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
Fdip31: Running Safety
In this episode we list safety tips for when you’re out running on the roads. We make the point that, compared to the mass of an automobile, runners are “small squishy things on legs‿ that need to t…
00:42:56 |
Sun 12 Feb 2006
Fdip30: Running High with Endorphins
What is the “Runners High‿, and is it real or imagined? In this episode we investigate the truth and fiction behind this “feel good‿ phenomenon.
00:45:32 |
Sun 05 Feb 2006
Fdip29: Running Legend: Emil Zatopek
This is a biographical review of the Czech runner Emil Zatopek. He was the first to run the 10K under 29 minutes and the first to run the 20K in an hour and set 18 world records in his 15 year career…
00:41:42 |
Sun 29 Jan 2006
Fdip28: Running Rituals
However you approach your training runs or road races, you’ll find comfort in finding a ritual: a method of psyching yourself up to the task ahead of you. As you develop a familiar routine, you’ll f…
00:52:34 |
Sun 22 Jan 2006
Fdip27: Mind Games
Focus, concentration, internal conversation, planning and visualization are all key elements to a successful mind game in pushing your body past the limits of your own belief.
00:42:15 |
Sun 15 Jan 2006
Fdip26: Programs and Plans
In this episode I talk about the basics of most training programs, and discuss items such as the maximum weekly distance you should run each week, the number of weeks you should train, and the length…
00:49:02 |
Sun 08 Jan 2006
Fdip25: Revolutions and Resolutions
Those New Year resolutions we make for ourselves should be balanced with a promise of altruism. Use the occasion of this new year to help change the world for the better, both for yourself and for ot…
00:46:25 |
Sun 01 Jan 2006
Fdip24: Despite the Scorn of Others.
Runners are both patient and understanding. We’ve found something to improve the quality of our lives and should make some effort to save the non-runners from themselves. We should not be afraid to…
00:40:31 |
Sun 25 Dec 2005
Fdip23: Cold Weather Running.
It’s important to dress warm and in layers. The fabric available on the market today is on par with the most advanced space suits constructed by NASA.
00:33:21 |
Sun 18 Dec 2005
Fdip22: Gadgets and Gizmos.
Since it’s the season to be jolly and all that, I list four gadgets that a geekoid runner like myself would love to receive during the Holidays, or any time of the year that you’re in the mood to giv…
00:39:49 |
Sun 11 Dec 2005
Fdip21: Eating on the Run.
I discuss eating for runners, and go through the basics that your Mom probably gave you as you were growing up. I mention some “fad‿ diets, and talk about an interesting study in the Britich Medical…
00:36:37 |
Sun 04 Dec 2005
Fdip20: Running Legend Bill Rogers
Bill Rogers is one of the most respected, influential distance runners in the United States, having won the Boston Marathon and New York Marathons four times each. He’s run a total of 57 marathons i…
00:36:10 |
Sun 27 Nov 2005
Fdip19: Rambling Diatribes
Diatribe – a noun meaning a bitter, abusive denunciation. From the Latin “diatribe‿ meaning learned discourse and the Greek “Diatribee‿ which itself is derived from the word “diatribeen‿ made up of …
00:38:16 |
Sun 20 Nov 2005
Fdip18: The Marathon Blues
Each of us needs to find a way to fill the void, to recapture that incredible feeling we had when we were climbing that Mt. Everest of running events. The experience of the Marathon Blues is common,…
00:32:27 |
Sun 13 Nov 2005
Fdip17: The 2005 Cape Cod Marathon
One of the things that makes the Cape Cod Marathon such a pleasure to experience, is the way the local residents come out to cheer, volunteer and entertain the runners as we work the miles. In this …
00:55:02 |
Sun 06 Nov 2005
Fdip16: Run Long and Taper
Too short of a taper period will leave you tired on race day, too long of a taper will leave you unprepared physically. In this episode I cover the basics about “tapering‿ as documented from the exp…
00:33:34 |
Sun 30 Oct 2005
Fdip15: The 2005 Bay State Marathon
Listen as I run the first of two Fall 2005 Marathons, this time in Lowell, Massachusetts: home of the American Industrial Revolution. This is a very flat course where, despite hitting the eventual “…
00:42:35 |
Sun 23 Oct 2005
Fdip14: The Official Runner
According to section 2.00 of the Major League Baseball rule book: A runner is an offensive player who is advancing toward, touching, or returning to any base.‿ In this episode we discuss the "Runner…
00:32:34 |
Sun 16 Oct 2005
Fdip13: Observations
The human brain is a fascinating organ, and while few completely understand its true operation; some of its properties can be found in the way that it retains such high resolution memories from obser…
00:36:47 |
Sun 09 Oct 2005
Fdip12: The Long Slow Run
Of the many ways that we can prepare our bodies and minds for the act of running a road race, it’s the long slow run that is most effective, both physiologically and psychologically. Your body needs…
00:34:51 |
Sun 02 Oct 2005
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