The Power Motion Picnic Hour

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…

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…

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 …

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 pursui…

The hosts and Special Guest Randy Weld tie their ‘No Excuses’ laces real tight for a scorching race preview of The Community Mile. Coach’s advice for successful race day execution reaches the communi…

Olympic race walker Tom Bosworth joins The Power Motion Picnic Hour as Special Guest and discusses everything from the relegation zone to the film scores of Hans Zimmer. The Community Mile competitio…

Greatly anticipated details about The Community Mile are shared even as doubts are raised about potential participation from the Belgian listener. Dave develops plans to take in local running culture…

A long time ago, roller derby and backyard ultra were accidentally invented at the same time. Special Guest and world champion roller derby star Suzy Hotrod joins Dave and Trevor with skepticism abou…

Echo Park runner and popular minimalist jazz composer Brendan Eder, whose ‘Overgrown Garden’ won most recent ‘Song of the Week’, joins as Special Guest. Cadence synchronizes with the surrounding musi…

The hosts stay tangentially on-topic in their latest Race Report as they cast irreverence towards Ike for usurping Mount Pleasant and leave other historical questions wholly unanswered. Power Motion …

A surprising ‘Song of the Week’ emerges as Dave completes a strides workout for a popular new podcast segment. The hosts provide a preview of Trevor’s upcoming Presidential Traverse attempt and prepa…

The hosts of The Power Motion Picnic Hour participate in a race in Brooklyn that this week’s Special Guest wins! Race-walking technique is finally explained and a name is floated for a possible futur…

Despite their “No Excuses” mantra, hosts Dave and Trevor place blame on both heat and humidity for recent regressions in their running. Race officials get loose with concepts of time and Trevor rethi…

After their longest break since 2004, the Power Motion Picnic Hour declare the start of Season 2. Inspiration is found at a recent race and a PR is set in pursuit of podcast recording equipment. Inte…

After several detours down memory lane, hosts Dave and Trevor arrive at a unit of measurement for the Gear Shed segment. Recent 10k and backyard sub-ultra races are recapped and further progress is m…

On their seventh episode, Dave and Trevor question the seemingly unsanitary actions of a former Massachusetts governor and current day Chicago-based triathletes alike. Listeners are given a tip about…

After a light week in running, hosts Dave and Trevor get energized by the latest 'Song of the Week', sift through an overflowing Listener Mailbag, and unexpectedly enter the Gear Shed for the first t…

Barn owl or hallucination? After some ornithological divergences, Dave and Trevor talk about running again, including a recap of another recent poorly hydrated longer effort. The hosts are joined by …

How many Gibb brothers are there? The history of the popular running podcast The Power Motion Picnic Hour is traced back to its humble origins as a college radio show. Dave and Trevor wander into the…

Which tree? In episode 3 of their popular running podcast, Dave and Trevor talk soccer, begin to organize a community event, and Dave describes a Mother’s Day race that he witnessed. A new ‘Song of t…