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Nick Kershaw discusses his upcoming UK tour dates, songwriting process, and collaborations with other artists. He recalls writing The post Nik Kershaw appeared first on The Strange Brew .

We are chatting to Nick Kershaw from the Impact Marathon Series at 11am, hope you can make it! The Impact Marathons are all over the world (like Nepal etc) and not only do you get to run a great trail race, but you also stay with a local family and contribute to community projects to help the people that live there, like sustainable agriculture, a new water pump/well and better schooling. https://www.impactmarathon.com/race-calendarOriginally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/xYnrZPJHK5wThis broadcast and podcast is sponsored by Naak sports nutrition, who make long-lasting energy bars, waffles and drinks using high quality, sustainable ingredients. I used the chocolate and peanut bar and salted caramel waffle on my Coventry way 40 on Sunday, both delicious. If you want to try them use code WILDGINGERRUNNING for 15% off at uk.naak.comNaak race nutrition app - find out what you need to fuel your racehttps://uk.naak.com/pages/race-quizMy book, The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook https://amzn.to/3jgKvTyPlease like and subscribe here on YouTube https://linktr.ee/ClaireWGRFollow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wildgingerrunning/Support me on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/WildGingerRunningMeet me at Nene Valley trail races https://nenevalleyraces.wordpress.com/ Fancy a show without ads? Subscribe! https://plus.acast.com/s/wildgingerrunning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Kershaw is the energetic leader of the dream and revels in making a vision into a reality - bringing people together through the power of running. In 2015, Nick left his job in finance, placed all his possessions in two bags, and set on his way to create Impact Marathons around the world. He is deeply passionate about almost everything, and he brings his relentless energy to every meeting, every race, every taxi journey...everything. He built Impact Marathon starting from zero, and has had to do the same again as we emerge for the pandemic. He lives, and breathes 'the power of running' but is inspired by every single Impact Runner, every single charity partner, every single team member who give so much to those around them. The Impact Marathon Series was born from a dream that they could use the simple power of running to uplift communities and empower runners all over the world. In 2015, they turned our dream into a reality, taking Impact Marathon to Nepal. Living in a Nepali village, they undertook the challenge of building a 5km water pipeline to the community, before lacing up their shoes and running their own race - it was then that they realised they have the power to change people's lives forever. ----  Please subscribe to the Sports for Social Impact Podcast wherever you get your podcast! Leave us a review and a 5 star rating to help bring others in the world of sports into the conversation! The Sports for Social Impact podcast was nominated for a Sports Podcast Award and Canadian Podcast Award. Send us an email at ⁠sportsforsocialimpact@gmail.com⁠  Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/sportsforsocialimpact⁠ Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/sports-for-social-impact⁠ Follow us on Instagram (@SportsSocImpact)  Visit our website at https://www.sportsforsocialimpact.com/

In this episode of the RunAlive Podcast, Ed and Jenny welcome Nick Kershaw, the founder of Impact Marathon, and Bexx Swainson, an accomplished athlete and frequent Impact Marathon participant. Nick shares the inception story of Impact Marathon, highlighting its mission to create running events that serve communities around the world and inspire runners to push beyond their limits. Bexx adds depth to the narrative by recounting her personal experiences in various Impact Marathons, illustrating the transformative power of these events not just for the runners but also for the communities they support.Impact Marathon's ethos is to leverage the simple act of running as a formidable force for community development and personal growth. Through stories of marathons in breathtaking locations like Nepal, Guatemala, and Jordan, the episode explores how these events foster deep connections among runners and locals, leading to lasting impact well beyond the race finish line. Whether it's turning on a tap for the first time in a Nepali village or joining a Women's Day march in Guatemala, the tales shared in this episode highlight the unique blend of adventure, athleticism, and altruism that defines the Impact Marathon experience.As Nick delves into the logistical and emotional challenges of organizing these races, and Bexx reflects on the profound personal insights gained from participating, you'll be inspired by the power of running as a universal language that transcends borders and builds bridges. This episode is not just for runners but for anyone interested in how sports can play a crucial role in driving social change and fostering community spirit across the globe.Resources and Links:Impact Marathon: WebsiteNick Kershaw on Instagram: @NJKershawBexx on Instagram: @RebeccaSwainsonAthleteIf you're inspired by the idea of running for a cause and making a global impact, consider joining an Impact Marathon. Learn more about upcoming races and how you can be a part of this extraordinary community by visiting the Impact Marathon website. Don't forget to follow our guests on Instagram to keep up with their latest adventures and initiatives.Offers and Discounts:Hardlines Coffee: Need a coffee top up? You can get a massive 20% off your orders from Hard Lines Coffee - Pods, Beans, Ground and Merch. Hard Lines is a Cafe and Roastery in Cardiff with Running at their heart. Use RUNALIVE20 art www.hard-lines.co.ukRace Day Prints: It's marathon season! Commemorate your big day in style with a Race Day Print. Get 15% off a poster of your big race with the code runalive15 or by following this link.Thank you for tuning into the RunAlive Podcast. If this episode moved you, please subscribe, share with fellow running enthusiasts, and leave us a review. Stay motivated, keep running, and remember, every step you take can lead to a greater impact. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Kershaw is a man with a mission.  A runner with a background in finance and a passion for international development, Nick joins us from the UK to tell us all about how the Impact Marathon Series came to be and why it is so special.  The Impact Marathon Series was born in 2015 from a dream that we could use the simple power of running to uplift communities and empower runners all over the world.Throughout the Impact process, from the organizations they choose to support, to the way they engage and interact with the projects and the communities, their goal is to take the impalpable and make it real.  Nick and his crew have a goal to take their runners on a journey where they can find out what impact really means - the direct impact one can create, as well as how our lives indirectly have an impact that creates ripples across the world.Over the last eight years, Impact Marathon has raised $1.5 million for grassroots organizations and has built a reputation for creating entirely unique events in some incredible countries.Connect with Nick & Impact Marathon:Website: https://www.impactmarathon.com/Instagram: @impactmarathonConnect with Carolyn & Kim:Email us with guest ideas: inspiredsolescast@gmail.comInspired Soles InstagramKim's InstagramKim's FacebookCarolyn's InstagramCarolyn's FacebookCarolyn's websiteWe love hearing from you! Connect with us on Instagram @inspiredsolescast or email guest ideas to inspiredsolescast@gmail.com. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend, subscribe or leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts.

