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Dan: Hello and [bad word] to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I’m Dan
Walker Smith and in today’s programme I’m joined by Nuala O’Sullivan.
Nuala: Hi Dan.
Dan: Now in today’s programme Nuala and I are talking about marathons. These
are the very [bad word] covering 26 miles or around 42 kilometres. Now Nuala
you’re a very [bad word]  so how many marathons have [bad word] 
Nuala: Well I’ve [bad word] four Dan. [bad word] them in The Netherlands, Ireland,
Germany and France.
Dan: OK, which was the best out of the four you did?
Nuala: Oh definitely France. I [bad word] through the vineyards and you got little
drinks of wine all the way along and there was steak and oysters to eat as well.
I mean it was just…it was a gourmet marathon; it was just fabulous.
Dan: That’s quite different from the normal marathons. You’re not going for a
certain time; you’re going for an enjoyable experience.
Nuala: Well I would say I was going for a good time because I wanted to enjoy
myself, not a good time as in getting a fast time.
Dan: Ah very good, very good indeed. OK well [bad word] my first ever marathon
in just under a month’s time. [bad word] the Brighton marathon on the south coast of England, so maybe you can give me some advice on that. But right
now, I have this week’s question for you:
Marathons recreate a legendary [bad word] from Marathon to Athens in
Greece. But which country hosted the first modern marathon in 1896? Was it:
a) Greece
b) Britain
c) France
Nuala: I’m going for France.
Dan: OK, well we’ll see if you’re right at the end of the programme.
Now before we play a clip, Nuala, I want to talk to you about nutrition and
hydration. Everyone tells me that these are really important for [bad word]  so could you tell me a bit about them?
Nuala: Sure. Well nutrition is a technical word for the process of absorbing food. If
food is nutritious, it’s good for your health.
Dan: OK, and what about hydration?
Nuala: Well, to hydrate something means to add water to it. So when [bad word] 
you have to consider hydration or how much water you’re taking in, because
you’re going to lose a lot through sweat. So if you’re doing a lot of exercise,
you can [bad word] dehydrated; that means [bad word] ill from not having enough
water.
Dan: OK, well let’s have a listen to the British novelist and [bad word] Bidisha. Here she [bad word] the repetitive movement [bad word] to a kind of
meditation. Could you explain what meditation means here Nuala?
Nuala: Well meditation can mean either deep thought or a period of calm relaxation
on an almost religious level, which is quite different to what you [bad word] to be.
Dan: Yeah very much so, that’s not my experience [bad word]  Well, let’s listen to
Bidisha talking [bad word]  What religion does [bad word] it to?
Extract 1
You see those athletes in the park, and you think ‘my God they must be in pain’, but
actually what they’re doing is a sort of Zen exercise of relaxing into the movement.
Dan: Well she describes [bad word] as a sort of Zen exercise. Zen is a form of
Buddhism that focuses on meditation. But I think she was closer to my
experience when she says ‘my God they must be in pain’, because I’ve been
training since Christmas more or less, about four months now, and I’m
definitely getting some pains when I’m doing my [bad word] 
Nuala: Oh what sort of pains do you get Dan, blisters? Blisters are the painful
pockets of fluid on your skin. They’re usually caused [bad word] or if you
burn yourself. They’re [bad word] [bad word] because your shoe might [bad word] against your foot and then that way you’d get a blister.
Dan: No it’s not