Phedippidations

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 and how much each of us will have to pay. I’m here today, offering a different, more effective and certainly more personal solution to what’s been called the American Health Care Crisis…it might seem a bit revolutionary, possibly radical for me to suggest a plan that calls for us to become personally responsible for our own health by protecting ourselves from influenza, eating well and exercising at a certain level and duration each week. We can chose to be healthy; it’s not a right protected under any governments constitution, but there is a moral obligation for us to live healthier lives so we can contribute in a positive way to the society in which we live. This radical plan for health care is far less expensive than any program the government could offer, and it’s guaranteed to work: giving you a healthy body and consequently a happier life for the rest of your life. Show Links:http://www.fitnessrocks.org/http://www.teamsweat.orghttp://www.educatingforjustice.orghttp://www.oxfam.org.auhttp://worldwidefestivalofraces.comGoody Bag Submissions: [email protected] Nike CEO and President [email protected] what they’re doing to ensure that overseas workers are paid fair wages.Please follow Team Sweat: http://twitter.com/TeamSweat “Big Strong Man” was by The Brobdingnagian Bards http://www.thebards.net/

"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 differing evils, but they are common works of man. They reflect the imperfection of human justice, the inadequacy of human compassion, our lack of sensibility toward the sufferings of our fellows. But we can perhaps remember - even if only for a tirne - that those who live with us are our brothers; that they share with us the same short moment of life; that they seek - as we do - nothing but the chance to live out their lives in purpose and happiness, winning what satisfaction and fulfillment they can.” - Senator Robert F. Kennedy Please listen to this special episode of Phedippidations, and ask your friends (runners and non-runners alike) to listen to this interview with Jim Keady from Team Sweat and Educating for Justice. If you never listen to another of my podcast episodes again, I’ll ask you to at least listen to this one with an open heart and mind. As a member of our Run Net Community, you have the power and responsibility to force Nike (and other companies who take advantage of the poor) to treat their workers with dignity and respect. Help Jim Keady and become a member of Team Sweat: to direct and encourage Nike to “just do it” and pay fair wages to their workers. Show Links: http://www.teamsweat.org http://www.educatingforjustice.org http://www.oxfam.org.au Recommended Reading: When Corporations Rule the World – by David C Korten Confessions of an Economic HitMan – by John Perkins Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development – by Joseph E. Stiglitz Made in Indonesia: Indonesian Workers Since Suharto – by Dan La Botz Let Nike CEO and President [email protected] know how you feel about Nike Sweatshops. FOLLOW TEAM SWEAT: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-Sweat/50908420352 http://twitter.com/TeamSweat PLEASE donate what you can to the 501(c)(3) non-profit tax exempt Team Sweat. There is an immediate and urgent need for $3K so that Team Sweat can promote presentations and grass roots organizations at College and High School Campuses, as well as in Indonesia. Contribute online or send a check paid to the order of “Educating for Justice”. Mail to: Educating for Justice106 Meadow Point LanePoint Pleasant, NJ 08742 The song “Sweat” was by Darren Geffre http://www.nativesinger.com

The Pose Method of running incorporates some interesting concepts that may be worth your consideration. It’s a biomechanical model that has you landing on your mid-foot with your supporting joints flexed at impact and hamstrings used to pull your foot from the ground, using gravity to move you forward. It’s a method that takes a lot of practice, some say it can take years to perfect: but the promises are impressive: stronger, faster and injury free running. Like any running technique, this is something you should look into more; and not rely on this podcast introduction as your sole exposure to the method. Find the way to use your body to it’s fullest without moving in such a way that you’ll get injured and you’ll be closer to becoming the runner and good animal you were always meant to be. Show Links:http://www.posetech.comhttp://runnerinlv.blogspot.comhttp://vofmarathon.ning.comFdip Blog of the Week: http://runningwithfish.blogspot.comThe song “Hole in the Sky” was by Black Lab http://blacklabworld.com

Some called him Suuri Vaikenija "A Great Silent One" but to the world he was known as “The Flying Finn”. 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 km. He is often considered the greatest Track & Field athlete of all time: This is Paavo Nurmi. From Paavo we learn the importance of complete dedication; while most of us seek to lead a balanced life as a way to achieve happiness, Paavo Nurmi was all about focusing on a single goal: he yearned for perfection, he demanded nothing less of himself than excellence and while this unbalance in his life may not have given him the joy that he might otherwise have had; it did give him one thing: victory. Show Links: http://www.paavonurmensaatio.fi http://www.gate.net/~rwms/EvoEvidence.html http://theextramilepodcast.com http://www.carreradelcsic.com Program the Extra Mile Podcast phone number into your cell phone: 513-397-0525 http://www.worldwidefestivalofraces.com Fdip Blog of the Week: http://barefoot-angieb.blogspot.com The song “Good Day” was by Black Lab http://blacklabworld.com