In 2015, Nick left his job in finance, placed all his possessions in two bags, and set on his way to create Impact Marathons around the world. Impact Marathons combine Nick's love of running and his passion for enacting positive change in the world. Enjoy this one!

The feels will be real. Singer Songwriter Nick Kershaw joined Dave for a chat ahead of his return to Dublin with 80's Orchestral.80's Orchestral will be in the 3Arena on Friday 26th April.

Existem histórias e historinhas. Novelas e contos. Aqui no Resuminho eu aproveito para contar apenas as curtinhas.  O Resuminho fala das músicas que não vão virar um episódios completos do Resumo do Som por um dos seguintes motivos: ou eu não encontrei informações suficientes, ou o artista não revelou muita coisa sobre como a canção surgiu, ou simplesmente porque a canção não tinha uma história interessante. Quando isso acontece, eu junto três dessas músicas em uma única edição. Esse é o Resuminho do Som, e hoje eu vou contar pra vocês um pouco dos sucessos Yes, do Tim Moore, Kayleigh do Marillion e The Riddle, do Nick Kershaw. O próximo episódio vai sair quando eu juntar mais três pedidos, então não perca tempo, mande a sua sugestão clicando no link que está na descrição deste episódio. CLIQUE AQUI PARA PEDIR A SUA MÚSICA  Ouça as três músicas no YouTube Music       Yes foi escrita por Tim Moore - © 1985 Elektra Kayleigh foi escrita por Marillion - © 1985 EMI Records  The Riddle foi escrita por Nick Kershaw- © 1984 MCA Records Músicas de fundo Music by Alexi Action from Pixabay Music by Grand_Project from Pixabay Agradecimentos aos produtores virtuais pelo apoio: Danilo de Almeida (Doublecast, Já Ouviu Esse Disco) Fabiano F. M. Cordeiro (Fab 97,4 FM) Marcelo Machado (Podcast de Garagem) Marcos Coluci Ricardo Bunnyman (AutoRadio Podcast) William Floyd (Fermata podcast) Gostaria de apoiar o 80 WATTS? É só escolher a plataforma de sua preferência.     This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Background vector created by freepik - www.freepik.com

Það er Füzz-ball í kvöld á Rás 2 og Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson úr Todmobile og einn helsti músíkmógúll og menningarfrömuður Akureyringa er gestur þáttarins - frá Akureyri og velur ein 7 lög í þáttinn: Yes, Todmobile, AC/DC og margt fleira. Framundan eru 35 ára afmælistónleikar Todmobile í Eldborg í Hörpu þar sem gestir eru: Nick Kershaw, Midge Ure (Ultravox), Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) og Sinfonia Nord. Dance of Death með Iron Maiden frá 2003 er plata þáttarins! Þetta er Füzz - það á að vera hátt! Todmobile / Stopp (Stúdíó A) Leður / Dark days AC/DC / Back in black (Þorvaldur 1) Iron Maiden / Dance of death (plata þáttarins) Miðnes / Reykjavík Helvíti Heart / Alone (Þorvaldur 2) Þursaflokkurinn / Brúðkaupsvísur (Caput í Laugardalshöll) Depeche Mode / Personal Jesus (Þorvaldur 3) Todmobile og Midge Ure í Eldborg / The vioce (Þorvaldur 4) U2 / Atomic city Porcupine Tree / Blackest eyes (Sigurður Gíslason) Rush / Tom Sawyer (Þorvaldur 5) Iron Maiden / No more lies (plata þáttarins) Rolling Stones / Angry Pax Vobis / Warfare (Þorvaldur 6) Todmobile/Yes í Eldborg / Awaken (Þorvaldur 7)

Það er Füzz-ball í kvöld á Rás 2 og Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson úr Todmobile og einn helsti músíkmógúll og menningarfrömuður Akureyringa er gestur þáttarins - frá Akureyri og velur ein 7 lög í þáttinn: Yes, Todmobile, AC/DC og margt fleira. Framundan eru 35 ára afmælistónleikar Todmobile í Eldborg í Hörpu þar sem gestir eru: Nick Kershaw, Midge Ure (Ultravox), Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) og Sinfonia Nord. Dance of Death með Iron Maiden frá 2003 er plata þáttarins! Þetta er Füzz - það á að vera hátt! Todmobile / Stopp (Stúdíó A) Leður / Dark days AC/DC / Back in black (Þorvaldur 1) Iron Maiden / Dance of death (plata þáttarins) Miðnes / Reykjavík Helvíti Heart / Alone (Þorvaldur 2) Þursaflokkurinn / Brúðkaupsvísur (Caput í Laugardalshöll) Depeche Mode / Personal Jesus (Þorvaldur 3) Todmobile og Midge Ure í Eldborg / The vioce (Þorvaldur 4) U2 / Atomic city Porcupine Tree / Blackest eyes (Sigurður Gíslason) Rush / Tom Sawyer (Þorvaldur 5) Iron Maiden / No more lies (plata þáttarins) Rolling Stones / Angry Pax Vobis / Warfare (Þorvaldur 6) Todmobile/Yes í Eldborg / Awaken (Þorvaldur 7)

Nick Kershaw - The Riddle Kid Rock - All Summer Long Sting - Englishman In New York Robbie Williams - Rock DJ Blue Boy - Remember Me Gorillaz - 19 2000 (Soulchild Remix) Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al Womack & Womack - Teardrops Supertramp - Cannonball INXS - What You Need Yazoo - Situation New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (Shep Pettibone Remix) Eight Wonder - Cross My Heart

Ukas episode er viet to kvinnelige journalister og podkastere - Anette Walther Numme og Ingeborg Heldal. Anette har siden 90-tallet jobbet i ulike radiokanaler - både som produsent og programleder - og hun jobber i dag i produksjonsselskapet Plan B. Ingeborg er redaktør i magasinet KK og er også å finne i Viaplay-serien «Powerwomen Norge» . Sammen har de podkasten «Opptur», der de snakker om dagsaktuelle ting som både irriterer og engasjerer, men også til syvende og sist gleder jentene. Vi snakker om dunjakker av merket Millet, karneval, Nick Kershaw, Double dragon, Bosselini-gensere,  dønkere, Karate Kid, Dirty, Dancing, maratondans, Dynastiet, etterlysninger i Topp og masse annet som opptok to unge jenter på 80-tallet.

