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PhedippidationsFdip360: It’s Not Supposed to be EasyRight 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.
2021-02-0217 min
2020-09-0100 min
PhedippidationsFdip359: From the land of our FatherRecorded in Launching Place on Prince Edward Island, a beautiful part of the world where the Walkers came to live.
2020-01-0858 min
PhedippidationsMy Fat PuppyIndiana Jones Walker was my best friend. A lemon beagle born on March 28th, 2009 in Swansea MA to Joey and Willow, Indy lived a great life and was deeply loved by his family: Lynn, Eva and Steve. Indy enjoyed meatballs, sniffing for bunnies, playing “Chase-me Chasey” and “The Grrrr Game”, going for “walks” (i.e. dragging Steve around hunting for bunnies), howling at the neighbors, sleeping on his back, ripping the squeaker out of every toy he ever owned and watching our beloved Red Sox. He was a good boy.
2019-08-0706 min
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PhedippidationsAbout IndyOne the best friends I've ever had is sick. I'm going to spend the summer making his life awesome.
2019-05-1628 min
PhedippidationsFdip357: Supper for the Ploughman BardA Burns Supper is a remarkable event, and one that I highly recommend you attend. The poetry of the Plowmen Bard is romantic, sentimental, lustful, honest, satirical, humorous and authentic for the 1780’s in which he wrote through now and forever. On the next January 25th, if you can find a Burns Supper being hosted near you: I highly recommend that attend. It’s a beautiful way to celebrate the life of the Ploughman Bard.
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PhedippidationsIs this thing on?Just a quick catch up here to let you know I'm here and livin' large.
2019-01-2909 min
PhedippidationsThe bells were ringing out For Christmas dayWith thanks to The Pogues and Kristy MacColl.
2018-12-2100 min
PhedippidationsFdip356: At the Ball Park with TimTim Doiron was one of the first fellow runners and listener to this podcast who I actually ran with in person. Here was a guy who knew pretty much everything about me: a natural by-product of the new podcasting phenomenon, and our friendship went on from there: running races together, running Mojo Loco’s, and attending baseball games here in in the city of Wooostah.
2018-12-0849 min
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2018-10-3023 min
PhedippidationsEULOGY FOR MOMTo quote Judy Collins: “Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, You in mid-air, Where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns” On behalf of my Dad and the woman who gave my siblings and I life, who in turn gave life to her grandchildren…We want to thank you with all of our hearts for being here today. I’m Stephen John, Loretta’s first child and like you, I will always miss her. But then there’s this weird thing, and I know my Mom was keenly aware of this: “the phenomenon of...
2018-10-1210 min
2018-09-2918 min
PhedippidationsCompassionate VotingThis is the most important election in the history of 'Merica. You really need to vote this time: and I have a suggestion as to how.
2018-09-0119 min
PhedippidationsFdip355: God Please Make Me Not a Piece of ShitIn these troublesome times for our Country and World, you should know that there is a dude. A dude who asks only for the occasional adult beverage, a dude who does mind, the Dude minds. “This will not stand”, he’ll say, “ya know, this aggression will not stand man.” Mike is the dude, so that’s what you call him. That or His Dudeness of Duder or El Duderino if your not into the whole brevity thing. Above all, the Dude Abides: and you should find comfort in that.
2018-08-101h 31
PhedippidationsFdip354: On Mike with a Morbid AngelFriends, fellow runners…thinkers all of you, I am honored yet a little squeamish to introduce my pal: Mike.
2018-07-041h 24
PhedippidationsIPS12: Venus is HellIt's not the kind of place to raise a kid, in fact it's HOT as hell.
2018-07-0307 min
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2018-06-3009 min
PhedippidationsIPS9: Destroyer of WorldsJ. Robert Oppenheimer reflects on the moment that the first atomic bomb exploded. Nice one Bobby.
2018-06-2908 min
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PhedippidationsIPS7: A Tour of the night Sky Bright StarsTake this episode out with you between 9:30 PM and 10:30 PM if you're in the northern hemisphere of the Planet Earth and look to the South. I wanna show you something cool.
