Running, Part 2 of 2

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1. Great episode! As far as pop culture goes, I’ve got two.
   1) CM Punk’s marathon story…
   

   2) Who needs an app when you can have the real thing? Zombies!
   http://zombierun.com/
   (Apparently Vancouver has one as well, though I’ve never been.)

2. While I’m with Kevin and Joe on not really getting why someone would choose to run for fun in their spare time, The Oatmeal (Matthew Inman) drew a compelling cartoon about his own journey to becoming a long-distance runner. Well worth a read if you haven’t seen it before: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/running

3. Run Lola Run has an excellent soundtrack. I’ve had it for years but haven’t managed to watch the film yet (!).

4. Tennis coverage often has really good hi-def slo-mo shots of the players while they run around, giving a great view of the movement of muscles, etc.

5. There’s plenty of running in The Running Man. Hold on, no there not, really (having watched again last night), not especially. The future will be so eighties, man. It’d be great to see remade (rather than that abomination they called Total Recall), but I think it’s been done in things like Series 7 and The Turkey Shoot remake. The Richard Bachman (Steven King) book is so much better in any case. In fact, another Bachman book that’s relevant here is The Walk, in which participants enter a 450 mile walk and they have to keep up a 4mph pace for the whole race (no rests) or be shot. It’s not exactly running, but it endurance.
   I’ve always wanted to watch Chariots of Fire too, but have never got around to it.

6. Dr. Katie was such a great guest! You guys should bring her to the show more often, or consider making her a permanent member of the team.