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 environment of fast food non-pedestrian and embraces her or his inner hunter gatherer. Professor Daniel Lieberman, Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University, says that "Dysevolution is a positive feedback loop." When we work to treat the symptoms of our lack of physical exercise and don’t take to the roads and run, we are making the problem worse. That’s why it’s so important for those of us who run to be positive examples for others; to be the good animals we have evolved into: homo sapien hunter gatherers endowed with the ability to run long distances to find our food across the open savannah; to serve Gods purpose for making the world a better place with these bodies that He has created through the process of evolution. Show Links: Mesa 1st NazareneCare of “Donation for Penny”955 E. UniversityMesa, AZ 85203 http://www.worldwidefestivalofraces.com Fdip Blog of the Week: http://www.christopherspenn.comThe song “Not Too Late” was by Black Lab http://blacklabworld.com **WARNING** This episode ends with another one of those “angry rants” that I sometimes get into. In the course of this rant I will describe a certain board chairman and his company as EVIL. I took a few days after I recorded that to think deeply about what I had said. I re-listened to my rant with the idea that I might want to remove it from the show; and decided (in the end) to leave it as is; because after spending many hours of doing research on the subject (as well as refreshing my understanding of the concept of what evil is:(“1. morally bad or wrong; wicked, malevolent, sinful. 2. causing an undesirable condition, as ruin, injury, or pain; harmful, injurious”) I came to the honest conclusion that my premise regarding the owners/leaders of this corporation and indeed the corporation itself was, indeed EVIL. Defamation: the malicious and false communication given to present a negative image of an individual, product, group, government or nation. The burden of proof to my declaration that the individual and company mentioned in this podcast is EVIL, is with that person and company. They have to prove that they are NOT the cause for the human abuse and suffering found in the overwhelming evidence. I don’t consider myself morally superior to these parties; I’m just calling it as I see it. It’s not fun to toss around the “E” word; and I’m a big believer in repentance and reconciliation; and this company is NOT the ONLY giant freakin’ corporation guilty of being EVIL…but they are the biggest and most prominent and thus fair game for asking of them the question “Why?” My advice? Don’t listen to the ending diatribe of this episode on a full stomach; some of you might not like to hear it. I admittedly went a bit over the top on this one, even though my facts are verifiable. I’ll probably regret this; but I’m only human: and I got really angry about this issue. See if you get angry as well. Go to http://www.teamsweat.org

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 I’ll most likely fail at and that my efforts here might be considered a colossal waste of time, however noble and altruistic this might seem. BUT: there’s always that small conditional word “IF”. As in: IF I can inspire just one human being, who might by accident listen to this goofy little podcast and become inspired to rise off the couch of doom to live a better and more happier life: then fellow runners; I’m here to tell you: MISSION FRIGGIN ACCOMPLISHED! That will be a day for a celebratory glass of Malbec: because that’s all it takes: just change the world for a single human being among us, and we will have satisfied our purpose in this life…we will have made an improvement through our examples….that’s the challenge: life your life in a way that inspires others to lace up their shoes and take to the road with us, and you’ll have made the universe just a little bit better than it was before they were so inspired. This life is a gift, and my reasons for producing Phedippidations is both to celebrate the gift and serve a purpose that is much MUCH more important than this middle aged, middle of the pack, slightly asthmatic fellow runner. Why do I produce Phedippidations each week? Because, in a way, although it’s not easy to explain, and certainly not at noble as it sounds…that’s what feel like I’m called to do. Thank you so much for supporting me over these past four years and 200 episodes. It is both a pleasure and an honor to call you a fellow runner. - Steve Show Links:http://trueconfessionsofamedicalscholar.blogspot.comhttp://theextramilepodcast.comProgram the Extra Mile Podcast phone number into your cell phone: 513-397-0525 http://www.worldwidefestivalofraces.com Fdip Blog of the Week: http://certainintelligence.blogspot.comThe song “Like I Used To” was by Black Lab http://blacklabworld.com