2018-06-2718 min
PhedippidationsIPS6: Pale Blue Dot"It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known." -- Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot
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PhedippidationsIPS3: How Far Did You Move Today?You might want to adjust your Fitbit buddy: you traveled much further that you think.
2018-06-2313 min
PhedippidationsIPS2: SolsticeThe Solstice is a time to be mindful. It’s about being present, but not about stopping time It’s about savoring the present without thinking or feeling about it It’s about acknowledging all the emails, text messages, tweets, updates, news flashes, alerts, alarms and distractions without engaging with them for a few minutes It’s about learning how to interact with the universe around us in a focused, meaningful, thoughtful way. We’re standing or sitting or laying down on a planet that is orbiting around it’s axis once a day, and orbits a star every year and rises and falls...
2018-06-2214 min
PhedippidationsIPS1: The Longest DayHappy Summer Solstice. This is the first of a 30 day series of short podcasts that I'm calling "Intervals Post Solstice". In today's episode I talk about the solstice itself.
2018-06-2107 min
PhedippidationsFdip353: Fathers DayThis is my father. Glenn Francis Walker, son of Pius Alexander Walker and Helena Viola MacDonald, my Grampa and Nana. Grampa was the son of Angus B. Walker and Theresa Morrison, my great grandparents, Angus was the son of Peter Walker and Mary MacDonald, my great great grandparents. Peter was the son of Angus Walker who married Sara McPhee on February 9th, 1846 at Saint Micheals Roman Catholic Church on Prince Edward Island, Canada: my great, great, great grandparents. I’m sure that my ancestors beyond Grampa were great. But my Dad? Glenn Francis Walker, whose birth certificate from Boston Lying-In Hospi...
2018-06-1746 min
2018-06-1201 min
PhedippidationsGoodbye TonyAnthony Bourdain was found dead today, and the world is a little less cool because of it.
2018-06-0815 min
PhedippidationsFdip352: Here’s JohnnyMy nephew Johnny is my first "guest" on this new format of the podcast Phedippidations. As I move closer to my 13th year of podcasting, it's time to get back to the roots of this "show". Johnny was my absolute last choice to embark on this new venture. We're all doomed.
2018-05-191h 08
PhedippidationsCrowd Sources and TV vs MMI went to "THE BOOK OF FACES" lately, where I have a Phedippidations Facebook pagey-thing, and I asked for advice with a creative block I've been suffering. Also, I talk about transcendental meditation vs mindful meditation as if I even know what I'm talking about (hint: I don't).
2018-05-1128 min
PhedippidationsMeditate or Medicate?In this episode of Intervals, I PROMISE you that I'm working on a new episode of Phedippidations! A big CONGRATS to the runners of the Boston Marathon and my efforts to drink more water and getting off the pills!
2018-04-2120 min
PhedippidationsFdip351: The Theology of RunningIn the early 1980’s George Sheehan would give an oration to a packed auditorium at the Health and Fitness Expo a day before the Boston Marathon. What you’re about to hear is one of those speeches.
2018-03-1054 min
PhedippidationsFdip326: The Ten Percent Rule“The Young Man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions” wrote Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Coaches, Experts, Friends and Fellow Runners all seem to agree that “slowly and carefully ramping up your mileage” is a reasonable approach for our training. Just as the mighty oak begins it’s life as a weak and tiny acorn, my return to the road has to be rooted a slow and cautious increase in miles and duration.
A tree isn’t ruled by a ten percent growth rate.
I’m not trying to convince you to follow or ignore any rules
but I do think that...
2015-04-1140 min
PhedippidationsFdip318: Intervals From The PastI have this “other podcast”, that I call Intervals…and unlike the portmanteau title of Phedippidations…the title “Intervals” is a bit of a double entendre. Whereas Phedippidations usually has a theme to each episode…Intervals is themeless. I “make it up as I go along”, and it has been a sort of “stream of consciousness” podcast that I put out there…because, why not?
Today we’ll go back to the year of our (Time) Lord 2010. It was a good year; as years go. Since then, so much has changed in my life…as it has with yours.
Back then I was still running road races...