Johnny Goudie Part 1 of our long talk about the music that influenced Johnny through the years.The Psychedelic Furs, Nick Kershaw, Adam Ant, Cocteau Twins, Haircut 100, Tears for Fears, Jules Shear, The Fixx, Blondie, Joe Jackson and The Pretenders. I also play a few tracks from the Goudie album Peep Show, Tonight and Sugar Daddy. Johnny has a great podcast of his own called How Did I Get Here on Podbean. https://howdidigethere.podbean.com/

The second part of my interview with Pete Waterman, a man who likes trains and has made more hits than ANY producer. He loves music so much, he broke down and cried in this interview. .Beginning as a DJ in the 1950s and 60s, Waterman had close connections with Motown in the 60s and Philadelphia International in the ‘70s. He produced his first record while on holiday in Jamaica and became a Radio One DJ. As A&R for Magnet Records he signed disco act Silver Connection and Chris Rea.  He set up his own label, management, promotions and consultancy company working with John Travolta, The Specials, Matchbox, Soft Cell and Elton John.  As consultant for MCA he produced hits for Alvin Stardust, Tracy Ullman and the Belle Stars, and signed Musical Youth and Nick Kershaw.  He set up PWL with writer/producers Mike Stock and Matt Aitkin.  Their first hit was You Spin Me Round for Dead or Alive and went on to be named Songwriter of the Year 3 years in a row. In 1988 SAW had an unprecedented six singles in the Top 30. Watch this episode in YouTube HERE #petewaterman #richardniles #radiorichard #sawteam #kylieminogue #jasondonovan #malandkim #bananarama #rickastley Please Like, Share, and Subscribe to our YouTube channel:

Avec faute d'orthographe mais sans faute de goût, le musicien Stuart Price assume l'héritage des 80's en conviant Nick Kershaw sur un titre "synthétique".

Des Leedji fortelt ek fan hoken, wat en fain Leewent bi Senskiin her. Hat gair om en Atoombomb, wat alis benen jen Minuut tönöntmaaki kür.

Nick Kershaw, Eminem, Rihanna, David Bisbal, Luis Fonsi, Tenda, Valira, Sandungueo, Ana Mena, Shakira Martinez, Maki ... La magia de Nick Kershaw, el estilo y elegancia de la fusión entre Eminem y Rihanna, lo más nuevo de Bisbal y Luis Fonsi para bailar éste verano, la sensación del levante español que lleva por nombre Sandungueo, nuestro actual nº1 de Ana Mena ó algunas de las peticiones de nuestra audiencia como por ejemplo el dueto de Shakira Martinez con Maki.... Estos sólo son algunos de los temas que sonaron antes de enviaros de viaje a un nuevo fin de semana. Que viva la música. Gracias por estar ahi al otro lado cada dia. Paz y música

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Creative visualisation, Wham!, Nick Kershaw and wishing yourself away.

1984: Katarina Witt gewinnt bei den Olympischen Winterspielen in Sarajevo die Goldmedaille - und Nik Kershaw bringt "Wouldn't it be good" heraus. Im Text geht es um Neid, Eifersucht und Perspektivwechsel.

Join Laura and her Co-Host Keith Ball for the fifth podcast in the series, talking about what it is like growing up with famous parents. Laura's mum being “Suzi Quatro” and Keith's Dad being the Legendary Jazz Man “Kenny Ball” This week Laura and Keith speak to the wonderful Izzy Kershaw who is the Daughter of Nick Kershaw about becoming an artist in her own right and building her own career, you can find out about Izzy on all social media platforms by either putting in IzzykershawukWe also have the fantastic Chesney Hawkes who drops in via zoom from LA for chat about life in lockdown and new music going forward, we play an absolute classic and a song that showcases Chesney's fantastic voice, all info for Chesney can be found at www.chesneyhawkes.com and www.livenadunfiltered.comWritten and presented by Laura Doyle and Kieth Ball Produced by Andy and Leissa Jarvis www.bouncyballweb.com

Nick Kershaw - @njkershaw Impact Marathon - @ImpactMarathonNick's Book - Factfullness by Hans Rosling How you can subscribe to RunTalkRun for just £4 a month. https://www.runtalkrun.com/rtr-support Cocktail Recipe'sNick - Old Fashioned - 60ml Whisky, 2tsp Sugar Syrup, 2 dashes Angostura Bitters, Splash of Water/tonic water, stir and pour over ice. Garnish with orange peel. If you don't have Angostura Bitters, it can be made from 2tsp vodka, pinch of cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, cloves, prunes and thinly diced orange, mix and strain. If it tastes absolutely terrible, then you know you've made good angostura bitters.Josh - Dark & Stormy (Dark Caribbean Rum, Ginger Ale,  Squeeze of Lime on Ice) Jess - Mocktail (Fanta fruit twist, frozen berries with ice....)  

On today's show we have Nick Kershaw, Founder of the Impact Marathon Series. Nick's mission is to empower people through adventure running, community & impact. Prepare to be inspired as Nick shares Marathon stories from places like Guatemala & Nepal - describing what the power of running really is! With entrepreneurial instinct, Nick shares how empowering each other can truly have a positive impact on communities around the world. Find out first hand how Nick has grown this from idea to to uniting movement. Follow Nick & the Impact Marathon Series @njkershaw @impactmarathon

A unique weeklong running & service learning experience combining community development work and a local marathon! Recently featured in Epic Runs of the World (Lonely Planet) and The Sunday Times, Kershaw created the Impact Marathon Series from his experience in development finance and adventure marathon organizing. It is about unleashing the power of running to change the world, and making an impact through the combination of knowledge building, running and volunteering on a community-based project in Nepal, Malawi, Kenya, Guatemala and Jordan. One exciting aspect of our talk is hearing about applying the UN Global Development Goals on a grassroots level and being a part of the solution along with (rather than apart from) communities in these countries. Nick and all the the organizers rely on local hosts’ expertise proven over past weeklong projects, and their experience in running event organizing & cultural learning. The culmination of the week is a marathon or half marathon following an iconic race course, for example in the foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal, or experiencing the desert and historic ruins in Jordan. Kenya, Malawi and Guatemala all weave through terrain that one may never experience elsewhere. Each Saturday local runners join the ~50 program participants to put the total number of participants at 200-300, allowing for a much more personal experience than big international marathons. However, Nick tells us that by far the most important part of the program is the impact that the runners have on those communities, in terms of empowerment and building connection / understanding between people. Nick explains that runners will bring back firsthand experience into some of the most challenging global problems, such as water shortages, climate change and permaculture helping to reform landscapes! Their website: www.impactmarathon.com Our blogsite: www.runninganthropologist.com has notes and links from this episode and all past ones, and you can also message/follow us on Instagram or Facebook @runninganthropologist

durée : 00:05:56 - Pop Story saison 6 - Nick Kershaw Would'nt it be good - « Would’nt it be good » de Nick Kershaw est devenu un symbole de nos années TOP.

