Fdip296: Motivational Gadgetry
I’m going to talk about four specific gadgets on our run today, physical devices that are said to help motivate you to live a healthier life. Show notes available at SteveRunner.com
Sep 20, 2012•1 hr 2 min
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Fdip295: Dr. George Sheehan – Facing the Future
It’s been almost two years since I produced an episode of this goofy little podcast featuring the thoughts and words of a man I admire a great deal: Dr. George Sheehan. There’s no specific reason for that…episode 258 titled “Dr. George Sheehan: Seeing” was my reading of the final chapter of his book “Running and Being – The Total Experience”, probably his best known work. Cardiologist, Philosopher, author and record setting marathoner, Dr. George Sheehan was diagnosed, in 1986, with inoperable p...
Sep 08, 2012•1 hr 19 min
Fdip294: The Walkers of Prince Edward Island
Who are you? When we contemplate those elements of our origins, personality and physical being…we have to consider our genetic history, the environment in which we were raised and live and, the behavior and stories of those who influenced our lives. I come from a long line of farmers and fishermen, hard working people who worked the land and sea….growing potatoes, milking cows and living off the natural resources of a picturesque island named after the fourth son of King George the third, the fa...
Aug 03, 2012•1 hr 23 min
Fdip293: The Ghost of Phedippidations
This episode celebrates the 7th anniversary of this podcast, the first episode of which was published on Independence Day, July 4th of the year 2005. As you’d expect, my life is very different today than it was back then, in many ways better, in other ways…different; but I’m not complaining. This is Life 2.0; the world has moved on, and so have we all. One major point of improvement in my life is the many friends I have been so fortunate to make, as a direct result of this goofy little podcast. ...
Jul 17, 2012•1 hr 28 min
Fdip292: Running in Time
The universe is different for runners, because we have a far more personal relationship with it. Non-runners can jump on a bike, in a car, on a boat, strap themselves into a plane or a rocket, and discuss the many miles they’ll travel in shorter periods of time: but a runner has to work at it. A runner has to take her or his own body, with only the fuel pumping through our own blood streams across the distances of miles and many miles…we are creatures who move under our own power across distance...
Jun 16, 2012•1 hr 7 min
Fdip291: Running in Space
You’re out on a five mile run, the sun is setting and the stars are beginning to shine. You are traveling a measureable distance across a tiny blue bubble in space that has been in existence for 4.5 billion years within a universe that was created out of nothing 13.7 billion years ago. It would be easy to feel small. If you took the time to contemplate your short life and insignificant size…you could easily ask yourself the questions “Why am I here?” “What is the point of my existence?” “Would t...
Jun 01, 2012•1 hr 13 min
Fdip290: Road Race au Groton
Running the Groton Road Race was like running with an old friend I had never actually met, with one friend I had met before and another I’ve known for years through the running community of which I am a part. This was our pack. Not in the lead, nor all the way at the back…but a pack of three friends running 6.2 miles through a beautiful colonial New England town. Alett, John and I could have run at our own pace; we could have run with the goal of setting our own PR’s and attacking the course to ...
May 18, 2012•1 hr 4 min
Fdip289: Pride and Pronation
We should be proud of we are, and act as a positive examples for others: but at the same time remain wary of vanity – because while we are certainly worthy of having pride in our actions and through our running: we’re not all that, and a bag of chips.
Apr 27, 2012•57 min
Fdip288: The Strength of Youth - The Story of a Marathon Race by Frank Odell
This is a story of passion, determination and guts in a marathon road race that is very much like the one you may have, or may one day run. It’s a story that demonstrates the importance of experience, the rage against physical limits and the strength…of youth.
Apr 11, 2012•1 hr 15 min
Fdip287: Hemingway’s Key and Life to its Top
This was Ernest Hemingway, a man who inspired his readers to stand up against facists and bullies, while in many ways he tended to be somewhat of a bully himself. Hemingway lived his life to the fullest, and set an example to everyone who knew him to turn to nature, both on land and sea.
Mar 23, 2012•1 hr 21 min
Fdip286: The Rationality of Fear and Road Races
The guy who said it was a “miracle that he had the courage to start” is full of crap. Courage has nothing to do with starting a road race, and he’s a fool to push that slogan on new runners.
Feb 26, 2012•1 hr 1 min
Fdip285: The Problem with Treadmilling
Treadmilling is not a bad thing. But I think everyone listening to me understands that given the choice between running in place for an hour within your home, or at a gym and moving outside, under the sky, within the elements and across the ever-changing terrain of your place: the more significant way to exercise is the one that lets you better experience the world around you.
Feb 05, 2012•1 hr 15 min
Fdip284: My First Time
Today we’ll hear from six fellow runners (including myself) who will relate to you their personal stories about “Their First Times”.
Jan 21, 2012•1 hr 30 min
Fdip283: Life 2.0
Today is my 50th birthday. I was born at exactly 7:48 PM Eastern Standard Time in the maternity ward of Milton Hospital on Reedsdale Road and Highland Street in the town of Milton, Massachusetts on January 19th, 1962. Turning 50 feels good, because it’s good to be alive. The milestone reminds me to take a walk break in this race, and turn to look behind me to see how far I’ve come. The past 50 years of life included great joy, terrible sadness, and the agony and ecstasy of blood, sweat and tears...
Jan 19, 2012•1 hr 24 min
Fdip282: The Runner and Doctor Shoe
We're traveling back in time on this episode; through six and a half years in PodCasting AND BEYOND!