2014-08-301h 05
PhedippidationsFdip315: The Joy of BaseballWhen you elevate something that is not important and dedicate some passion to it, you are living your life to the top. I don’t care what it is: running, playing the guitar, tasting wine, watching a TV show about a mad man in a blue police box flying through space and time, cooking, eating, even podcasting.
I am, and have been since I was a small child, a fan of the Boston Red Sox. The game is one of my passions.
The purpose of this episode; if there was a purpose, was to demonstrate the importance of passion in our liv...
2014-04-291h 17
PhedippidationsFdip305: Running Words from the Last DecadeIt was on April 19th, in the year of our Lord 2000, that I first registered the domain name of SteveRunner.com.
It wasn’t my idea. It was that of a good friend of mine, Jim, who I had attended the University of Lowell with in the early 1980’s, and worked with for over 20 years.
It was on that 19th day of April, 13 years ago that he suggested I reserve a domain name for my running blog.
I had been posting my running related essays on a website hosted at CompuServe, but the only way you could read my running words w...
2013-06-071h 10
PhedippidationsFdip304: Cinco Loco BostonWe wish you could have been here.
The Cinco Loco was a never to be duplicared in the history of the universe event; a run with a unique group of good people who came together to share their time; to be there for a friend who had lost his precious child, to be there at the finish line of an event that hatred tried to ruin; to celebrate the friendships that we had made on line, through podcasts and the social media tubes of the Interwebs...and to enjoy a victory cupcake, in person, together...side by side, in the f...
2013-05-241h 12
PhedippidationsFdip303: Boston HeartbreakMy name is Steve, I’m from Boston, and I am Boston Strong.
There’s a certain amount of pride that I have, in saying that. But the truth is, we’re all from Boston. Boston...is more than just a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...for runners like you and I, it’s a idea...it’s a place where dreams come true.
The course from the Hopkinton Bandstand to Boylston Street is more than just a paved roadway...it’s a course. Wherever you’re hearing me right now, that course is connected to you. When you lace up your shoes a...
2013-04-201h 23
PhedippidationsFdip294: The Walkers of Prince Edward IslandWho are you?
When we contemplate those elements of our origins, personality and physical being…we have to consider our genetic history, the environment in which we were raised and live and, the behavior and stories of those who influenced our lives.
I come from a long line of farmers and fishermen, hard working people who worked the land and sea….growing potatoes, milking cows and living off the natural resources of a picturesque island named after the fourth son of King George the third, the father of Queen Victoria, and the Duke of Kent and Strathearn: Prince Edward. I am des...
2012-08-031h 23
PhedippidationsFdip271: Team Poco LocoThis 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 marathon distance around the mighty Charles River.
2011-06-121h 01
PhedippidationsFdip266: Running Builds Bigger BrainsWe 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 of our cardiovascular systems, and that we have evolved as homo sapien sapiens from Australopithecus Africanus to run across the savanna in search of the meat from fallen animals. The benefits of running are clear, and new evidence is being found that further supports this idea that we should be runners: because as we’ll learn with the workings of the inner brain: running is t...
2011-02-231h 02
PhedippidationsFdip264: Running Blogcast: Pre-Race JittersToday 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 today’s episode is Kim Cowart. (Kow-ahrt).
Kim is one of the writers for the “Reasons to Run” blog over at Deseretnews.com. She’s a 35 year old mother of two from West Jordan, Utah.
Kim spent much of her childhood living in Eugene, Oregon where running is as common as breathing. In her teens, she moved to Utah, where there is a large and very strong runn...
2011-02-041h 00
PhedippidationsFdip260: Steve at SteveRunner dot ComI’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 with hopes that I’ll be able to answer ALL of my email in the year of our Lord 2011.
Also, join me for a swim in the FROZEN Atlantic with friends on New Years Day, and I get to chat with friend and Mojo Loco Founder Adam Tinkoff as we discuss his vision for el Mojo Loco!
LINKS:
“Whiskey in...
2011-01-0700 min
PhedippidationsFdip246: Running Through PodCamp Boston 5PodCamp is all about podcasting, and using this medium to reach out to a community. Since you and I are runners, and since we all listen to podcasts, you and I are a part of this thing…and since I’m eager to encourage everyone listening to my podcast to start up their own podcast, I thought it would be useful to dedicate today’s episode to what I learned at PodCamp.
