In this episode we look into the problems of overtraining, and try to consider listening to our barking bodies. I re-enact a meeting I had with my sports doctor several years ago, and you’ll hear me at batting practice and at a Worcester Tornadoes ballgame where my son and I cheer until our throats are raw!

You should be able to approach your run each day with the ability to forgive yourself for the way you’ve eaten, your lack of sleep, or laziness in the previous days.

As part of a collaboration with photographers, bloggers, podcasters and vloggers, July 4th is a day to declare our independence from mainstream media. In this episode of Intervals, I play three “PodSafe‿ songs that you’ll probably not hear on the radio.

We need to encourage those who face life with sadness and emptiness to fill their lives with a passion for something, anything, and everything. Don’t let someone you know live a life without purpose or passion: One way to help them might be to inspire them to run.

The 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.

Fdip50: More Gadgets and Gizmos

The earth is 93 million miles from the sun, but humans are fragile creatures and if you’re pushing your body up to and past it’s operational limits during a long run, you need to defend yourself from the solar radiation that might turn your distance long run into a life threatening crawl.

The phrase: “To become a good animal‿ means to be the creature you were meant to be. As a runner, you are obligated to first be a good animal, before you can become a good human being.

In this episode I tell you about the thirteen essential vitamins that human beings require for good health. I also discuss a study that links antioxidents to a decrease in muscle damage after a marathon.

Terry Fox was a true runner in every sense of the word. In this episode I tell you the story of this Canadian hero who faced a life threatening disease with courage and defiance; and taught us all how to live our lives to the fullest.