Phedippidations
Fdip214: Email to my Droid
Iâve said before that a podcast is better than a radio show because it embraces communication through social media; in fact: better than thatâit IS social media, independent podcast producers can honestly call those who subscribe to their content: ...
Fdip213: Sports Medical Quackery
Human beings have always feared the unknown and unknowable. Desperate for cures to our everyday ailments and those conditions and illnesses which cause pain and death, we are willing to try anything that we can justify as a reasonable remedy. ...
Fdip212: Four Hour Marathon Part 1: Why?
This is the first part in a series Iâll produce over the next year, regarding my efforts to run a sub four hour marathon.
For me, the goal of running a Marathon in less than 4 hours is important to accomplish for many reasons including self confidence, ...
Fdip211: Gifts, Gadgets and Gizmos for Runners
I present for you another one of my annual gadgets and gizmos review shows for some ideas on running gear and Apparatus that you might give your fellow runners for the holidays.
But I also ask you to think about the idea of giving the gift of yourself ...
Fdip210: The 4th Annual World Wide Festival of Races
I live in a world
Where everyone runs
With this one thing in common
We love to run together
Although we live apart
On a tiny blue bubble in space
Where borders are meaningless
Where friendships are cherished
And our experiences are shared
I live ...
Fdip209: The 2009 Valley Harvest Half Marathon
In the course of a long weekend, my friend Joe and I would explore the coastline and harbors of the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. Weâd check out rock formations and earthen cliffs, lighthouses and small finishing villages; tidal plains and ...
Intervals208B: Twenty Questions
In this special episode of Phedippidations Intervals, Joe Steindl interpodcast host and Run Net Community member: Steve Runner, asking him 20 of the most mind numbing, heart revealing questions that listeners to his goofy little podcast have always ...
Fdip208: Cheers from the Third Planet
Nothing lasts forever in this physical universe of ours. We can talk about the eternal world to come, the kingdom of Heaven, Nirvana, Tian, the Celestial, Terrestrial and Telestial kingdoms, the six heavenly planes of Hinduism and the 8 levels of ...
Fdip207: Chi-Running
ChiRunning is a new technique that incorporates traditional Lydiard style training with moving more efficiently, more in tune to the way our bodies were intended to run. It requires and provides a special sense of self awareness of our environment, ...
Fdip206: TO: Steve Runner FROM: You
I read every one of your emails, although Iâm sorry to admit that I canât always respond. I want to, I really doâwere this production my full time job; email responding would be a welcome addition to my weekly task list; but like you: I have a ...
Fdip205: A Radical Plan for Health Care
Health Care is a system of rules and services, offered to help individuals become and remain healthy. Here in the United States, the term Health Care has caused a lot of stress and anger about how our government is going to provide these services ...
Fdip204: Team Sweat
"There is a discrimination in this world and slavery and slaughter and starvation. Governments repress their people; and millions are trapped in poverty while the nation grows rich; and wealth is lavished on armaments everywhere. These are ...
Fdip203: The Pose Running Method
The Pose Method of running incorporates some interesting concepts that may be worth your consideration. Itâs a biomechanical model that has you landing on your mid-foot with your supporting joints flexed at impact and hamstrings used to pull your ...
Fdip202: Running Legend Paavo Nurmi
Some called him Suuri Vaikenija "A Great Silent One" but to the world he was known as âThe Flying Finnâ. During the 1920s, he was the best middle and long distance runner in the world, setting world records at distances between 1500 m and 20 ...
Fdip201: The Dysevolutional Runner
We need to recognize the fact that, through cultural changes, we have evolved. It is through modern humanities incompatibility with our natural environment that we are beginning to dysevolve. The Dysevolutional Runner is one who lives in this ...
Fdip200: A Goofy Little PodCast
In a way, the reason I produce Phedippidations is so I can make the world just a tiny bit better than it was before I started to produce this podcast. I understand that this is something Iâll most likely fail at and that my efforts here might be ...
Fdip199: Producing Phedippidations
A podcast should be an expression of yourself, with a deep and open honesty that reveals all of the good things in your heart, as well as your weaknesses. A podcast should not be a âshowâ per se, it should be a conversation: it should have as ...
Fdip198: Walking â by Henry David Thoreau
Today, Iâm going to read you an abridged version of another book by Thoreau, this one titled Walking, which Thoreau written in 1861. This was an essay that was presented as a lecture and published after his death in 1862, this essay, lecture and ...
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 explicitly asked or implied.
For many of you, ...