PodCamp is first and foremost about community. It’s not about selling a service or a product, it’s all about focusing on building personal relationships with other podcasters. ...
2010-10-031h 11
PhedippidationsFdip239: Cruising to the MusicThis is my annual music show; recorded (as always) while I’m on vacation. This time I’m on the Norwegian Cruise Ship Spirit traveling from Boston to Bermuda with my family as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of my parents wedding!
In addition to listening to podcasts, I love to run to music! It helps me keep my cadence in check and fills my head with positive images as I get my miles in. The songs on this episode are all from previous Phedippidations shows; so I hope you enjoy them!
Please support the artists by purchasing their music and foll...
2010-07-251h 03
PhedippidationsFdip238: Five Years and Running PodCast GoodnessPodcasting is a media so perfectly suited for the running lifestyle. Just as we schedule our runs in advance, we can schedule what we listen to ON those runs, in advance.
We can multi-task the time we spend out on the roads and by listening to a podcast, exercise our brains and feel a camaraderie with the podcast host or producer: especially hosts and producers who are fellow runners like the podcasters you just heard: real people with a shared passion for this sport we love so well.
When I first started producing this goofy little podcast about running, five ye...
2010-07-041h 10
PhedippidationsFdip233: Can Marathon’s Kill You?In this episode I review the
abstract of a study released last March by Dr. Depina Kardara and his team at
the Athens Medical School,Hippokration Hospital titled “Marathon Runners
Have Increased Aortic Stiffness”.
It is important to note that
my skepticism with this study is related to the implied suggestion that
training for and running a marathon is considered extreme exercise. Maybe
it is, or maybe after having run 21 of them…the last not much more than a
controlled crawl, I see the marathon as an endurance event that homo sapiens
have evolved to run as a means of hunting and g...
2010-05-1659 min
PhedippidationsFdip232: The 114th Boston MarathonI had come to Hopkinton Massachusetts to run the
114th Boston Marathon, and found myself in the early miles facing the eventual
breakdown of my body. From the joyful
celebration of a New England town, I ran
myself into the unchartered land of exhaustion and pain…and through modern
technology I broadcasted my suffering live through my blog and social
networking sites. I wasn’t doing that to
show off or incite pity, I did it because I wanted to share my experience with
you in hopes that you might want to run this race one day, and perform better
than I...
2010-05-021h 11
PhedippidationsFdip231: The Qualifying Standards of BostonThe Czech Locomotive, Emil
Zatopek, 3 time gold medalist in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki once said “If you want to run, run a
mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.”The qualifying times of the
Boston Marathon call us to experience a different life. It is not so important that we can meet the
standards and run a BQ; it’s the whole idea that there is this threshold for
excellence out there: a target by which we can measure our own performance.
I stand by the belief that
anyone who runs and finishes a maratho...
2010-04-1557 min
PhedippidationsFdip230: Boston and the 2010 State of the CourseIn this episode of The Goofy
Little Podcast, I run the first 18 miles of the Boston Marathon course and I’ll
let you know if there’s anything new to look for on the road before you arrive
to run this thing.
If you’ve traveled from afar,
you might want to find other things to do with your time in Boston besides driving out to the suburbs to
check out the course. That’s where this
episode comes in, as I’ll do my best to describe what I’m seeing: and what
you’ll see as you run the Boston Mara...
2010-04-111h 06
PhedippidationsFdip229: Running Legend Tarzan BrownTarzan Brown was an amazing
athlete who lived a hard, impoverished life but faced the world with dignity and
strength. There are so many legendary
and half-true mysteries about the man and his career as a runner that his many
accomplishments might seem less interesting: but above all know this: that
Tarzan Brown was a free spirit, a man who loved to run and his very life
honored his brave tribal ancestors; the Narragansett people, one of the leading
tribes of New England with a culture that has existed for thirty thousand
years.
His Algonquian name was Attuck-Quock-Wussete
which means “Dee...
