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Phedippidations

614 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 244 ratings

Inspirations, motivations,contemplations and conversations for and about runners.

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Episodes

Intervals The Load Right On Me

February 03, 2024 15:36 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MB

A quick "check-in" to update you on my right foot and plans to run again!

Intervals: Happy 2024

December 31, 2023 13:23 - 20 minutes - 19.6 MB

And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere! And gie’s a hand o’ thine! And we’ll tak a right guid willy waught, For auld lang syne.

Intervals FrankenFoot

December 23, 2023 16:19 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB

Here's a little pre-Xmas message for you to ponder as I hop around my house with my new "FrankenFoot". Also, I'll read some feedback messages left for me on the Apple Podcast page. Have a great Holiday (whatever you celebrate, or not).

Fdip384: The Letter of Life

December 07, 2023 10:00 - 24 minutes - 21 MB

In the spring of 1958, a friend of Hunter S Thompson asked for advice on how to live his life.  What follows is a letter that Thompson wrote him, during the very early moments of his writing career.

Fdip383 - Ankle of Despair

October 29, 2023 20:27 - 22 minutes - 20.1 MB

The universe, of which I am a part, is experiencing entropy. Change is coming, and I’m committed to eventually lacing up my shoes and running again. Because although I’ll one day become nothing more than an unstable collection of positronium atoms that will eventually poof out of existence…that day is not today, and I have time.

Fdip382: il Mio Dolce Dolce

June 16, 2023 20:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

I’m long past the impulsive need for an invisible flying spaghetti monster in space called to answer my wishful mutterings  - the palindrome for that imaginary entity might just be something I do require:   I don’t need "God".   I need a Dog.

Cheese Grater

May 27, 2023 13:43 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MB

Sit back, relax and enjoy a delicious podcast filled with cheesy goodness delivered right into your brain.

Intervals - My Sweetie

January 02, 2023 21:14 - 16 minutes - 12.3 MB

Dear Eva: You were my sweetie. You took after your Lemon beagle birth mother, Honey. Your father was a tri-colored beagle named Joey (also your brother Indiana Jone’s father). Born on May 28th, 2010: you were the scrawniest of the litter of seven. I first saw you in a cage where your brothers and sisters were stepping all over you: I knew you were “the one”.    You, little girl, were a “scootch”: always excited to go for a walk, constantly sniffing for bunnies but never really wanting to catc...

Intervals - End of 2022

December 29, 2022 01:17 - 23 minutes - 31.8 MB

It's been another year, and we've got another to look forward to. I hope all is well with you. Happy New Year - Run long and taper fellow runners.

Fdip381: Something from Nothing

October 03, 2022 11:40 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB

Everything you see, every atom and sub-atomic particle of which your own body is composed: came, originally, from nothing. 

Fdip380: Things That Make You Go Hmmm

July 04, 2022 14:07 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MB

You cannot lose weight without dieting or exercising.  1. Why? Because we are ugly bags of mostly water and store excess calories that we eat as fat.\ 2. Why? Because our bodies resting metabolic rate is finite and our capacity to eat high caloric food is less so. 3. Why? Because regulation in the hypothalamus and internal organs of the human body maintains an internal temperature of roughly 37 degrees Celsius or 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit in order to sustain optimal performance and protect us f...

Fdip379: Always Burning

May 30, 2022 23:09 - 25 minutes - 21.8 MB

The older we get, the lower our resting metabolic rate is, but we can counter that effect by maintaining or increasing our muscle mass. Now, if only there was a way we could do that through something like…oh, I don’t know, I’ll just through this out there in an unnecessarily snarky way…but first let me check, what kind of a podcast is this again?

Fdip378: Burning Down the House

May 10, 2022 11:27 - 17 minutes - 15.5 MB

My house Is out of the ordinary That's right Don't wannna hurt nobody Some things sure can sweep me off my feet Burning down the house

Fdip377: Brain Be Slow

April 17, 2022 21:13 - 23 minutes - 20.7 MB

It seems intuitive that IF we slow down, focus and consider everything that goes into the act of consumption, we can have a better experience with food which will, through biological mechanisms we shall discuss today, help us to lose weight. Today we talk about the SCIENCE that backs up the SCIENTIFIC theory.  

Fdip376: Mindful Eating

April 10, 2022 14:19 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

In Burning 60, I’ve spent a lot of time talking about how much and when I’ve been eating, consuming less than 1,500 calories per day during an 8-hour window.  But I haven’t considered HOW I eat, or the benefits of doing so mindfully. It seems intuitive that if we slow down, focus, and consider everything that goes into the act of consumption, we can have a better experience with food which will, through biological mechanisms not discussed in this episode, help us to lose weight.