This is The Spoon: a "fuck you" to death. Scott Tofte is our guest, and we're highly motivated.   Music By  Nick Kershaw  Warren Scott Band  Bird Streets  Spoon Feeding  Once Upon A Time In Hollywood   RetroCon 2019 Hot Ones  Gary Clark Jr ~ This Land   Warren Scott Band  The Men Of The Spoon Robbie RistChris Jackson Thom Bowers The Spoon on FacebookSubscribe via iTunesEmail: the_spoon_radio@yahoo.com   

Thierry Baudet's success in the provincial elections stirred up plenty of ophef (as well as sparking a speech strung together from off-cuts of Oswald Spengler and rejected Nick Kershaw lyrics), but has it really changed the political landscape? We dissect the results and discuss the implications for Mark Rutte's cabinet on this week's podcast. Plus the latest on the Utrecht shooting, which is now being treated as a terrorist act, where the Netherlands ranks on the world happiness index, and a look ahead to Oranje's Euro 2020 qualifying campaign.

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Matís ásamt fleiri hagsmunaðilum og stofnunum standa fyrir svokölluðu Lambaþoni á næstunni, en það er keppni sem miðar að því að auka virðiskeðju sauðfjár. Eva Margrét Jónudóttur veit meira um þetta og hún var á línunni. Sérstök umhverfisnefnd hefur tekið til starfa í blokk í Vesturbænum í Reykjavík. Markmið nefndarinnar er að hvetja íbúa til vistvænni lifnaðarhátta. Sólrún Harðardóttir íbúi í blokkinni er forsprakki átaksins og við heyrðum í henni. Hljómsveitin Todmobile fagnar 30 ára afmæli um þessar mundir og blæs til stórtónleika í kvöld ásamt tónlistarmanninum Midge Ure. Eiður Arnarson bassaleikari Todmobile kíkti til okkar í morgunkaffi. Við fórum yfir fréttir vikunnar eins og venjulega á föstudögum. Sigríður Rut Júlíusdóttir, Hæstaréttarlögmaður, og Ingibjörg Dögg Kjartansdóttir, ritstjóri Stundarinnar, fóru yfir helstu tíðindi. Freyr Gígja Gunnarsson var svo auðvitað á sínum stað með sitt vikulega hégómavísindahorn og þar voru Kardashian systur í brennidepli. Tónlist: Svavar Knútur - The hurting. Mannkorn og Ellen - Lifði og dó í Reykjavík. Feist - 1234. Flora Cash - You're somebody else. Lily Allen - Not fair. Todmobile - The riddle (ft. Nick Kershaw). Todmobile - Voodo man. Sprengjuhöllin - Verum í sambandi. Sykurmolarnir - Deus. Pharrell - Happy.

Lauran and Peter Lemos are the co-owners of Wax Paper Sandwich Company - a small but mighty sandwich shop operating out of LA's Frogtown neighborhood since 2015. Now married, they met back in 2012 while working in a restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles. Peter cooked, and Lauren served. Since then, Peter has cooked in some of the finest kitchens on the California coast, such as SPQR, Étoile, Craft, Bazaar, and L&E Oyster Bar, and even had the pleasure of competing on Food Network's Chopped, while Lauren worked in the front of the house at many places around Los Angeles such as L&E Oyster Bar, The Ace Hotel in DTLA, and Sweet Lady Jane. Wax Paper evolved from Peter and Lauren's dream of opening a simple, but delicious neighborhood sandwich shop. Guests are always greeted with a welcoming smile from the couple, who often work together in the combined 226 square foot kitchen and counter service restaurant, and music is always a constant source of inspiration in such an intimate space. Lauren and Peter's Shift List Metallica - "One" Nick Kershaw - "Wouldn't It Be Good" Pusha T - "If You Know You Know" MF Doom - "Bomb Thrown" New Found Glory - "Happy Being Miserable" Taking Back Sunday - "Tidal Wave" Ronnie Hudson And The Street People - "West Coast Poplock" Home Improvement - "Theme Song" Curb Your Enthusiasm - "Theme Song" Jimmy Eat World - "For Me This Is Heaven" LMFAO - "Yes" Wax Paper: www.waxpaperco.com Theme song - Jamie Drake - "Wonder"

The podcast is back! Fortnightly episodes will be posted on Sundays interviewing runners, chatting about marathon training, injury, nutrition, and kit. Sept 9th – I chatted with Nick, founder of Impact Marathon series whilst we were in Malawi. You can… The post Podcast Interview with Nick Kershaw, Founder Impact Marathon Series appeared first on The Runner Beans.

Rob and Paul juxtapose the local with the global on a run with Nick Kershaw, whose Impact Marathons are designed to change lives in places like Nepal and Uganda. A couple of lives get changed in Finsbury Park along the way... For more info: www.impactmarathon.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this weeks show we talk to Jessica Frey, General Manager at Virgin Sport and Nick Kershaw from Impact Marathons about the different events they help to coordinate. We get 'contemplative' about how and why we choose our races, Jermaine explains his dodgy Instagram pics and Shaun demonstrates his knowledge of celebrity reality shows. If you like this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before everyone else.  Join the conversation! If you want to join in, request a guest or chat about this episode then head over to the Strava Group (https://www.strava.com/clubs/144083) Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/letsgetrunning) | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/letsgetrunning/) | Email us | Buy merch at the shop. (https://www.letsgetrunning.co.uk/shop?category=Running+Clothing) Lastly, don't forget to rate and review on iTunes! (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lets-get-running-podcast/id1392963885?mt=2&app=podcast)  

Grab a King Lear and get ready for a hearty bubble bath as Condition Mint present their Chas & Dave Special. It’s wall to wall rockney me china plates but if anyone is curious about how Nick Kershaw might handle himself in a fracas or the strange sexual proclivities of Chas’s barber - don’t worry! We have you covered too. Join the online discussion with fellow persons of monterest by visiting our Facebook page If you like any of the music we discuss on the show, support the artist! Buy music. Buy merch. It's not a bloody library! Music discussed this week includes: Chas & Dave - RabbitChas & Dave - GerchaFrom: “Don’t Give A Monkey’s” (1979)

Martin's back from an incredible trip to Kenya with Five Talents, shares all the news and speaks to Marathon Talk Kenya campers Ben Foster and Nikki Chamberlain as well as Nick Kershaw from Impact Marathons and Rachel Lindley from Five Talents. The NYC marathon saw the first female American champion for 40 years. Jemima Sumgong gets a doping ban upheld. British para-sport is in classification crises. Training Talk is sponsored by Runderwear, we catch up with founder Richard Edmunds and Martin shares how not to get a marathon in Kenya right. You rate your run, show off your kit and stand on the podium.