Dec 25, 2011•1 hr 34 min
Fdip281: Grape Races
When oenophiles think about wine, they rarely consider the sport of running with regards to it’s enjoyment; and when runners consider our passion for moving our bodies through space: the topic of wine is not chief among our hydration strategies. Yet these two areas of interest have their complementary intersections. In this epsiode we'll visit some "Cool Races in Beautiful Places" where wine grapes are grown.
Dec 09, 2011•1 hr 11 min
Fdip280: Summer of the Shark
In the summer of 1975 I was a 13 year old skinny, big eared, pimply-faced teenager with a frown full of braces and a head filled with big ideas. This was the first time I had ever been able to express my creativity to an audience greater than my immediate family, it was the first time I took a thought and converted it into something for others to experience. My words, my story, my imagines, my voice and that of my friends Andy and James…we created a movie that entertained our family, friends and...
Nov 24, 2011•1 hr 10 min
Fdip279: For Love of Wine and Pizza Part 2
Part two of a series of episode where we prepare ourselves to win an argument with a non-runner!
Nov 11, 2011•1 hr 7 min
Fdip278: For Love of Wine and Pizza Part 1
In order to start the conversation that plants the seed of an idea into someone’s head that they might want to begin the process to adopt the running life style, you need the right ammunition: you need to commit to memory at least a handful of logical arguments that will make your proposal effective and produce results.
Oct 21, 2011•1 hr 9 min
Fdip277: Existence and the Running Man
“To be or not to be?”, that is only the second question we have to ask ourselves: the first is: Are we? or Are we not? Do we exist or is this all just a dream? Descartes had something to say about all this, and it’s to Descartes that we will go, as we begin to contemplate that one thing that makes us appreciate the way it feels to run across the Earth, to feel the sweat, effort and joy of getting our miles in and moving these bodies that we either are or inhabit. Descarte can help us begin the p...
Sep 22, 2011•1 hr 20 min
Fdip276: Henry David Thoreau Walker
In this episode I present for you an abridged for podcast version of Henry David Thoreau’s essay “A Walk to Wachusett”. As you listen to these words, think about the excursion you might make wherever you live; knowing that you could cover the distance on a long run, but instead taking the time to walk and explore the world around you. This is one of the great lessons of Thoreau: that we should savor the journey and experience our environment. It’s as Professor Nancy Etcoff said in my episode 274...
Sep 11, 2011•1 hr 5 min
Fdip275: In Vino Veritas
Philosophers have been asking the question “What is Truth” for thousands of years, as they try to determine if truth is subjective, objective, relative or absolute. I think that we, as runners: have a special opportunity to both ask and, in some specific way, at least, answer the question for ourselves. Truth can be found in the hard work and determination we put into every mile; truth can be understood based on our personal experiences about what we can achieve and the goals we can accomplish: ...
Aug 27, 2011•1 hr 14 min
Fdip274: The Pursuit of Happiness
I propose to you that running can bring you great happiness, and since I know that I’m preaching to the choir here, I’ll ask you to consider how running can bring happiness to those in your family, friends and acquaintances whom you’ll meet in your life…and that no matter how sad or broken they and we may sometimes feel: we have an obligation and a certain unalienable right to engage in the pursuit of happiness.
Aug 07, 2011•58 min
Fdip273: The Morality of Quitting
In this episode we tackle the philosophical question “Is it morally right to quit a road race?”. For help in understanding the question en route to an answer, we call about the great minds of Professor Richard Dawkins, Immanuel Kant, Socrates, and Aristotle.
Jul 17, 2011•1 hr 3 min
Fdip272: The Iron and Candy Anniversary Show
The 6th Anniversay of Phedippidations.
Jul 03, 2011•1 hr 3 min
Fdip271: Team Poco Loco
This episode of Phedippidations is intended to recreate for you the experience of running with fellow runners and friends. On April 30th Team Poco Loco gathered in Boston Massachusetts to run a half marathon distance around the mighty Charles River.
Jun 12, 2011•1 hr 2 min
Fdip270: When There’s Nothing Left to Burn, You Have to Set Yourself on Fire
This is the story of a fellow runner by the name of Katie who fought a good fight in that all too familiar way where all options are gone and the only thing left to do was to make a terrible agonizing choice: “When you have nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire”
Apr 27, 2011•1 hr 13 min
Fdip269: el Poco Loco Curso
A tour of the Poco Loco Course
Apr 15, 2011•1 hr 16 min
Fdip268: Duncan Rises
“From where he tottered before the couch, on muscles immune to elongation and contraction, Duncan contemplated his next move. Opposite the lavatory, on the northern end of this dwelling, was his bedroom: unkempt and festooned with the discarded wrappings of many cakes, candies and snack treats; necessary supplements to his ongoing carbohydrate loading.” This is the story of Duncan, a man without ambition or purpose who stumbles upon an idea that challenges his very existence and forces him to co...
Mar 25, 2011•1 hr 8 min
Fdip267: Running Varietals
The term varietal describes an elementary form of something. With wine, it’s the fermented product of a single grape. With running, the word varietal describes the specific practice of a training element. With running as with wine it’s important to understand the differences between the fundamental elements that go into the final product, so that when the harvest is released: be it after bottling or on race day: the end result can be savored over time; with rich expressive notes and a fine lasti...
Mar 10, 2011•1 hr 3 min
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