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ENW 280 Introduction

This week’s English News Weekly podcast reports on an

incredible story about a 78 year-old man from England who has

been running, every day for 52 years…Until this week. Since

1964 Ron Hill has run 1.6km every day, no matter the weather

or how he was feeling. Why did he run every day for more than

50 years? Why happened to break his world record running

streak?

English News Weekly will try to explain all…

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EPISODE 280

2017

19,032 Days of Non-Stop Running!

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Contents Pages

Part 1 | Warm Ups

Odd-One-Out Page 1

Brainstorm Page 1

Popular Running Brands Page 1 / 2

Quiz | This Week

Part 2 | Before Listening / Reading

Jumbled Words Page 3

True or False Page 3

Vocabulary |Antonyms Page 3

Part 3 | Listening / Reading

The News Story |412 Words Page 4

What Do You Think..? Page 4

Part 4 | After Listening / Reading

Q & A Page 5

A & Q Page 5

Part 5 | Extra Stuff

Extra English I Page 6

7 to Chinwag Page 6

Writing Activity Page 7

And Finally….

Did You Know? Page 7

TV Links Page 8

The Answers Pages 8-10

| A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast.

| A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習。

1 | The English News Weekly Podcast | © Jaime Selwood 2017

©2011 - 2017 | Ep. 280| 19,032 Days of Non-Stop Running Sport

[201702-01] | 19,032 Days of Non-Stop Running! | February 10th

2017

| PART 1 | Warm Ups |

Warm Up | 1 Odd 1 Out

Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three?

Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later.

a) New Balance b) Nike c) Under Armour d) Umbro

My Reason… _____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

Warm Up | 2 Brainstorm

How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this?

| Exercise |

Warm Up | 3 Popular Running Shoe Brands

This week the USA has banned people from 7 countries entering the country.

Which seven countries have been banned?

1: 2: 3: 4: 5:

6: 7: 8: 9: 10:



Popular Running Shoes | Country & Brand

Read the list of running shoe companies and countries below. Then match them

with the correct photo on page 1!

Austria Denmark France Germany Japan

New Zealand Norway Spain U.K. U.S.A

A Adidas F Hummel

B Asics G Joma

C Canterbury H Nike

D Helly Hansen I Puma

E Hoka One One J Reebok

Warm Up | 4 | A1 Quiz

Read the questions about this week’s news story.

Remember if you don’t know – use the internet to help or GUESS!

1: What sports company is the most successful in the world?

a: Nike b: Adidas c: North Face

2: Which family started both the Adidas and Puma sports brands?

a: Ganz b: Dassler c: Pumaz

3: Which country did Ron Hill represent at the Summer Olympic Games?

a: USA b: Canada c: Great Britain

4: How many Olympic Games Marathons did Ron Hill compete in?

a: One b: Two c: Three

5: In total, how many months did Ron Hill run at least 1 mile every day?

a: 625 b: 725 c: 825

6: As of January 2017, what is the world record time for a Men’s Marathon race?

a: 1:52.57 b: 2:02.57 c: 2:12.57

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

E1: Who is the current world record holder for the men’s marathon?

a: Dennis Kimetto b: Wilson Kipsang c: Patrick Makau

E2: As of January 2017 what is the world record time for the Women’s marathon race?

a: 2:17.42 b: 2:19.42 c: 2:21.42

E3: The current world marathon record holder is from Kenya, which is the Kenyan flag?

a: b: c:

END OF PART 1



| PART 2 | Before Listening |

Pre-Listening / Reading | 1 Jumbled Sentences

The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story.

Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order.

surgeries.

during has last years

had and 10 47 broken

Mr. the Sutherland two Although

bones knee

2 Monday 21st December 1964

Although during the__________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Pre-Listening / Reading | 2 | A2 True or False

Read the headline of News Story ~ Monday 21st December 1964

Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 – 5 are True or False!

1 Ron Hill is from Accrington, north-east England. [T] [F]

2 His record running streak lasted for 625 months. [T] [F]

3 The organising body for streak running is the WSRA. [T] [F]

4 Streak runners must run at least 1 km every day. [T] [F]

5 John Sutherland lives in East Hills, California. [T] [F]

Pre-Listening / Reading | 3 Antonyms

An antonym is a word with an opposite meaning.

Match the 10 words on the left with their antonyms on the right.

All the antonyms in black are from the News Stories.

1 Regrettably 6 Impressive A Encouraged F Interrupted

2 Failed 7 Completed B Erased G Lightly

3 Disappointed 8 Logged C Pleased H Precisely

4 Forced 9 Sometime D Unremarkable I Succeed

5 Frustrated 10 Impressive E Convinced J Insignificant

END OF PART 2



| PART 3 | Listening |

Listening / Reading | | Listening Monday 21st December 1964

Gap Fill | Help

Listen / Read the news story below and check your understanding.

Then write a correct word for each space.


