With an expanding podcast directory and not enough idle time, I borrowed B.O.U.R.Girl’s iRiver and a pair of cast off headphones. Unwilling to dull the senses I’ve always taken my exercise without props. Breaking with this tradition I tuned into TWIT episode 22 and went for a jog. This mp3 player, mounted to an armband holder is unobtrusive. The dangling cable is a slight distraction while the earbud pieces do tend to produce mechanical noise of howling wind if there happens to be a breeze. Another initial bug was the less forgiving problem of having sweat rivlets rolling down the temple and onto the ear piece. The left one plugged up / shorted out at about the 4 mile mark! More testing is in order. I’m sure that an ideal setup will be found because the audio is a nice brain diversion from the pain – gain thing.

Here is a useful podcast source: NPR. Talk radio is back baby! Think what your VCR (PVR) does for your TV viewing experience. Podcasting is audio on your schedule.