From the City to a nomadic lifestyle, Nick walked away from a high flying career to pursue his passion. Now the CEO of Impact Marathon Series, Nick leads an amazing life making an impact where it’s needed most. Come join him on his exciting journey!

The marathon runner who turned his passion into a charity.

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-366 – Nick Kershaw – Impact Marathon Series  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4366.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends, and welcome to episode 4-366 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  366 Podcasts.  If you’re new to the show that means you could listen to one of the old shows every day for a year, even a leap year, to catchup.  And, assuming I haven’t thrown in the towel, you’ll still be 25 episodes behind.  It’s in our nature as endurance athletes to just keep moving forward.  I do believe there is some innate value in that attribute of dogged persistence.  What do you think?  Are people too quick to ‘Pivot’ in these Silicon days?  Silicon days.  Kinda sounds like Halcyon Days.  Do you know what that means?  You may have heard that phrase “” used by people whose parents spent too much on a Liberal Arts Degree as referring to a happier time in the past. It really means more of a calm time.  It means a time where winds don’t blow.  It’s from Greek mythology.  10 words or less.  Alcyone was turned into a sea bird.  Aeolus becalmed the waves for 7 days each year so she could make her nest.  Ok that was 21 words and a number. ‘Silicon Days’ also makes me think of irony.  Many classic SciFi stories are about humans being devastated by a silicon-based life form.  From where I’m sitting, we may have manifested this already, right?  Enough rhyming games.  What about endurance sports do we have to share today?  Today we talk to Nick about his new enterprise Impact Marathons.  He Skype called me from Greece where he was staying with his uncle Nick, his cousins, Nick, Nick and Nicki.  Sorry couldn’t resist.  Nick has an interesting story.  He ditched a lucrative banking career at an early age and now sets up these experiential, socially impactful marathons in remote and beautiful places.  I wanted to dive into why someone would do that.  Why would you give away all your stuff, live out of a couple duffle bags and lead this nomadic lifestyle in pursuit of a big dream?  Sounds fulfilling, romantic and terrifying at the same time.  In section one I’ll address a question people have asked me about what to do when your next training cycle isn’t going to start for a couple weeks or months?  In section two I’ll talk about anxiety. Speaking of the old shows, I’ve gone back in time and downloaded a few to listen to.  Those first 80 shows are rough.  I was on a schedule of pushing a show out a week and keeping it under an hour.  The early audio is poor.  I was using a cheap USB mic.  That being said there was a certain hopefulness and creativity to them that is fun to listen to.  I’m going to start editing up some of them and curating them into the members feed.  I know when I subscribe to a new podcast and see there are 300 shows, I don’t go back to the beginning.  I may cherry pick by topic.  I’m going to do some cherry picking of my own from the archives for my members.  Members, I truly appreciate you support.  This has never been a commercial endeavor for me.  It’s a passion project.  My favorite thing is when I get a membership notice from someone I’ve never interacted with before and they say something like ‘I’ve been listening for years and you’ve really helped me with my running and my life’.  That keeps me moving forward.  Even when the days are not so Halcyon.  Teresa and I did end up driving down to CT for that trail race last weekend.  I’ve got my notes down but haven’t had time to write them up.  I will.  I’ll probably push it as a separate piece because those race reports tend to go long.  Summary is, we had a good day.  She ran the 20K like a champ and I ran the 50k like a stubborn old guy.  Felt fine.  No issues.  My engine is good and my legs are good, I’m just a bit at loose ends with nothing to train for.  … I finished reading a book called “” by Robert Rodriguez.  He is a director.  He made one of my favorite movies ‘Desperado’ with Antonio Banderas.  It’s a really good story.  It is his journals from when he made his first movie El Mariachi for $7,000.  He did it with no crew.  It ended up making him the toast of Hollywood.  The basic story is that as a kid all he ever wanted to do was to make movies.  So he made movies with his brothers and sisters as actors and videotape.  He didn’t get good enough grades to get into film school, because, he spent all his time making movies.  He didn’t have any money so he went into one of those research hospitals to make $3,000 as a clinical trial lab rat.  He used that money and figured out how to make a feature length movie as an experiment in Mexico for the Spanish video market.  That was El Mariachi.  His plan was to make all his mistakes on this movie, sell it to the video distributers for a small profit and make a series of these as he learned that trade.  Essentially throw-away movies.  Then when he had enough experience he would approach the Hollywood crowd.  Long story, short, El Mariachi got noticed in Hollywood, starting a feeding frenzy that got him a deal at Columbia and won Sundance.  What’s great about this story is several things.  First, he worked very hard over many years to put himself in a position to succeed.  A splendid example of grit.  He also had the growth mindset going into this that he would make a movie, learn what he could in the process, not worry so much about failure and just do it.  Take action.  Learn from the results. It’s a classic , rags to riches, very American in nature.  On with the show! … I’ll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don’t have to listen to yet another Blue Apron or Hello Fresh ad.  As a matter of fact, stop being lazy and go shop for your own food.  We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member’s only audio. I’ll also remind you that I have started raising money for team Hoyt for my 2017 Boston Marathon.  I would appreciate any help you can give.   The fundraiser is on Crowdrise (so I don’t have to touch any of the money) it goes straight to the Hoyts and supports acquiring equipment and supporting others who want to participate like the Hoyts do.  … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio and articles. Yes, we are still working on setting up the separate podcast feed for the member’s content.  Most recently I recorded and uploaded the first chapter of the zombie novel I’ve been writing for 30 years.  Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Exclusive Access to Individual Audio Segments from all Shows Intro’s, Outro’s, Section One running tips, Section Two life hacks and Featured Interviews – all available as stand-alone MP3’s you can download and listen to at any time. Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … Section one – In between training cycles - Voices of reason – the conversation Nick Kershaw Link to share:    Bio:    The Impact Marathon Series are races for those who think differently, run for the good of others and dream they can leave an impact.   Founded in 2015 by Nick Kershaw and Matt Fenton, IMS organizes races in four developing locations: Nepal, Malawi, Colombia and Guatemala.   