Bonus episode #122 – Marathon diary

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s bonus episode, Andrew talks about the highs and lows of preparing for his next race in Gyeongju, South Korea. Along the way, he reflects on how running has impacted his life, and he discusses trying to overcome challenges like injuries and tough weather conditions.

What you'll learn:

* Listening practice: Improve your English by following along as Andrew talks about his passion for running.
* Vocabulary building: Learn useful terms related to fitness and running, like "training block," "runner’s knee," and "PR" (personal record).
* Idioms and expressions: Learn new idioms such as “hit a wall” and “tough it out,” and see how they’re used in real-life situations.
* English speaking practice: Join discussions with other listeners on the Culips Discord server for additional speaking practice.

Important links:

* Become a Culips member
* Study with the interactive transcript
* Join the Culips Discord server
* Small-group discussion class schedule (member only)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Bonus episode number 122 of the Q-Lips English
0:05.3	podcast. How's it going? My name's Andrew. I will be your host and your English
0:10.3	study buddy for today and in our Bonus episode series.
0:14.3	What I do is I tell you some stories from my everyday life as a Canadian guy living abroad
0:19.7	in Seoul, South Korea, and I hope that by listening to these stories you will be able to
0:24.7	improve your English fluency. In fact we have a model for this series. It is
0:30.0	Big B and Big B stands for build your fluency, increase your cultural knowledge, grow your
0:36.4	vocabulary and become a clearer and better communicator.
0:40.5	So if those are your goals with your English, if you would like to do those things with your English
0:44.4	Then I think you are in the right place and I will try my best to help you achieve those goals
0:50.4	Accompanying this episode is a 100% free interactive transcript and vocabulary glossary, and if you're a
0:57.1	QLips member, then we'll also throw in a comprehension quiz as well.
1:01.2	If you would like to sign up and join Quleps as a member, just visit our website
1:05.2	Qulips.com. That's where you can see all of the details about the awesome study
1:09.5	resources and learning materials and bonuses that you will get as a member.
1:15.0	All right, so I'm going to get right into this week's story because it's a little bit of a long one.
1:20.0	Please bear with me guys. I'm pretty passionate about this topic and when I get fired up when I start talking about it
1:26.1	then it's hard for me to stop. So this episode is a little bit on the long side, but I think you'll find it
1:32.1	enjoyable anyways. It's my runner's diary of what I've been up to in my running and my training over the last four months getting ready for my next marathon.
1:42.0	So I hope you'll enjoy this episode and without any further ado, let's get right to it. Here we go. Enjoy.
1:50.4	If you're a long-time Q-Lips listener, you'll know that one of my hobbies and passions in life is running, and especially the marathon distance.
1:59.0	I ran my first ever marathon in 2019 in a place called Chuncheon, South Korea, and it's one of the top
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