Fdip375: Flu Like Symptoms

April 03, 2022 17:54 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MB

“Good food and good eating are about risk. Every once in a while an oyster, for instance, will make you sick to your stomach. Does this mean you should stop eating oysters? No way.”― Anthony Bourdain

Fdip374: The Selfish Calorie

March 27, 2022 22:24 - 20 minutes - 17.9 MB

Our bodies have to work to eliminate alcohol from our bodies as quickly as possible, and it doesn’t help us build strong muscles or support healthy bones.  One might say (and many do) that alcohol is filled with “selfish calories”…because it forces our bodies to ignore life-sustaining nutrients so that it can focus on metabolizing…or, burning, alcohol. While I admit that there is, to some, a pleasant side effect of alcohol…the fact is that this toxin is a burden on our bodies.  Them’s just th...

Fdip373: Putting Yourself Out There

March 20, 2022 15:19 - 25 minutes - 21.8 MB

As a goofy little podcaster who has brought you with me through many long runs, road races and marathons, I have been less than proud to admit to you that I weigh 76 in excess of 174 pounds (the weight I should weigh for a healthy body mass index).  Although sharing the truth of my progress in Burning 60 is self-deprecating, I’m willing to put myself out there, or, to paraphrase the thoughts of a well loved traveler: “I’m not afraid to look like an idiot.” - AB

Fdip372: Requiring Air

March 13, 2022 15:39 - 16 minutes - 14.1 MB

If there’s one thing I know about health and the wonders of metabolism it is that we need air to live just as fire needs air to burn. And when you have nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire.

Fdip371: Room to Improve

March 06, 2022 15:32 - 17 minutes - 14.8 MB

One day we’ll come to realize that our effort at becoming healthy doesn’t end when we finally burn 60 or, to paraphrase the thoughts of a well-loved traveler: "There will be no moment of smug clarity as we realize how small we are, how little we know, and how far we have to go".

Fdip370: The Lessons of Pain

February 27, 2022 17:43 - 16 minutes - 15.8 MB

Pain is a signal that something is wrong with your body…and yes, I know, I’ve run 22 marathons, I’ve experienced lactic acid buildup in my muscles and savored the joy of THAT feeling…and I’m sure there are some who enjoy a bit of pain for more discrete reasons…but those are rare exceptions to the rule that Pain is the body’s way of screaming at you to stop it.

Fdip369: That Feeling

February 20, 2022 16:04 - 19 minutes - 17.2 MB

“That Feeling” is something that I would best describe as “satisfaction, relief, accomplishment and release”…it’s that feeling you get the moment you stop running at that moment when the running stops. It doesn’t last very long, that feeling…but it’s noticeable and enjoyable. 

Fdip368: Routine

February 13, 2022 16:18 - 35 minutes - 30.1 MB

One day in a life is an opportunity to embrace a routine to improve the quality of your experience in the universe.

Fdip367 - Faster with Fasting

February 06, 2022 15:53 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MB

Carl Sagan once said that “Extraordinary Claims require Extraordinary Evidence”. That’s probably true even for ordinary claims, such as not eating food will lead to weight loss. It may be that by tracking my food intake, keeping my daily caloric consumption down around to about 1,500 a day and limiting when I eat through intermittent fasting are contributing to my burning 60 weight loss. Or, it could be a magical tapeworm that has infested my trunk. Whatever the reason, intermittent fasting i...

Fdip366: Plethoric Caloric

January 30, 2022 23:45 - 21 minutes - 20.4 MB

We are always burning, it’s what we do…and we have to do more than just accept that, we have to embrace it, we have to lean into it hard. Because one day, all that that burning we do will come to an end and the metabolic processes we hold so dear will cease to function.   When that happens, and I promise you it will: we will be transformed from being mammals living with the illusion of free will into ugly meat bags of mostly water. But not today.  Not while we burn. Not while we lean into life.

Fdip365: The Hackers Diet

January 24, 2022 00:11 - 18 minutes - 24.7 MB

“The human capacity to ignore inconvenient facts and avoid unpleasantness is immense.  Success in any endeavor requires coming to terms with the true nature of the task at hand and, if the goal is worth the effort, getting on with it.“ John Walker, the Hackers Diet

Fdip364: Keep Banging on your drum

January 16, 2022 19:56 - 17 minutes - 23.4 MB

Burning 60 isn’t magic…it’s science. It’s applying well-documented and understood practices to a problem and observing the results. Burning 60 isn’t difficult, it just takes a willingness to follow the rules dictated by the well-documented and understood practice of science. All I’m doing is subtracting the active and resting energy I burn each day from the 1,534 calorie budget that I’m sticking to based on my goal of losing about 2 pounds per week considering my height, weight, and age. And ...

