RRT 122: Racin' Kids

More and more major events are featuring activities for the entire family instead of the "main event" that often focused the lion's share of attention on the star athlete of the family.

Additionally, a recent piece in "The New York Times" suggests that many young runners aren't using events solely as a training venue or to gain experience; some are blasting out of the starting gates and setting an event's overall tempo and pace.

Listen in as a panel of runners, event participants, and parents discuss the impact that younger and teen athletes bring to the table in today's event landscape.

Scheduled panelists, include:

• Brian Adkins (Moderator), Marathon Brian: http://marathonbrian.com/


• Mike Westermeier, Westy's Running: http://mwrunfar.blogspot.com/


• Kristin Janson, Team Michael Moyles: http://www.teammichaelmoyles.com/


• Brian Ulrey, The Sole Daddy Running Blog: http://www.soledaddy.com/


• Luke May, High School Cross Country Competitor and Marathoner


• Chris Duran, High School Track and Cross Country Competitor

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RRT 121: Danny "Champion of the World" Bent

Danny Bent definitely has a life less usual!

Trekking to the South Pole, bog snorkening, stair climbing racing in skyscrapers all seem tame after Danny's 9000 mile cycle ride from London to Southern India to help his students understand geography.

Now he’s trying to inspire more people in a UK-based international fundraising initiative - Oneoneoneone, that will raise over £1million for people living with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS around the globe, through the established charity Keep a Child Alive.

Danny's also written a book, ‘You’ve gone too far this time Sir’? [Buy from ActionAid - half profit goes to charity @ http://act.ai/dannybent or on http://amazon.com for £9.99 however the special Kindle verson looks to be on offer at just 72p!] about his decision to raise money for charity and his adventures along his journey.

Steve Chopper, host of Run World Radio, was joined by @Drusy (Toni), @Devoniain (Iain), @clewsy (Colin), @solshadow (Phil of Runcast.tv) and Roberto from Madrid, Spain as we chatted with Danny about his antics and charity goals. In the chatroom we had @Allterrain, Krister from Running the Narrow Path podcast and @Alcoupon

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