1

The longest running streak in history has ended, regrettably, this week after more

than 50 years one runner from the north west of 1: _________ failed to complete his

daily one mile run. Ron Hill a 78-year-old former two-time British Olympic

marathon 2: _________ failed to finish his usual 1.6 km run for the first time since

December 21st 1964 – a world record of 625 months, or 19,032 days.

2

Ron Hill who is from Accrington in North-West England was disappointed to have

not been able to finish his daily 3: __________, but explained that health reasons

forced him to stop. “My heart started to hurt after just 400 metres. The problem got worse

and worse. I just made it to one mile in 16 minutes and 34 seconds” said Mr Hill.

Although 4: _________ not to continue his world running record streak Mr Hill said

that it wasn’t fair on his family to continue running with a heart problem.

3

Ron Hill’s long running streak of more than 50 years is even more impressive as he

has run at least one mile a day despite being in a bad car crash in 1993 when he

5: __________ his sternum. Another injury that would have forced younger and

healthier runners to take a break was when he had bunion surgery a few years later.

Yet the same day, Mr Hill completed his one mile around a local school running

6: __________ with the help of two crutches!

4 Streak running has a very simple rule – people must run at least one mile a day,

regardless of weather, 7: __________ or any other problems. The records of all streak

runners are kept and organised by Mark Washburne the president of the World

Streak Running Association (WSRA). Each run is 8: __________ by the individual

runner and then submitted to Mr Washburne for keeping.

5 Now that Mr Hill has stopped his daily run, the new longest streak belongs to Jon

Sutherland of West Hills, California. Mr Sutherland has now been running for 17,425

days (Feb 6th 2017), or 47 years and six months. 9: _________ Mr Sutherland runs an

average of 11.2 miles per day, and will break the current world record sometime

around the 10: ________ of July in 2021. Although during the last 47 years Mr

Sutherland has had 10 broken bones and two knee surgeries.

6 And how many miles has Ron Hill actually completed during his running streak? A

rather 11: _________ 158,628 miles. ENW has run a mere 158,600 miles less than Mr

Hill.

[410 Words]

END OF PART 3



| PART 4 | After Listening |

Post-Listening / Reading | 1 | A3 Q & A

How much can you remember from News Story?

Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer.

If you can’t remember any answers, guess!

Q1 How long did it take Mr Hill to run his final one mile?

Q2 Who is the current active longest running streak holder?

Q3 How many miles has ENW run?

Q4 What country did Ron Hill compete for in the Olympic Games?

Q5 In total how many miles has Ron Hill run during his streak?

Q6 Who is the president of the WSRA?

E1 What sport did Ron Hill compete in at the Olympic Games?

E2 How many people are mentioned in the news story?

Post-Reading | 2 A & Q

How much can you remember from the news story?

Read the answers below and write the correct question.

There is more than one possible correct question for each one!

A1 July 2017. ______________________________________________?

A2 December 1964 ______________________________________________?

A3 West Hills. ______________________________________________?

A4 WSRA ______________________________________________?

A5 78 ______________________________________________?

END OF PART 4



| PART 5 | Extra Stuff |

English Extra I English Expressions: Running

‘The English language has some interesting words and phrases that express

whether something or someone is speedy.

Examples:

On the run = To escape from something / someone

Running on empty = To be very, very tired.

Can you match the ‘phrase’’ with the correct meaning?

‘Run’ Expressions Meanings & Examples 1 On the run A To do something that is stupid or reckless.

2 Run for their money B An argument that continues for a long time.

3 A running battle C To waste time.

4 Off and running D Something that works sometimes.

5 Run amuck E When someone is forced to leave a place.

6 Run with scissors F To be very, very tired.

7 Run hot and cold G Asking someone to leave you alone!

8 Running on empty H To escape from something / someone.

9 Run around in circles I To organise very well.

10 Run down the clock J To compete with someone very closely.

11 Run out of town K Something that initially is for a short time only.

12 Go run off a cliff L To became bad or go awry or out of control.

13 Run a tight ship M To waste time or energy doing something.

14 A trial run N Something has started working for the first time.

7 to Chinwag This Week’s ENW Podcast

ENW Podcast Topic | Monday 21st December 1964

Ask / Answer the questions below on this week’s ENW Podcast Topic!

1 What did you think of this week’s podcast topic when you first read it?

2 Could you 1.6km every day for one month? Would it be easy? Why?

3 What is longest time / distance you have ever run? Where?

4 What sporting activity do you dislike doing the most? Why?

5 What five words would you use to describe Ron Hill?

6 What is your opinion about these very long running streaks? Why?

EX FREE QUESTION!



Writing This Week

What, if anything, have you repeated daily for a very long time? Why?

What exercise do you think you could you do daily for more than 25 years? Why?

Do you think you could run 1.6km every day? Why? Why not?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

END OF PART 5

And Finally | X & Z | A4 Did You Know…?

The End



Visual | TV Links

You Tube | (USA) 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8YdOOfMvKE [01:00]

Ro Hill Advice

Pathe News | (UK) 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmuVPohTeQs [01:20] Ron Hill from 1960

USA Today| (USA)

3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX85GdPmALw [03:13]

Everyday Runners

Podcast | Key

| A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast.