Fdip363 - Fire up the Data

January 09, 2022 17:51 - 19 minutes - 27 MB

In systems theory, I learned that “Input is something put into a system or expended in its operation to achieve an output or result.” Here are the data inputs that I am using to achieve the results I am looking to achieve.

Fdip362 - The Burning 60 Plan

January 03, 2022 18:23 - 13 minutes - 19.2 MB

I’m going to try something different here…at least something different for me. I’m going to use both science and psychology to achieve an important goal of mine and I’m going to bring you along for the run.

Happy New Year 2022

December 30, 2021 12:55 - 10 minutes - 14.2 MB

Here's wishing you a very happy 2022

Radical Acceptance

November 25, 2021 20:14 - 9 minutes - 12.4 MB

Just think about it.

Appreciation Day

November 24, 2021 18:46 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MB

On a day where everyone is thankful, I am appreciative.

Steve’s Blues Clues

September 19, 2021 15:36 - 2 minutes - 7.36 MB

I’ve never forgotten you!

Still here

May 11, 2021 13:54 - 17 minutes - 28.2 MB

Hello?  You there? I am, and all is well. Run long and taper. - Steve

Fdip361: The Squeaky Front Door

February 20, 2021 05:00 - 19 minutes - 14 MB

Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away! - Dr. Suess

Fdip360: It’s Not Supposed to be Easy

February 02, 2021 17:00 - 17 minutes - 12.9 MB

Right now, I’m just some guy from Boston, and that’s okay...but when next we meet I’ll be bringing an old friend...someone you well know whose name no longer defines him, but celebrates the short yet reasonably long duration of our existence.  Life is short, but it should be long enough. I am Steve Runner.

FU 2020

December 24, 2020 18:35 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MB

Relish the Future

December 11, 2020 20:10 - 10 minutes - 7.39 MB

Splendid Isolation - Day 266

December 04, 2020 13:38 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MB

Splendid Isolation - Day 254

November 22, 2020 22:39 - 2 minutes - 3.64 MB

Be kind

Splendid Isolation - Day 244

November 13, 2020 01:16 - 6 minutes - 8.7 MB

I have nothing to say, the numbers speak for themselves.

Splendid Isolation - Day 233

November 01, 2020 13:02 - 8 minutes - 22.6 MB

We’ve seen that cowards in office can’t save us Pumkpin Head lies when he says to drink bleach Our only hope is compassion and science Early detection of Covid in speech. Splendid Isolation We don’t need no one Splendid isolation

Splendid Isolation - Day 229

October 28, 2020 16:47 - 10 minutes - 15.4 MB

The second wave’s hit and numbers are climbing I t’s getting worse as the Winter sets in. It’s always darkest before dawn arises Science will save us if we’ll only listen Splendid Isolation We don’t need no one Splendid isolation

Splendid Isolation- Day 213

October 12, 2020 11:29 - 8 minutes - 17.8 MB

I hope you’re well and remain uninfected I hope you’re safe and your friends are safe too We’ll be okay wearings masks keeping distant though we run out of toilet tissue Splendid Isolation We don’t need no one Splendid isolation

Splendid Isolation- Day 205

October 04, 2020 11:15 - 8 minutes - 23.5 MB

Splendid Isolation We don’t need no one Splendid isolation

I’ll be back.

September 01, 2020 04:00 - 3 minutes - 11.5 MB

Be safe.   Be kind.   Tre-Si-So.

Splendid Isolation - Day 137

July 28, 2020 13:16 - 26 minutes - 37.3 MB

My head is aching, that’s one of the symptoms It’s probably nothing but I need to be sure Don’t want to infect others - with this Trump Virus This things a killer and there isn’t a cure. Splendid Isolation We don’t need no one Splendid isolation

Splendid Isolation - Day 136

July 27, 2020 11:59 - 19 minutes - 31 MB

I’ve made some plans to keep this show from ending when I am gone, this will stay on the web historians will know who’s at fault for all the innocent ones who are dead Splendid Isolation We don’t need no one Splendid isolation

Splendid Isolation - Day 135

July 26, 2020 12:21 - 27 minutes - 40.7 MB

Another summer day in this pandemic
 baseball is back and there’s hope in the air My Sox are down 2 runs at bottom of 7th but baseball’s back you know so what do I care? Splendid Isolation We don’t need no one Splendid isolation

Splendid Isolation - Day 134

July 25, 2020 12:57 - 20 minutes - 34.7 MB

Another beach day in this isolation I’m spending time with Thing 1 and Thing 2 Trump Virus kills someone every few minutes Makes one ashamed of the Red White and Blue Splendid Isolation We don’t need no one Splendid isolation

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