Phedippidations
Inspirations, motivations,contemplations and conversations for and about runners.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 491
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2025
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 wher…
01:04:47 |
Sun 11 Sep 2011
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: hav…
01:13:36 |
Sat 27 Aug 2011
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, f…
00:57:37 |
Sun 07 Aug 2011
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 Profes…
01:02:43 |
Sun 17 Jul 2011
Fdip272: The Iron and Candy Anniversary Show
The 6th Anniversay of Phedippidations.
01:03:12 |
Sun 03 Jul 2011
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…
01:01:34 |
Sun 12 Jun 2011
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 agonizin…
01:12:37 |
Wed 27 Apr 2011
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 bed…
01:08:18 |
Fri 25 Mar 2011
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 e…
01:03:28 |
Thu 10 Mar 2011
Fdip266: Running Builds Bigger Brains
We all know how running can improve our lives, our health and our disposition with the universe around us. We know that running is part of a healthy lifestyle and that it can improve the condition o…
01:02:08 |
Wed 23 Feb 2011
Fdip265: An Interval of Persistence
You and I are out on a run together. As we’re getting our miles in we start to talk to each other to pass the time. This is where we get to know each other, where we start to open up a little and re…
00:58:07 |
Fri 11 Feb 2011
Fdip264: Running Blogcast: Pre-Race Jitters
Today I present the second in a series of episodes that I’m calling “Running Blogcasts” featuring the writing of fellow runners in our community who have a talent for the written word. The author of…
01:00:29 |
Fri 04 Feb 2011
Fdip263: Outrunning Celebrity
Celebrities are people too. They wake up in the morning, just as we do, they brush their teeth, they log onto their computers, they lace their own shoes, and they have to put in the same amount of e…
00:58:45 |
Fri 28 Jan 2011
Fdip262: The Poetry of Running
IF YOU COULD, SOMEHOW, SEND A MESSAGE TO SOMEONE WHO WILL BE ALIVE ONE THOUSAND YEARS FROM NOW: WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM?
The universe has come together to create the unique and special life form t…
01:04:02 |
Fri 21 Jan 2011
Fdip261: Running Terroir
As a runner, you have to discover and understand your own running Terroir. You need to know how your environment, personality, geography and local climate influences your ability to perform. In thi…
01:01:22 |
Fri 14 Jan 2011
Fdip260: Steve at SteveRunner dot Com
I’m starting off the new year right by answering all of my email (or at least trying to). In this episode of a goofy little podcast I respond to some of the messages I was unable to get to last year…
Fri 07 Jan 2011
Fdip259: What I Did Last Year
This is our time.
With the changing of the calendar year it’s common for us to take the time to look back on the previous solar orbit, or look forward to our future. This is a great exercise, to l…
01:18:04 |
Thu 30 Dec 2010
Fdip258: Dr. George Sheehan: Seeing
Today I’m going to read for you the final chapter of Dr. George Sheehans book “Running and Being – The Total Experience”. I’m doing this in hopes that you might buy and read his book, and as a way o…
Thu 23 Dec 2010
Fdip257: The Mojo Loco
The friends who I ran the Mojo Loco with are listening to this right now, Chris and Chris, Eddie, Nik, Dan, Mat, Susan, Steve, Samantha, Norm, Adam and Maddy.
They’re wondering to themselves: “H…
01:03:32 |
Fri 17 Dec 2010
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