Like many more mainstream marathon companies IMS encourage runners to fundraise beforehand. However they ask runners to raise funds for one of the United Nations’ Global Goals directly relating to the location of their race – for example, charities focusing on Gender Equality in Nepal.   Runners then fly out to the race location a week before the marathon and complete two days of voluntary work directly relating to their selected Global Goal – in the above case, for example, providing support in a Nepalese burns unit. By doing so, participants get to see exactly how their fundraising helps and even get involved themselves via aid-work, thereby making a direct impact.   IMS aims to provide a synthesis between travel, running and voluntary work. By harnessing the power of running they believe runners can make a real difference to the developing world. City-worker turned Social Entrepreneur with a penchant for travel, running and creating positive impact. He has spent the last living entirely nomadically, with just two bags for company. In this time he founded the Impact Marathon Series: a social business that harnesses the power of running to empower communities, runners and tackle the UN Global Goals.   The Impact Marathon dream combines travel, volunteering and running to bring about social change. In their first year they began races in Nepal, Colombia, Malawi, Guatemala & Kenya. They bring 120 people from all over the globe, representing a variety corporates, NGOs and running clubs to each race. They all live together in the Athletes' Village whilst heading out each day to work at the exact projects they have fundraised for...   They want to create a direct link to your fundraising so you can see, feel and understand the impact you have.   The best bit, on the final day of Impact Week, everyone joins together with the surrounding communities to run a tough trail race, with most stunning backdrops you can imagine! http://run.impactmarathon.com Section two – Anxiety - Outro Ok my long suffering friends that is it, you have dug water pipe ditches and built out-buildings for the marginalized 3rd-world poor through to the end of episode 4-366 of the RunRunLive Podcast, and then you ran a slow marathon to celebrate.  Yes I did run a 50K a couple weeks ago.  Like I said, I have my notes, I just have to write it up.  Other than being slow – took me 7 hours – it was a pleasant experience all around.  I know, you’re all going to divorce me if I don’t start doing something interesting! We are rolling into June this week and we’ve had the oddest spring weather up here in New England.  It’s been 40’s and 50’s and overcast and rainy like Seattle or London for most of May.  I’m not complaining.  It’s great running weather.  I can’t remember a spring where I was able to get so much use out of my old Boston Marathon running jacket.  Not to run in, just to wear out.  Usually we go from 45 to 90 and it stays there.  We don’t have these extended periods of cooler weather.  It’s been great for my apple trees.  They flowered and since it wasn’t hot they kept the flowers for more than a week.  Now there are hundreds of little apples on them.  I didn’t get my garden in until just this past weekend.  I’m starting a new project for June that I’m calling 5 at 5.  I’m going to get up at 5 AM 30 Days and run 5 miles.  The getting up early isn’t the hard part for me.  It’s going to take a while or my body to get with the program of rolling out of bed and hitting the trails.  My body would rather have coffee and oatmeal and a bathroom break.  I’m taking Buddy with me for the first 2 miles and I’ll try to take a photo every day in the same place to get a time lapse.  With any luck we’ll get to see summer break like a wave over these few weeks. This will help me stay in shape during June and will take less time out of my week than my normal training routine so I can get more stuff done.  Let me tell you a couple stories from the past couple weeks. The first one is my mailbox story.  This winter the snow plows took out my mail box.  I wasn’t able to fix or replace it with the ground frozen and I propped it up with some bailing wire and a metal stake.  Now that it’s warmer I needed to fix it because it frankly looked shoddy.  But before I could fix the mailbox I needed to fix my wheelbarrow.  So, really this is my Mailbox/Wheelbarrow story.  I had a great big metal wheelbarrow that I had acquired many years ago.  A few years back one of its staves broke.  That is the proper term for a wheelbarrow handle, ‘stave’.  Me, being the impatient man that I am bought a new wheelbarrow. I soon discovered that the quality of wheelbarrows has plummeted in the intervening time and this new wheelbarrow was crap.  Very low quality.  After I worked that new wheelbarrow into the ground I decided to fix the old one this year.  I measured everything up and was able to procure the correct length staves on Amazon.  I had to spend a few hours getting the old rusted bolts out of the old wheelbarrow and buying the proper inventory of new nuts and bolts.  The new staves were the right length and of reasonably good quality.  But the holes were in the wrong places.  For the life of me I could not find my electric drill.  And I did end up buying a new electric drill on Amazon.  (I have since threatened my wife and children with painful and horrible death if they touch my new drill)  Change that to the mailbox/wheelbarrow/drill story.  I was able to find the full set of wood bits that I needed for the drill to drill the holes in the staves so that I could reassemble the wheelbarrow with the new hardware.  And it’s a thing of beauty.  Then I went down to see if I couldn’t dig up the roots of the old mailbox so I could drop a new one in.  It turns out that whoever put that mailbox in wanted it to stay there.  It was clasped on all sides by granite shards that I had to dig around and manually remove with my hands.  You see I had to dig about surgically as to not destroy the well-established lilies, clematis and irises flourishing there. I got all the pieces of the old mailbox out, measured it up. checked the official postal regulations online and headed off to one of the giant home improvement stores.  These mailbox posts come as one preassembled thing that you just stick in the ground so I thought I was close to the finish line.  However when I made my pilgrimage up and down the aisles and to where the post box posts were I was disappointed, ne thwarted.  They had two posts. Both of such poor quality as to be embarrassing.  Instead I hiked the extra kilometer down to the lumber section and procured a couple 8 foot pressure treated 4 by 4’s.  So, I guess this is the mail box/wheelbarrow/drill/post story… Anyhow I was able to find my table saw and I crafted a beautiful post box post I set it nicely back into the ground with the granite chunks at the official height from the curb.  I then gave the box itself a new coat of matt black paint.  I have to tell you, it’s a thing of beauty.  There is nothing as life affirming to your suburban male then to be able to craft something with your own hands and have it actually end well.  So those of you who have significant others who roll their eyes when you ask them to do some simple task – remember in suburbia there is no such thing as a simple task, but there is a job well done. I’ll see you out there.   MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks -

