The Power Motion Picnic Hour
Sports & Recreation Podcasts
On the popular running podcast The Power Motion Picnic Hour, hosts Dave and Trevor share their experiences as 40+ year-old average runners. The listener joins them on their non-elite running journeys with frequent music-related detours, unscripted analogies, and a mile of opinions occasionally bordering on facts. Sometimes with special guests!
Location:
United States
Description:
On the popular running podcast The Power Motion Picnic Hour, hosts Dave and Trevor share their experiences as 40+ year-old average runners. The listener joins them on their non-elite running journeys with frequent music-related detours, unscripted analogies, and a mile of opinions occasionally bordering on facts. Sometimes with special guests!
Language:
English
Episodes
Ep. 3.8: The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner
5/7/2024
A great week of running transpires with both distance and gardening achievements to celebrate. In the Song of the Week segment, two running songs by one band are compared. Moments of vulnerability emerge.
Duration:00:39:51
Ep. 3.7: Four Country Punk Bands in a Row
4/26/2024
Alejandro Escovedo joins as Special Guest and shares stories about running and music, from Italian trails to AC/DC fartleks. Conversation wends its way into a very special Gear Shed. Trevor regrets disparaging the dear listener.
Duration:00:49:35
Ep. 3.6: Pronounced Houston
4/21/2024
Special Guest Eva Houston follows her recent Boston Marathon finish with a conversation with Dave and Trevor about the race, thoughts on inclusion in sport, and an impromptu Song of the Week. Parallels are drawn between David Bowie and Tatyana McFadden.
Duration:01:00:42
Ep. 3.5: The Unicorns
4/12/2024
An overflowing mailbag yields briar patches and obscure Argentinian music recommendations. The hosts share stories about talking about running amidst intermittent references to both running and the podcast itself.
Duration:00:39:53
Ep. 3.4: Los Angeles
3/27/2024
The co-hosts try to avoid potholes as they navigate the potential science behind ‘Power Up’ signs. A much anticipated LA Race Recap occurs along with some surprise Barkley Marathons coverage. Popular Runner Jim Pergolizzi reports mixed conditions at the Devil’s Shadow 50k.
Duration:00:40:12
Ep. 3.3: Everyone’s Gone to the Moon
3/15/2024
The Power Motion Picnic Hour resolves the debate about tapering before a big race. Dave concludes his training for LA and convinces Trevor to run a road marathon in 2025. Traditional songs are surveyed alongside a good song written by a bad person.
Duration:00:40:15
Ep. 3.2: No Wrong Way
2/28/2024
As Dave approaches the tapering stage of his training block for the LA Marathon, Trevor offers some ideas derived from his experience with poor race execution. The Power Motion Picnic Hour community makes a strong showing at Trans Gran Canaria and the music of Frank Zappa is discussed.
Duration:00:40:39
Ep. 3.1: Uphilling
2/20/2024
The hosts kickoff season 3 with a spotty if eventually thorough recap of the Krampus Classic as Dave reminisces about a past 5th place finish of his own. Special Guest Matthew Cull recounts his 1993 Hut Traverse FKT and other memorable moments from a life of running and adventure. A short conversation about the UK mod revival of the late 1970s ensues.
Duration:00:49:54
Ep. 2.22: Make Your Own Kind of Music
2/6/2024
In the season two finale, The Power Motion Picnic Hour delivers relatively few surprises and ends up dwelling on the nature of authenticity for several minutes. Popular Runner Jim Pergolizzi avoids a second snubbing, Trevor tells a story backwards, and votes are tallied for an upcoming trail run Dave never asked for.
Duration:00:41:07
Ep 2.21: Ultrarunning History Conjecture
1/29/2024
Joined by Special Guest Kristina Folcik, The Power Motion Picnic Hour considers whether early humans might have been born to ultrarun. Some big trail running ideas are floated for Dave following an enjoyable outing in Cardiff that is being categorized as his first trail run. Cross-species running skills are examined as the trail etiquette of dogs comes into question. Trevor discovers a bison paddock.
Duration:00:59:35
Ep. 2.20: Do You Run?
1/9/2024
Hosts Dave and Trevor hit the ground running in the new year with robust thoughts on bank holidays, physios, and two-in-ones. Questions are raised about the geography of Wales, several corrections are issued, and past bravado is reconciled. Special Guests and Listeners connect via the mailbag.
Duration:00:39:53
Ep. 2.19: Year in Running
1/1/2024
Special Guests of The Power Motion Picnic Hour share updates and insights on life, running, and the Electric Light Orchestra. A plan for a Great Range Traverse in 2024 gathers steam, Murakami wins and a rather predictable landslide occurs in Oat Bar of the Year.
Duration:01:04:00
Ep. 2.18: What is a Hut?
12/22/2023
Special Guest Katie Schide shares wonderful perspective on running and explains the High Huts of the White Mountains to Dave. Some listener soul math reveals insights, if not a technically correct answer. Some new minor ski areas of New England are referenced.
Duration:00:51:39
Ep. 2.17: Wild at Heart
12/16/2023
Accomplished long distance runner Cole Crosby joins as Special Guest and discusses races, FKTs, and the meditative qualities of running. The hosts go on an unrelated tangent about shirts Dave used to wear and Trevor recalls a lighthearted jab he heard on a fellow running podcast.
Duration:00:58:17
Ep. 2.16: Songs We Have Not Run To
12/5/2023
After returning from the Parapan American Games with 4 medals, Beatriz Hatz joins the Power Motion Picnic Hour as Special Guest. The podcast considers the idea of sponsoring a runner and Tom Bosworth reports a new mile time.
Duration:01:01:38
Ep. 2.15: Free Bobos Guys
11/17/2023
Sub-fortissimo listeners are introduced to the television show Candid Camera as hosts Dave and Trevor reveal fun facts about the intersection of running and the Empire State Building. Runners are caught unawares and presented with free Bobos.
Duration:00:40:27
Ep. 2.14: Delayed Victory
10/30/2023
Trevor’s running partner Lenny is deemed ‘Fly AF’ in one of several intermittent openings of the mailbag. An attempted Feelies approximation goes sideways as ‘Song of the Week’ once again divides the hosts. Listener Dan eventually learns about his Community Mile results
Duration:00:40:40
Ep. 2.13: Lost in Sheffield
10/23/2023
Sheffield, UK, can be an unforgiving place to get lost on a run as Special Guest and musician runner Jesse Chandler can attest. Passersby mistake dehydration for angel dust vibes and The Power Motion Picnic Hour staff get the mailbag prepped as the next ‘Song of the Week’ is pre-announced. Will it run?
Duration:00:50:42
Ep. 2.12: Algorithmic Help
10/12/2023
The hosts take lessons about internet algorithms from this week’s ‘Song of the Week’ artist, the Skinner Brothers. Dave completes a classic route along the Charles and rounds it up to 10km as Trevor finds another meaning for ‘No Excuses’. This year’s Boston qualifiers come up a Bosworth mile short of the cutoff.
Duration:00:39:46
Ep. 2.11: Mountain Lightning
9/30/2023
The Community Mile brought out strong performances from across the globe spanning many types of ambulation. Special Guest Tim Ball joins in on the celebratory recap and crosses the Delaware in pursuit of big goals. Trevor has a technical bonk at the Kilkenny Ridge Race that not even aid station quesadillas could cure, yet digs deep to deliver some strong mid-race jokes.
Duration:00:57:20