Phedippidations
A quick "check-in" to update you on my right foot and plans to run again!
info_outline Intervals: Happy 2024Phedippidations
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.
info_outline Intervals FrankenFootPhedippidations
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).
info_outline Fdip384: The Letter of LifePhedippidations
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.
info_outline Fdip383 - Ankle of DespairPhedippidations
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.
info_outline Fdip382: il Mio Dolce DolcePhedippidations
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.
info_outline Cheese GraterPhedippidations
Sit back, relax and enjoy a delicious podcast filled with cheesy goodness delivered right into your brain.
info_outline Intervals - My SweetiePhedippidations
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 catch one. You’re the only puppy I’ve ever known who, when a toy was thrown, would...
info_outline Intervals - End of 2022Phedippidations
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.
info_outline Fdip381: Something from NothingPhedippidations
Everything you see, every atom and sub-atomic particle of which your own body is composed: came, originally, from nothing.
info_outlineI’m humbled. What can I say? I’m totally humbled here, reeling in fact from the kind words from so many friends and fellow runners, people whom I admire a great deal.
I’ll be honest with you…I’ve always been honest with you (for better or worse) …I’m not someone who thinks very highly of myself…and so, what you’re about to hear are some really special people saying some very incredible things about..well…me.
I’m not sure that I deserve the kindness, but you must…I beg you, you MUST understand how much I appreciate the kind words.
Ten years. I really don’t have alot to say about the 10th anniversary of this podcast. I’m happy about it; I’m glad that I’m still producing the show, and I’m very honored to have run with you for the last full decade of my life.
Obviously this show and I have changed quite alot since July 4th of 2005 and there's quite alot that you can say about change. It's scary, it's sometimes sad, sometimes amazing, it's ongoing and ever constant.
Heraclitus of Ephesus, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher born in 535 BC said it best when he wrote “There is nothing permanent except change.”
One of the biggest changes with respect to this podcast isn’t so much the audio quality, format or content…it’s me. Here’s something that I’ve learned after 10 years of podcasting: Although there is pain in life, I am NOT a man of constant sorrow. I have NOT seen trouble all of my days.
I’ve seen injury, illness, tragedy and betrayal…yes, that’s true…but most of the past 3,652 days have been good days, most of the past 10 years have been filled with good times, amazing friends and pure joy. Life is pain, but it’s also beautiful. It’s easy to focus on the sorrow, but I take comfort in knowing that it isn’t constant.
“The Dude abides. I don’t know about you but I take comfort in that. It’s good knowin’ he’s out there. The Dude. Takin’ ‘er easy for all us sinners.”
That was a quote from the character “The Stranger” played by Sam Elliot from the cult classic movie “The Big Lebowski”.
What does that have to do with 10 years of podcasting, I suppose you’re asking. It’s a good question, worthy of a good answer: which is this:
I, like the Dude…abide. As I get older…as WE get older, our bodies will slowly loose the “vim and vigor” of our youth…but that doesn’t mean we have to go, as Dylan Thomas writes “gentle into that good night”. Old age shouild burn and rave at close of day, rage, rage against the dying of the light.
This dude, this runner abides. I abide the lessons of these past ten years, of physical exhaustion, emotional tragedy, crushing defeat and betrayal. I abide the love, joy and peace of living my life to the top. I abide and savor, like a fine Argentinian Malbec, or a classic Cotes du Rhone the friendships I've made thanks to this goofy little podcast.
Thank you Adam for reminding me that I'm better than I feel, and that no man is a failure who has friends.
Thank you, very much, for running with me fellow runners.
The dude abides.
Thank you Adam, Eddie, Jeff, Derek, Chris, Susan, Margaret, Peter, Donna, Norn, Kevin, Christina, Carlos, Tim, Neil and Jim.
Links:
Melodious advice by Neil on Twitter @neilbearse
Both opening and closing themes songs were by Jim Fidler at jimfidler.com
“The Curra Road” was composed by Ger Wolfe at gerwolf.com
The song “Man of Constant Sorrow” was by Rod Stewart.
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Track my return to the road at health.steverunner.com
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Thank you:
Vera, Ryan, Chaise, Gordon, Scott, Mike, Jeff, Colin, Jason, Diane, Cheryl, Ron, Mark, Martha, Greg, Tim, Bill, David, Doug, Vance, Marcelo, Roberto, Zaki, Norm, Simon, Janice, Andrew, Pam, Rob, Trey, Steve, Angie, Lynn, Nancy, Eric, Jim, Joe, Martin, Tom, David, Pierre, Andrea, Dave, Desiree, Jens, Claudia, Jill, Elizabeth, Pat, Marc, Chris, Dino, Michael, Clay, Matthew, Terence, Tom, Louis, Toni, Margaret, Janina, Joe, Fred, Joerg, Erik, Wendee, Evelyn, Nicolas, John, Christiane, Katie, Brad, Jim and Al.
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