Phedippidations

According to section 2.00 of the Major League Baseball rule book: A runner is an offensive player who is advancing toward, touching, or returning to any base.‿  In this episode we discuss the "Runner verses Jogger" debate.

The human brain is a fascinating organ, and while few completely understand its true operation; some of its properties can be found in the way that it retains such high resolution memories from observations made during extreme physical exertion.

Of the many ways that we can prepare our bodies and minds for the act of running a road race, it’s the long slow run that is most effective, both physiologically and psychologically.  Your body needs to change: BOTH muscularly and metabolically.

There’s an interesting behavioral quirk that many runners nurse and foster over the years, myself included.  We develop this need to seek acceptable answers to our medical questions which meet our demanding requirements, rather than submit to the expertise of our own assigned doctors.

Life is meant to be pounding, screaming with sweat and power: explosive and breathtaking with all the energy you can bring to a boil.  You are most alive, as a runner, living life to its fullest: on the road, as fast and far as you possibly can.  Greg Gumbinner lived his life to the fullest.  I run a race dedicated to his memory this week, and ponder the concept that all runners are living their lives to the top of their game.

What is pronation, and why do we need to understand our unique running gait?  I’ve often been told that I don’t pronate.  Other runners have been found to pronate "too much".  What does poor pronation mean to a runner, why is it a bad thing and what can be done about it are all questions answered (to some degree) within this weeks episode.  Also: I run the Charlton Old Home Day 5 miler road race.

There must be a reason.  There must be some compelling motivation to get any none runners out there to want to lace up their shoes and join the fun.  This episode was recorded from the Upper Richardson Lake in northwestern Maine, during a camping trip with my Dad, son and nephew.

Seven thousand, five hundred twenty seven runners ran the 2005 SBLI Falmouth Road Race on Sunday August 14th and I beat four thousand eight hundred and sixteen of them!

Fdip6: The Importance of Rest

Fdip5: Starting Out

Fdip4: Dodging the Dodge

Fdip3: Marathon Sports Five Miler

Fdip2: Shoe Evolution

Fdip1: Dropping the Ball