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 “show” per se, it should be a conversation: it should have as many audible elements that fit your personality and the truth of who you are. Fear of being honest is perceived by the listeners…and if you’re doing it right: you’ll not think of those who subscribe to your podcast as mere “listeners”, they’re fellow runners…lending you their ears and their time as you share something of each other through a very personal and intimate new form of media. This is my podcast, Phedippidations…but it’s also your podcast…and if you’ll take the time to produce your own audio content for your fellow runners to run with; you’ll be producing something that we will feel ownership of: that’s because we’re really, honestly, truthfully sharing the road with these episodes…encouraging each other with words, prayers, hopes, dreams and an all too realistic experience in the Run Net Community. Show Links:http://www.libsyn.comhttp://www.podcast411.comhttp://www.podcamp.orghttp://marcirunsthemarathon.blogspot.comhttp://groups.google.com/group/fdipgrouphttp://www.facebook.com/phedippidationshttp://www.runfromthesunaz.comFdip Blog of the Week: http://carpathiankittenloss.blogspot.comThe song “The You and Me Show” was by Alicia Marie http://www.myspace.com/aliciamarie

Today, I’m 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 book has become one of THE most important written works in the environmental movement. So why am I reading this on a podcast about running? Is it because I canoed up the Allagash River Waterway in the Maine North Woods where Thoreau himself spent time and experienced the beauty of the wilderness? Partly, yes. But it’s also because I think his message is important, especially today where technology is daring to alter the very nature of our tiny blue bubble in space. This Earth is all we have, the other celestial possibilities for distant continents such as the Moon and Mars are volatile places or rock and rust, deadly radiation and bitter cold. Henry David Thoreau saw the beauty of nature and sought to impress upon his readers a desire to preserve it. “….In Wildness is the preservation of the World” he wrote. And on the Allagash River, in the wilderness that he so loved; I can think of no better way to tell you of his thoughts, opinions, observations and rambling diatribes. You and I are fellow runners; and we run across the same blue bubble that Thoreau walked upon. Listen carefully to his message and think about how precious our world really is. Show Links:http://www.gutenberg.orgThe song “The Wild Rover” was by the band Bill Grogans Goat http://billgrogansgoat.com http://www.worldwidefestivalofraces.comhttp://twitter.com/steverunner

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, over the past four years you have been having a conversation with a middle aged, middle of the pack, slightly asthmatic fellow runner, but I assure you that that conversation was not one way. And while I admit I’m not able to answer my emails as much as I’d like (not due to the increased listenership to this podcast I assure you; rather it’s a function of my work life getting in the way as it does) this episode, and those which I’ll produce a few times each year is my attempt to respond to things that are on your mind: to give you my impression, opinion, or researched response: because while I have been on the road for 10 years; in my mind: I’m still very much a newbie to this sport. And as for being your running partner over these past four years: I feel it’s only polite to answer any personal questions you might have for me…I mean, why not…we’ve been through some amazing times together fellow runners…good and bad, hot and cold, triumphant and in defeat.Show Links:http://burgerontherun.blogspot.comhttp://runnewengland.blogspot.comhttp://www.zonefivesoftware.comhttp://www.buckeyeoutdoors.comhttp://gowagon.comhttp://twitter.com/steverunnerhttp://www.rundervrun.blogspot.comhttp://www.giant-squid-audio-lab.comhttp://www.thecrazyrunner.comhttp://www.runnersroundtable.comhttp://www.drusy.blogspot.comhttp://www.facebook.com/phedippidationshttp://www.amilewith.me.ukFdip Blog of the Week: http://runfairchild.blogspot.comhttp://www.worldwidefestivalofraces.comThe song “What Have You Learned” was by Carbon Leaf http://www.carbonleaf.com

When summer rears its oppressive head of high humidity and heat, fellow runners must take to the road with the solar conditions in mind and heed the warnings to ensure a safe and comfortable run. Acclimatization is an important precursor to taking to the hotter than usual roads, and the better our bodies can adapt to the heat, the greater our performance will be once we put these bodies to the test in a race. There will come a day when, here in the Northeast, the days will shorten, the leaves will fall and the cold harsh reality of winter will settle around us: but not today, because today the earth tilts sunward in our favor, today the road heats up and our bodies have to adapt to the time before us: because our running goes on despite the conditions that exist outside our doors: we are runners, this is what we do, and our bodies have the incredible ability to adapt to the climate which occurs here in the summertime. Show Links:http://highlandshashers.blogspot.com Fdip Blog of the Week: http://www.runblogger.comhttp://www.worldwidefestivalofraces.comThe song “Summertime” was by Brother Love http://www.brotherloverocks.comhttp://www.twitter.com/steverunner