2010-04-041h 05PhedippidationsFdip227: Barefoot Patterns and ForcesProfessor Daniel Leiberman’s (and his team) paper “Foot strike patterns and collision forces in habitually barefoot versus shod runners” looks into how and why human beings can and did run comfortably without modern running shoes. In it, he proves that experienced, habitual barefoot runners tend to avoid landing on our heels and land with a forefoot or midfoot strike.
Most of their research looks into the mechanics of different kinds of foot strikes. He shows that most forefoot and some midfoot strikes, when running barefoot, do not cause sudden, momentary and major force impacts which occur when you land on your he...
2010-02-2800 minPhedippidationsFdip225: The Key Note I’ll Never Get to GiveI’m never going to be asked to give a speech in front of a crowd of fellow runners. It’s not going to happen; and by saying that I’m not implying that the absent request is a travesty; there’s a good reason why I’ll never be asked: because while you and I are friends and there are at least ten of you listening right now: generally speaking I am not what you call: popular.
I’m not very well known, and never expect to be burdened with fame…not enough at least to be asked to speak to a crowd...
2010-02-0500 minPhedippidationsFdip221: The 2010 Spring Marathon GuideThis episode begins with another ice cold swim in Boston Harbor with friends, and a stated theory that will become my “law of thermodynamic refreshment”.
Because athletes prefer to run distance races in more comfortable temperatures; the Spring and Fall are often preferred seasons for marathons. Today, in January, we’re getting a couple of inches of snow, and the air temperature wind chill is 10 degrees below zero F, or minutes 23 degrees C; making it a bad day to schedule 114th running of the Boston Marathon or any other 26.2 mile road race.
But come Spring, when the flora and fauna of the...
2010-01-081h 05PhedippidationsFdip216: Running Through a New England TownRunning a race with a friend is always a good thing because the friendly rivalry will tend to push you past your own comfortable limits. When I first started running back in December of 1998, I would run every day with a good friend at work; and we would push each other to finish as fast and as strong as we possibly could. I averaged a 9:10 pace back in those days for my daily and long runs…guess what that pace run over 26.2 miles would get me?
If I had run the race on my own today, I most certainly wouldn’t have...
2009-12-041h 04PhedippidationsFdip213: Sports Medical QuackeryHuman 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. Runners, who are often prone to injury, are especially vulnerable to medical quackery. Take a walk around the Health and Fitness Expo of the Boston Marathon, and you’ll find all sorts of samples of alternative medicines, with products and services that claim to relive pain, help you run faster and longer and prevent injury.
Beware promises of un-tested alternative medic...
2009-11-131h 04PhedippidationsFdip184: The 113th Boston MarathonIn 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 open, public and sincere physical event that puts you out there: for better or worse, revealing all of your weaknesses, as well as physical and mental pressure points. A marathon forces you to face yourself in a very public and very introspective way.
I wasn’t supposed to run this race, and when I was a child the kids on the playgr...
2009-04-241h 10PhedippidationsFdip183: Boston = The Worlds Greatest MarathonI 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 hesitation from my lips to your ears: THE WORLDS GREATEST MARATHON.I made a statement on this podcast, three years or so ago regarding why it is that I’m a runner. Many reasons come to mind; but the one that always rises first and foremost in my thinking might not be one that others would expect from a soon to be twenty-time mara...
2009-04-151h 08PhedippidationsFdip182: Running Legend: Jacqueline GareauThere’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 a room. A running legend is someone who has a very humble confidence. Their eyes, voices and motions speak of having worked harder than most of us could ever imagine to reach a brief moment in their lives where they understood that they were experiencing something that only the very dedicated and passionate person could ever hope to experience. They are living examples of what we could b...
2009-04-1000 minPhedippidationsFdip181: The 2009 State of the CourseTwo 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 course climbs at a rate of greater than 1%.I’ve learned many lessons from this course. The Boston Marathon has taught me to conserve on the downhills, and pace myself on the uphills. It’s taught me to have humility amid the cheering crowds, to smile despite the pain gastronomical discomfort, to savor the race as if it were my last, and to celebrate the achievement no matter how physically and mentally exhaus...
2009-04-031h 03PhedippidationsFdip180: From Maintenance Miles to MarathonTo 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 my body on a gradual 16 mile course into Newton Lower Falls, up the hills of Newton and over a goofy little speed-bump, and finally down the other side past mile 22 with as much strength as I have left.