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-366 – Nick Kershaw – Impact Marathon Series  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4366.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends, and welcome to episode 4-366 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  366 Podcasts.  If you're new to the show that means you could listen to one of the old shows every day for a year, even a leap year, to catchup.  And, assuming I haven't thrown in the towel, you'll still be 25 episodes behind.  It's in our nature as endurance athletes to just keep moving forward.  I do believe there is some innate value in that attribute of dogged persistence.  What do you think?  Are people too quick to ‘Pivot' in these Silicon days?  Silicon days.  Kinda sounds like Halcyon Days.  Do you know what that means?  You may have heard that phrase “” used by people whose parents spent too much on a Liberal Arts Degree as referring to a happier time in the past. It really means more of a calm time.  It means a time where winds don't blow.  It's from Greek mythology.  10 words or less.  Alcyone was turned into a sea bird.  Aeolus becalmed the waves for 7 days each year so she could make her nest.  Ok that was 21 words and a number. ‘Silicon Days' also makes me think of irony.  Many classic SciFi stories are about humans being devastated by a silicon-based life form.  From where I'm sitting, we may have manifested this already, right?  Enough rhyming games.  What about endurance sports do we have to share today?  Today we talk to Nick about his new enterprise Impact Marathons.  He Skype called me from Greece where he was staying with his uncle Nick, his cousins, Nick, Nick and Nicki.  Sorry couldn't resist.  Nick has an interesting story.  He ditched a lucrative banking career at an early age and now sets up these experiential, socially impactful marathons in remote and beautiful places.  I wanted to dive into why someone would do that.  Why would you give away all your stuff, live out of a couple duffle bags and lead this nomadic lifestyle in pursuit of a big dream?  Sounds fulfilling, romantic and terrifying at the same time.  In section one I'll address a question people have asked me about what to do when your next training cycle isn't going to start for a couple weeks or months?  In section two I'll talk about anxiety. Speaking of the old shows, I've gone back in time and downloaded a few to listen to.  Those first 80 shows are rough.  I was on a schedule of pushing a show out a week and keeping it under an hour.  The early audio is poor.  I was using a cheap USB mic.  That being said there was a certain hopefulness and creativity to them that is fun to listen to.  I'm going to start editing up some of them and curating them into the members feed.  I know when I subscribe to a new podcast and see there are 300 shows, I don't go back to the beginning.  I may cherry pick by topic.  I'm going to do some cherry picking of my own from the archives for my members.  Members, I truly appreciate you support.  This has never been a commercial endeavor for me.  It's a passion project.  My favorite thing is when I get a membership notice from someone I've never interacted with before and they say something like ‘I've been listening for years and you've really helped me with my running and my life'.  That keeps me moving forward.  Even when the days are not so Halcyon.  Teresa and I did end up driving down to CT for that trail race last weekend.  I've got my notes down but haven't had time to write them up.  I will.  I'll probably push it as a separate piece because those race reports tend to go long.  Summary is, we had a good day.  She ran the 20K like a champ and I ran the 50k like a stubborn old guy.  Felt fine.  No issues.  My engine is good and my legs are good, I'm just a bit at loose ends with nothing to train for.  … I finished reading a book called “” by Robert Rodriguez.  He is a director.  He made one of my favorite movies ‘Desperado' with Antonio Banderas.  It's a really good story.  It is his journals from when he made his first movie El Mariachi for $7,000.  He did it with no crew.  It ended up making him the toast of Hollywood.  The basic story is that as a kid all he ever wanted to do was to make movies.  So he made movies with his brothers and sisters as actors and videotape.  He didn't get good enough grades to get into film school, because, he spent all his time making movies.  He didn't have any money so he went into one of those research hospitals to make $3,000 as a clinical trial lab rat.  He used that money and figured out how to make a feature length movie as an experiment in Mexico for the Spanish video market.  That was El Mariachi.  His plan was to make all his mistakes on this movie, sell it to the video distributers for a small profit and make a series of these as he learned that trade.  Essentially throw-away movies.  Then when he had enough experience he would approach the Hollywood crowd.  Long story, short, El Mariachi got noticed in Hollywood, starting a feeding frenzy that got him a deal at Columbia and won Sundance.  What's great about this story is several things.  First, he worked very hard over many years to put himself in a position to succeed.  A splendid example of grit.  He also had the growth mindset going into this that he would make a movie, learn what he could in the process, not worry so much about failure and just do it.  Take action.  Learn from the results. It's a classic , rags to riches, very American in nature.  On with the show! … I'll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don't have to listen to yet another Blue Apron or Hello Fresh ad.  As a matter of fact, stop being lazy and go shop for your own food.  We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member's only audio. I'll also remind you that I have started raising money for team Hoyt for my 2017 Boston Marathon.  I would appreciate any help you can give.   The fundraiser is on Crowdrise (so I don't have to touch any of the money) it goes straight to the Hoyts and supports acquiring equipment and supporting others who want to participate like the Hoyts do.  … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio and articles. Yes, we are still working on setting up the separate podcast feed for the member's content.  Most recently I recorded and uploaded the first chapter of the zombie novel I've been writing for 30 years.  Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Exclusive Access to Individual Audio Segments from all Shows Intro's, Outro's, Section One running tips, Section Two life hacks and Featured Interviews – all available as stand-alone MP3's you can download and listen to at any time. Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … Section one – In between training cycles - Voices of reason – the conversation Nick Kershaw Link to share:    Bio:    The Impact Marathon Series are races for those who think differently, run for the good of others and dream they can leave an impact.   Founded in 2015 by Nick Kershaw and Matt Fenton, IMS organizes races in four developing locations: Nepal, Malawi, Colombia and Guatemala.   Like many more mainstream marathon companies IMS encourage runners to fundraise beforehand. However they ask runners to raise funds for one of the United Nations' Global Goals directly relating to the location of their race – for example, charities focusing on Gender Equality in Nepal.   Runners then fly out to the race location a week before the marathon and complete two days of voluntary work directly relating to their selected Global Goal – in the above case, for example, providing support in a Nepalese burns unit. By doing so, participants get to see exactly how their fundraising helps and even get involved themselves via aid-work, thereby making a direct impact.   