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
Fdip197: The Second Question and Answer Show
A conversation is an informal talk with someone about opinions, ideas, feelings or everyday matters. A good conversation is an interaction between two or more people, where questions are either expl…
01:07:32 |
Fri 24 Jul 2009
Fdip196: Acclimatization and Performance
When summer rears its oppressive head of high humidity and heat, fellow runners must take to the road with the solar conditions in mind and heed the warnings to ensure a safe and comfortable run. Ac…
01:06:23 |
Fri 17 Jul 2009
Fdip195: The Bunion Derby
The Bunion Derby was an event like no other, and there will never be another like it. While there have been many cross continental races since 1928, none were organized in the way that C.C. Pyle had…
01:02:14 |
Fri 10 Jul 2009
Fdip194: Athletic Arthritic?
There’s this rumor going around that distance runners are more prone to developing arthritis, a medical condition from by the Greek word “arthro” meaning joint and “itis” meaning inflammation. Many …
Fri 03 Jul 2009
Fdip193: Running with Ear Candy
From a small island in the middle of southern Maine’s Sebago Lake, I present for you my annual review of some of my favorite songs from the past year of Phedippidation episodes. This week, I’m on va…
01:10:56 |
Sat 27 Jun 2009
Fdip192: Theseus’s Paradox and Other Thoughts
Beware the contents of this episode, ye who come here to listen to the runner boy run! In this episode, I go out for a run and just let my mind flow, talking about a few things that may or may not h…
01:02:18 |
Fri 19 Jun 2009
Fdip191: Me Heart Takes a Beating
This episode is a review of a study published last month in the American Journal of Cardiology titled “Relation of Biomarkers and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging After Marathon Running”.
We use te…
01:05:53 |
Fri 12 Jun 2009
Fdip190: A Longer Life with Purpose
As simple and exhausting as it sounds: running can be your purpose in life; and if you’re already a runner as I suspect you are: then running can be a purpose you can give to others, by asking them t…
00:59:22 |
Fri 05 Jun 2009
Fdip189: The Other Newton’s Laws
They called him Arthur “Greatheart” Newton. He had been a runner in his twenties, but gave it up after a time, taking to the road again 12 years later when, at the age of 38, he ran his first Comrad…
Fri 29 May 2009
Fdip188: John Michaels Puppy
This is one of those strange podcast episodes that merges a little of my personal life (you’ll hear us picking up our new Dog Indiana and bringing him home) along with some practical tips about exerc…
01:16:25 |
Fri 22 May 2009
Fdip187: The Running Evolution
In this episode I present for you the major findings of Professor Daniel Lieberman of the Biological Anthropology department at Harvard University and Professor Dennis Bramble from the University of …
01:15:44 |
Fri 15 May 2009
Fdip186: A Life of Present Defense
A runner lives for the moment, and can rise to call of her or his own character to do what we know we have to do, for our bodies, for our training, for the promise we made to ourselves some time ago.…
01:11:53 |
Fri 08 May 2009
Fdip185: The Run-Net Community
Ours is a social network of fellow runners who are using new media and the power of what has become known as Web 2.0 – a second generation of web development and design that facilitates communication…
01:07:22 |
Fri 01 May 2009
Fdip184: The 113th Boston Marathon
In this episode I will be completely honest and open up a little to tell you some things I’ve not previously revealed about me, and will run the 113th Boston Marathon with you. A marathon is a very …
01:10:10 |
Fri 24 Apr 2009
Fdip183: Boston = The Worlds Greatest Marathon
I do not make my case here with an elitist attitude. I make my case with sound facts which, from my perspective, lends evidence to the fact that the Boston Marathon is, without a doubt and lacking h…
01:08:08 |
Wed 15 Apr 2009
Fdip182: Running Legend: Jacqueline Gareau
There’s something special that marks an elite athlete as a true running legend. It’s more than just their athletic appearance, their healthy bodies and the way they carry themselves when they enter …
Fri 10 Apr 2009
Fdip181: The 2009 State of the Course
Two key messages about the Boston Marathon Course:
Hopkinton, Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newton, Brookline, Boston.Head Away From Nature West Near Ballpark Boston.
and
Only 17% of the co…
01:03:11 |
Fri 03 Apr 2009
Fdip180: From Maintenance Miles to Marathon
To run the 113th Boston Marathon with minimal preparation I have to condition my body for constant and repetitive motion for at least five hours. What’s more, I must be able to carry the weight of m…
01:15:56 |
Fri 27 Mar 2009
Fdip179: Morning Runs
Despite the scientific rational to the contrary, running in the morning as opposed to other times in the day has many personal benefits which may not seem obvious. We are human beings, called to emb…
01:01:48 |
Fri 20 Mar 2009
Fdip178: All in Stride
The phrase “Taking it all in stride” means to get all you can get within a single step. As runners, we have a special appreciation for longer, stronger strides in that they ensure faster speeds on t…
Fri 13 Mar 2009
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