Traditional marathon training programs begin with a base and gradually work up to build strength and endurance, so this training program, more than the race its...
2009-03-271h 15PhedippidationsFdip140: Remembering BostonIn this episode we'll hear the stories of others who ran the 112th Boston Marathon. When you write up a race report you"re not just doing it for yourself to memorialize the even, you're doing it for others; passing on your observations so that they can incorporate it into their own form of opinion as a way to better understand the event so that we can improve our performance on race day. Its" not enough to just run the race, or even run it well, you have to tell others about your race. Race reports are a big part o...
2008-05-1000 minPhedippidationsFdip139: The 112th Boston MarathonThis is a race report and audio recording of my 7th time running the Boston Marathon. This year was different in that I approached the starting line unprepared for the task ahead of me. Suffering from a case of peroneal tendonitis, my training was minimal throughout the winter months. On April 21st, 2008 I made the decision to ignore common sense setting a bad example to friends, family and fellow runners by ignoring my pain and pushing myself through a 26.2 mile race. What you'll hear in this episode is neither inspiring or noble, but it will raise the question: "Why?‿
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2008-04-291h 06PhedippidationsIntervals138B: Race DayIt really means a lot to me that you’d come out to have a beer with me, send me such kind words, good wishes, hopeful prayers, emails, blog posts, and voice messages to the Extra Mile PodCast…and for being with me, in spirit, on race day. This is a short episode of Intervals, produced for race day of the 112th Boston Marathon, with thanks to everyone who have been so thoughtful to a middle aged, middle of the pack, slightly asthmatic, curiously injured fellow runner.
2008-04-2117 minPhedippidationsFdip138: The Great Race of 1983The Boston Marathon is a race that challenges an athlete in a way that most courses do not, neither buy design or intent. It is not a fast course. It is not a race where any runner, elite or back of the pack, will set a marathon PR, but it is a race for which all other marathons seek to enable athletes to arrive in a small New England town for the eastward run into the heart of bean town. This is the story of the 87th running of this event, where the last American male runner won the day, and...
2008-04-171h 02PhedippidationsFdip137: The 2008 State of the CourseWhat happens in Boston, starts in Hopkinton. In this episode I take my last 16 miler from the starting line of the Boston Marathon through the bottom of Newton Lower Falls. For those of us who will run the race, you’ll eventually come to Hereford Street where crowds will block your forward progress and urge you to turn right. You’ll run this short block with the screams of spectators echoing off the buildings and will finally make your left hand turn onto Boylston Street, with the finish line just ahead of you…with the promise of a well earned time and...
2008-04-111h 13PhedippidationsIntervals135B: InvitationI have been invited to run the 112th Boston Marathon, and today I’d like to invite you to join me through this goofy little podcast. In this short format episode of Phedippidations “Intervals‿ I extend to you an invitation to follow my progress on Patriots Day, April 21st, 2008. Also, I talk about my gratitude for the thoughtful gift of an invitational entry to this race from a good friend and the Massachusetts Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
2008-03-2137 minPhedippidationsFdip120: The 2007 Bay State MarathonWith three solid hours of sleep, the depressing notion that my beloved Boston Red Sox had lost a crucial game in extra innings, and the understanding that I was about to run my 16th marathon, fellow runner John Ellis and I crossed the chip mat at the starting line of the Bay State Marathon in Lowell Massachusetts, and I ran the best marathon of my life. What happened next was not magic. It wasn’t some kind of impossible stroke of luck, and it wasn’t completely unexpected: to be a runner is to accept the same kind of challenge that...
2007-10-251h 07PhedippidationsFdip94: More Memories of BostonThere are 20,348 stories, from 20,348 runners who ran the 111th Boston Marathon this year, and each one is special, unique, inspirational, entertaining, and worthy of your interest. In this episode we hear from a few of our fellow runners, who ran 26.2 miles in a New England Nor’Easter.