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Warm Up 1 | Odd-1-Out

D – Umbro A / B / C – are all US-based sports companies. Umbro is from the UK

Warm Up 3 | Popular Running Shoes

1 – H 2 – A 3 – B 4 – B 5 – I

USA GER JAP UK AUT

6 – G 7 – E 8 – F 9 – C 10 – D

SPA FRA DEN NZ NOR

A1 Warm Up 4 | Quiz

1 – A 2 – B 3 – C 4 – B 5 – A 6 – B

E1 – A E2 – A E3 – C

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Jumbled Sentences

Although during the last 47 years Mr Sutherland has had 10 broken bones

and two knee surgeries.

A2 True or False

1 – F 2 – T 3 – T 4 – F 5 – F

Antonyms

1 – G 2 – I 3 – C 4 – E 5 – A

6 – J 7 – F 8 – B 9 – H 10 – D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8YdOOfMvKE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmuVPohTeQs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX85GdPmALw



Answers | Part 3 Listening


1

The longest running streak in history has ended, regrettably, this week after more than 50 years

one runner from the north west of England failed to complete his daily one mile run. Ron Hill a

78-year-old former two-time British Olympic marathon competitor failed to finish his usual 1.6

km run for the first time since December 21st 1964 – a world record of 625 months, or 19,032

days.

2

Ron Hill who is from Accrington in North-West England was disappointed to have not been

able to finish his daily exercise, but explained that health reasons forced him to stop. “My heart

started to hurt after just 400 metres. The problem got worse and worse. I just made it to one mile in 16

minutes and 34 seconds” said Mr Hill. Although frustrated not continue his world running record

streak Mr Hill said that it wasn’t fair on his family to continue running with a heart problem.

3

Ron Hill’s long running streak of more than 50 years is even more impressive as he has run at

least one mile a day despite being in a bad car crash in 1993 when he broke his sternum.

Another injury that would have forced younger and healthier runners to take a break was when

he had bunion surgery a few years later. Yet the same day, Mr Hill completed his one mile

around a local school running track with the help of two crutches!

4 Streak running has a very simple rule – people must run at least one mile a day, regardless of

weather, injuries or any other problems. The records of all streak runners are kept and

organised by Mark Washburne the president of the World Streak Running Association

(WSRA). Each run is logged by the individual runner and then submitted to Mr Washburne for

keeping.

5 Now that Mr Hill has stopped his daily run, the new longest streak belongs to Jon Sutherland of

West Hills, California. Mr Sutherland has now been running for 17,425 days (Feb 6th 2017), or 47

years and six months. Currently Mr Sutherland runs an average of 11.2 miles per day, and will

break the current world record sometime around the beginning of July in 2021. Although during

the last 47 years Mr Sutherland has had 10 broken bones and two knee surgeries.

6 And how many miles has Ron Hill actually completed during his running streak? A rather

impressive 158,628 miles. ENW has run a mere 158,600 miles less than Mr Hill.

[410 Words]

Answers | Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading

A3 Q & A

1 – 16m 34sec 5 – 158,628 m

2 – Jon Sutherland 6 – Mark Washburne

3 – 28 miles E1 – Marathon

4 – Great Britain E2 – Three

A & Q | Example Questions

A1 – When is Jon Sutherland likely to break the streak running record?

A2 – When did Ron Hill first start his running streak?

A3 – Where does Jon Sutherland reside?

A4 – What is the organisation that records streak running records?

A5 – How old was Mr Hill when he had to stop running?



English Extra

1 –H 4 – N 7 – D 10 – C 13 – I

2 – J 5 – L 8 – F 11 – E 14 – K

3 – B 6 – A 9 – M 12 – G

And Finally X & Z

A4 – X: record / Z: smashing

Extra Bit

This Week’s ENW Images



Episode 280

MAIN PHOTO:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/01/30/the-longest-running-streak-

ever-ended-saturday-at-19032-days/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.f469a485a02d#comments

LINKS:

http://www.runnersworld.com/running-shoes/the-best-running-shoes-of-2016

http://www.t3.com/features/best-running-shoes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hill

http://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/nasty-face-plant-doesnt-stop-runners-

streak

http://www.runeveryday.com/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/01/30/the-longest-

running-streak-ever-ended-saturday-at-19032-

days/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.f469a485a02d#comments

http://www.thesaurus.com/

http://britishenglishcoach.com/15-running-idioms-in-english/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/01/30/the-longest-running-streak-ever-ended-saturday-at-19032-days/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.f469a485a02d#comments


http://www.runnersworld.com/running-shoes/the-best-running-shoes-of-2016

http://www.t3.com/features/best-running-shoes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hill

http://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/nasty-face-plant-doesnt-stop-runners-streak

http://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/nasty-face-plant-doesnt-stop-runners-streak

http://www.runeveryday.com/




http://www.thesaurus.com/

http://britishenglishcoach.com/15-running-idioms-in-english/

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