forerunner 405 goes bye-bye - They also meet an older lady...
Nov 17, 2008
Wow! It's 4 Feet Running's first ever video podcast! Nik and Dan check in very quickly between audio episodes with a little rough home-made video: - Nik has a little bad news about her Garmin 405 - They talk about their race plans for the next audio episode - Special Guest Star: Stanley as Stanley the pointer dog - Go to www.runcast.tv for more information (11.7.08)
Nov 07, 2008
Think global, run local with 4 Feet Running! This episode: - Nik and Dan go for the Zen Run 10K in Lakeville, Mass. - They talk about their World Wide Festival of Races runs, and why they prefer to call it the WWF - Fall's their favorite season, so they take advantage of it by being out among the various topiaries, lakes, cranberry bogs, and other features of nature - Then nature calls - Nature won't stop calling, so they take advantage of nature by having a pit stop in the woods - Nik discusses...
Oct 27, 2008
4 Feet Running has a wicked good time at the Salem Wicked Half-Marathon! This jam-packed week: - Nik and Dan get lost in a thick, dark fog in America's spookiest city - Nik prepares to run the Wicked Half, her longest distance in a while thanks to some gastrointestinal & dietary issues - Speaking of which, she finally gets an answer as to what's wrong with her (sort of) - Dan realizes he's too neurotic to do Chi Running - They get recognized by a very nice listener - Dan hears a very angry h...
Oct 04, 2008
This is take three of 4 Feet Running! No wait--take four. This week is jam-packed: - Nik and Dan explain their unexplained absence on a 4-mile run through their neighborhood: crappy luck - They decide to take the show biweekly for now due to life stuff - Nik continues her rivalry on the Million Feet Running Challenge with Nigel from Running from the Reaper - They review Chi Running by Danny Dreyer and Pose Method of Running by Nicholas Romanov - Nik explains how she's been running twice a day - ...
Sep 18, 2008
We're smokin' stew in a tent down by the river with 4 Feet Running! Or, as the French say, Quatre Pieds Courent! This week: - Nik and Dan do a 3-miler by the Fall River waterfront - They briefly meet up with their favorite newspaper hawker - Dan bids a frustrating farewell to the Crazy Man Running Store and finds a new shop - Nik is feeling better, stomachwise, which is helping her keep up with certain British podcasters on RunnerPlus challenges - They meet a regiment of French Revolutionary War...
Aug 28, 2008
Run through the playground of America's rich and famous with 4 Feet Running! This week: - Nik and Dan go for a 3-miler down Bellevue Avenue in Newport, R.I. - They keep an eye out for Vikings and/or Chinese explorers - Dan tries out some new shoes that may or may not be working - Nik is feeling somewhat better, but her gastrointestinal doctor's nickname is a bit too appropriate - A quick update on their World Wide Festival plans - They have a little picnic in Touro Park, near the Chinese-Viking-...
Aug 10, 2008
elebrate 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 particula...
Jul 28, 2008
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 ...
Jul 14, 2008
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 ...
Jul 02, 2008
There's foreshadowing, suspense, and dramatic irony aplenty with 4 Feet Running with Nik and Dan! This week: - Nik and Dan run the Fairhaven Father's Day Road Race 10K - They predict it won't rain -- guess what happens? - Nik has mysterious trouble with her Garmin -- guess what happens? - Dan hopes he won't be in last place for his first 10K -- guess what almost happens? - They recover from their lousy races with a nice, relaxing walk, where everyone's a winner - Their dog Stanley has interestin...
Jun 24, 2008
Have a very Vermonty time with 4 Feet Running! This week: - Nik and Dan and their dogs are in glorious Burlington, Vt., for a week - Nik prepares to run her 4th 26.2-miler, the Keybank Vermont City Marathon - It should be beautiful in Vermont this time of year -- all that snow... - Somehow Dan gets a free marathon T-shirt even though he doesn't run the race - They keep an eye out for Burlington nudists - Nik and Dan discuss their training plans, bicycling through Canada, science vs. yoga, and wh...
Jun 06, 2008
It's the 7th anniversary of 4 Feet Running! Almost. This week: - Nik and Dan celebrate their 7th wedding anniversary doing a 5-mile run with the dogs in Barrington, R.I. - Nik continues her tapering on the way to the Vermont City Marathon - Dan has sort of a lousy running week thanks to the rain - They discuss the early days of their courtship, which had a Sharks & Jets type feel, politically, until it became Sharks & Sharks - They talk about their future marathon travel plans, which may...