2007-04-261h 01PhedippidationsFdip93: The 111th Boston MarathonThe 111th Boston Marathon took place during a Nor’Easter, with major flooding, driving rains, cool to cold temperatures and a sustained wind of twenty miles per hour with gusts up to forty miles per hour. A record number of qualified entrant chose not to run the race, but the hearty few who accepted the challenge experienced the race of their lives. This podcast was recorded as I ran the Boston Marathon.
2007-04-1959 minPhedippidationsIntervals 92B: Marathon MondayThank you, fellow runners, for all of your kindness. In this episode of Intervals; I thank many of the people who helped me in small and large ways; I get some last minute advice from John Ellis and a surprise guest who formulated the plan that I followed to prepare for the 111th Boston Marathon; and we talk about the Nor'easter that I'll be running the race in (something I like to think of as a perfect condition rather than a perfect storm). Have a great Patriots Day everyone! As you listen to this, I'll be out there: running down a d...
2007-04-1543 minPhedippidationsFdip92: A Duel in the SunThe story of the 1982 Boston Marathon is more than just a story about two elite athletes and a closely contested race. It is the story of the underdog facing the champion, and was one of the most intensely exciting finishes in modern race history. This is the story about Alberto Salazar and Dick Beardsley in the 86th Boston Marathon.
2007-04-101h 05PhedippidationsFdip91: Running Legend Joan Benoit SamuelsonJoan Benoit Samuelson won the Boston Marathon twice and was the first Olympic Gold Medalist in the Woman’s Marathon. She is an inspiration not only to women runners, to but all runners who suffer from overuse injuries with hopes of recovery. She continues to be an amazing athlete, a passionate proponent of children’s charities, and a true legend in every sense of the word.
2007-04-041h 02PhedippidationsFdip90: The 2007 State of the CourseA detailed description of the Boston Marathon course for the 111th running of this world famous event.
2007-03-281h 04PhedippidationsIntervals 50B: The 3rd Annual Sharon Timlin Memorial 5K RoadThe Angel Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting ALS investigations at the Cecil B. Day Laboratory for Neuromuscular Research at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. In this show I run 5K race which serves to raise money to fight ALS.
2006-06-2615 minPhedippidationsFdip42: Memories of BostonWhat happens in Boston, stays in Boston…but you carry the memories with you. In this episode we talk about some of the things we couldn’t fit into the previous show.
2006-04-3056 minPhedippidationsIntervals 41B: Interview with MWCAP at the Athletes VillageRecorded on Patriots Day, I interview two officers from the Air Force Auxiliary, an organization I have represented at Boston for the past three years.
2006-04-2408 minPhedippidationsFdip41: The 110th Boston MarathonDespite his weakness on the field of battle, Steve Runner attempts to complete the 26.2 mile Boston Marathon, facing a barrier to glory that he never trained for, never anticipated, and was ill prepared to overcome.
2006-04-231h 02PhedippidationsFdip40: The History of BostonThe origin of the Boston Marathon, the heros, and the stories that defines it as one of the greatest road races in the world.
2006-04-1644 minPhedippidationsIntervals 39B: Race week, thank you and athlete alertThe short format show “Intervals‿ is not a new PodCast, rather it’s an extension of the previous weeks show, presented infrequently so listeners can hear more up-to-date information. I’ll have a few of these during the Boston Marathon.
2006-04-1006 minPhedippidationsFdip39: Running Legend: Johnny A. Kelley, The ElderJohnny Kelley ran the Boston marathon a total of 61 times in his lifetime, finishing 58 times. He won the event twice, and came in second a total of seven times. He was truly a man who defied age and a legend whom everyone loved.
2006-04-0957 minPhedippidationsFdip38: A Tour of the Boston Marathon CourseThe first 16 miles of the Boston Marathon are downhill, but it’s what happens coming out of Newton Lower Falls that separates the weak from the strong.
2006-04-0255 minPhedippidationsFdip36: Boston's Run to Remember Half MarathonIn this episode I run the Boston’s Run to Remember Half Marathon, a race dedicated to the memory of 294 Massachusetts Law Enforcement officers who gave their lives in the line of duty.
2006-03-1956 minPhedippidationsFdip20: Running Legend Bill RogersBill 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 in all, 28 of them in under 2:15.
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