Ben Carter
speaker
694 appearances
29 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2013
last heard Aug 2018
Ben Carter’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And those are The Economist's words, Ruth, and not ours.
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The headline figure of wildlife falling by half seemed immediately suspicious and I see from the text that only some types of animals are included.
For example, there are no insects.
But what does falling by an average of 52% mean?
Please enlighten us.
You don't sound too well.
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I'm not well.
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I got nowhere near it was.
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I just cannot believe that it's possible to do one kilometre, never mind 42 kilometres at this pace.
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Just about.
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Gosh, Wes, I'm never doing that again.
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Well, Wes, if it's going to happen, it's probably going to happen in Berlin.
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The last six world records have all been broken there.
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The race has been going for 40 years and is currently organised by a man called Mark Milder, who's been the race director since 2003.
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when he took over from his father.
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And it's also held around the same date in September every year.
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The average temperature in Berlin in September is 15 degrees, which is perfect for marathon running.
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Experts say that this 10 to 16 degree window is the optimum for running quick times.
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Of course, it may just be chance, a clustering of results, but are there other factors at play?
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Dr Ross Tucker is an exercise physiologist and a high-performance sports consultant at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa.
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