May 21, 2008
Two races for the price of one with 4 Feet Running! This week: - Nik runs the Cox Providence Marathon while Dan runs the New Balance 5K - It rains a lot. Again. - Nik runs about a bergillion miles this week, shattering her previous record of half a bergillion - Dan gets a new Nike+ Sportband, which is wicked cool - Nik explains how all the artists she knows tend to not run marathons, but her own personal funk is over - Dan chats with The Mystery Lady, a fellow 5K runner - The biggest thrill abou...
May 10, 2008
It's 4 Feet Not Running with Nik and Dan! This week: - Nik and Dan are hotel-bound in New York City due to rotten weather (they're going to run next week, promise) - Nik goes for a 3.5-miler, but her feet hurt from wearing "girl shoes" at a conference - Dan gets his pants and Chuck Taylors soaked by rain - Then begins his bizarre 10-mile quest across Manhattan for more pants - They run into Clive Owen -- yeah, that Clive Owen -- and catch a Broadway show - Nik meets a guy who writes and publishe...
May 02, 2008
It's a spring fling in Plymouth with 4 Feet Running! This week: - Nik, Dan, and the dogs rock on for 3 miles in downtown Plymouth - Stanley the pointer goes for several swims in Town River while running through Brewster Park - Nik's in a running funk, but is really liking this Twitter business - Dan's 10K training plan is going according to plan, but ice cream may sabotage his 10 in 10 Challenge - They talk about Nik's ancestor who came over on the Mayflower and may or may not have slipped on a ...
Apr 22, 2008
Take a run downtown with 4 Feet Running as Nik and Dan run the Officer Thomas Giunta Memorial 5K road race! This week: - Nik recalls her first time running this race years before, the start of her running habit - Dan finally -- FINALLY -- gets a 10K training plan - Nik's running routine isn't working so great for her, plus oil paint poisoning sucks - They come dangerously close to not getting any race swag due to poor foresight - Nik wins the Whitest Sneakers Award for her brand-new Brooks, purc...
Apr 12, 2008
4 Feet Running goes back to the future! Actually, to California. Hill Valley, California! Actually, to Berkeley. In this week's 32nd episode: - Nik drops Dan off at the airport so he can attend a multimedia journalism conference in Berkeley - Dan's now linked in to Facebook and Twitter - Nik uses her powers of deduction, honed by years of watching "Murder She Wrote," to solve the mystery of her recent queasiness - Dan, aka Future Boy, gets the DeLorean up to 88 to end up back in time on the west...
Apr 01, 2008
Experience the sounds, sights, tastes, and smells of New Bedford, Mass., with 4 Feet Running! This week: - Nik runs the New Bedford Half-Marathon (that's it, no special name) - Dan's having a great time running now that he's introduced cartography into his routine - Nik is having less fun -- she's burnt out, tired, and queasy - Some sights: Barflies emerging from their cocoon - Some tastes: KFC, fish sandwiches, and Fierce Gatorade - Some smells: Fish, garbage, dog poop from the future - They li...
Mar 21, 2008
It's a 4-miler in a van down by the river with 4 Feet Running! This week: - Nik and Dan run for 4 miles through beautifulish Somerset, Mass. - It's the longest Dan's run ever -- seriously, like, ever - They talk about ugly houses and wild goose attacks - Nik has some trouble sleeping and getting a good, decent run in - Dan wonders if he should put Vicks Vapo-Rub on his nipples to clear his sinuses while he runs - They discuss the pros and cons of video art and hoarding cats - Dan is not the Man ...
Mar 10, 2008
It's a case of the Februaries at the Hyannis Half-Marathon with 4 Feet Running! In this special race-day episode: - Nik and Dan head to beautiful Hyannis, the tricep of Cape Cod - They track the elusive North American sister Kim, a wily, rarely photographed mammal that's small and Asian - After funerals and emergency room visits with relatives, Nik and Dan get the Februaries - They discuss American cultural development vis a vis breakfast eggs - It's chaotic in Hyannis but at least everybody sur...
Feb 29, 2008
Accidents will happen in the 28th episode of 4 Feet Running with Nik and Dan -- it's the special Half at the Hamptons episode! This week: - Nik and Dan find themselves pretty much all alone in deserted Hampton Beach, NH, where Nik's running the town's first half-marathon - Nik reveals her super identity, and it stinks - Dan and Nik describe her strange stint in jury duty involving Mrs. Magoo, a fall into a grave, and a stinky bath mat - Dan tries to figure out what to do with himself in a town w...
Feb 16, 2008