IMS aims to provide a synthesis between travel, running and voluntary work. By harnessing the power of running they believe runners can make a real difference to the developing world. City-worker turned Social Entrepreneur with a penchant for travel, running and creating positive impact. He has spent the last living entirely nomadically, with just two bags for company. In this time he founded the Impact Marathon Series: a social business that harnesses the power of running to empower communities, runners and tackle the UN Global Goals.   The Impact Marathon dream combines travel, volunteering and running to bring about social change. In their first year they began races in Nepal, Colombia, Malawi, Guatemala & Kenya. They bring 120 people from all over the globe, representing a variety corporates, NGOs and running clubs to each race. They all live together in the Athletes' Village whilst heading out each day to work at the exact projects they have fundraised for...   They want to create a direct link to your fundraising so you can see, feel and understand the impact you have.   The best bit, on the final day of Impact Week, everyone joins together with the surrounding communities to run a tough trail race, with most stunning backdrops you can imagine! http://run.impactmarathon.com Section two – Anxiety - Outro Ok my long suffering friends that is it, you have dug water pipe ditches and built out-buildings for the marginalized 3rd-world poor through to the end of episode 4-366 of the RunRunLive Podcast, and then you ran a slow marathon to celebrate.  Yes I did run a 50K a couple weeks ago.  Like I said, I have my notes, I just have to write it up.  Other than being slow – took me 7 hours – it was a pleasant experience all around.  I know, you're all going to divorce me if I don't start doing something interesting! We are rolling into June this week and we've had the oddest spring weather up here in New England.  It's been 40's and 50's and overcast and rainy like Seattle or London for most of May.  I'm not complaining.  It's great running weather.  I can't remember a spring where I was able to get so much use out of my old Boston Marathon running jacket.  Not to run in, just to wear out.  Usually we go from 45 to 90 and it stays there.  We don't have these extended periods of cooler weather.  It's been great for my apple trees.  They flowered and since it wasn't hot they kept the flowers for more than a week.  Now there are hundreds of little apples on them.  I didn't get my garden in until just this past weekend.  I'm starting a new project for June that I'm calling 5 at 5.  I'm going to get up at 5 AM 30 Days and run 5 miles.  The getting up early isn't the hard part for me.  It's going to take a while or my body to get with the program of rolling out of bed and hitting the trails.  My body would rather have coffee and oatmeal and a bathroom break.  I'm taking Buddy with me for the first 2 miles and I'll try to take a photo every day in the same place to get a time lapse.  With any luck we'll get to see summer break like a wave over these few weeks. This will help me stay in shape during June and will take less time out of my week than my normal training routine so I can get more stuff done.  Let me tell you a couple stories from the past couple weeks. The first one is my mailbox story.  This winter the snow plows took out my mail box.  I wasn't able to fix or replace it with the ground frozen and I propped it up with some bailing wire and a metal stake.  Now that it's warmer I needed to fix it because it frankly looked shoddy.  But before I could fix the mailbox I needed to fix my wheelbarrow.  So, really this is my Mailbox/Wheelbarrow story.  I had a great big metal wheelbarrow that I had acquired many years ago.  A few years back one of its staves broke.  That is the proper term for a wheelbarrow handle, ‘stave'.  Me, being the impatient man that I am bought a new wheelbarrow. I soon discovered that the quality of wheelbarrows has plummeted in the intervening time and this new wheelbarrow was crap.  Very low quality.  After I worked that new wheelbarrow into the ground I decided to fix the old one this year.  I measured everything up and was able to procure the correct length staves on Amazon.  I had to spend a few hours getting the old rusted bolts out of the old wheelbarrow and buying the proper inventory of new nuts and bolts.  The new staves were the right length and of reasonably good quality.  But the holes were in the wrong places.  For the life of me I could not find my electric drill.  And I did end up buying a new electric drill on Amazon.  (I have since threatened my wife and children with painful and horrible death if they touch my new drill)  Change that to the mailbox/wheelbarrow/drill story.  I was able to find the full set of wood bits that I needed for the drill to drill the holes in the staves so that I could reassemble the wheelbarrow with the new hardware.  And it's a thing of beauty.  Then I went down to see if I couldn't dig up the roots of the old mailbox so I could drop a new one in.  It turns out that whoever put that mailbox in wanted it to stay there.  It was clasped on all sides by granite shards that I had to dig around and manually remove with my hands.  You see I had to dig about surgically as to not destroy the well-established lilies, clematis and irises flourishing there. I got all the pieces of the old mailbox out, measured it up. checked the official postal regulations online and headed off to one of the giant home improvement stores.  These mailbox posts come as one preassembled thing that you just stick in the ground so I thought I was close to the finish line.  However when I made my pilgrimage up and down the aisles and to where the post box posts were I was disappointed, ne thwarted.  They had two posts. Both of such poor quality as to be embarrassing.  Instead I hiked the extra kilometer down to the lumber section and procured a couple 8 foot pressure treated 4 by 4's.  So, I guess this is the mail box/wheelbarrow/drill/post story… Anyhow I was able to find my table saw and I crafted a beautiful post box post I set it nicely back into the ground with the granite chunks at the official height from the curb.  I then gave the box itself a new coat of matt black paint.  I have to tell you, it's a thing of beauty.  There is nothing as life affirming to your suburban male then to be able to craft something with your own hands and have it actually end well.  So those of you who have significant others who roll their eyes when you ask them to do some simple task – remember in suburbia there is no such thing as a simple task, but there is a job well done. I'll see you out there.   MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks -

I caught up with former financial planner turned Founder of Impact Marathon Series, Nick Kershaw. In our interview we talked about: • How to keep going even when the wheels come off • Why Nick isn't interested in hearing your motivations • How to set up your own foundation • What it was like to create a running event from scratch • Why equity is not about money • How to overcome epic set backs • Why taking a break from your laptop can produce massive clarity To subscribe to the show click here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/unconventionalists-mark-leruste/id1029651449?mt=2 SHOW NOTES www.theunconventionalists.com/episode/18 GET IN TOUCH Website: www.theunconventionalists.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/markleruste Twitter: www.twitter.com/markleruste YouTube: www.youtube.com/markleruste This episode was mixed by Simon Barron and The Unconventionalists podcast cover was designed by Lorna Morris.