Phedippidations

Fdip388: Baseball is Life

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Baseball is kinda like religion. Except it's way easier to believe because, every now and then, your team clearly gives you a sign." Neil Bearse - Th...

Intervals: The Promise

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I made a promise...and I don't wanna talk about it.

FdipVid022: Dressing for New England Cold

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Go for a run with me as I "dress for success" in the winter cold, and show you a very cool product/gadget that I'm using called the "i360 Music Infuse...

FdipVid021: I love New England

25 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Despite the cold of its winters, I love New England. It's my favorite place on the planet, and will always be my home. Go for me on a cold winters lon...

Intervals Fdip388 Preview

19 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

First, it's a very personal episode. Mayhap too personal. I've been spending alot more of my time in the present lately...actually, I've been doing th...

Build Your Own Tree Kit

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Runner presents a new GREEN product that will lessen your carbon footprint: it's BUILD YOUR OWN TREE KIT! Join Steve in this short video where h...

New England Snow Storm Run

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded on January 18th, 2009: Go with me for a run in the back country roads of New England, during a snow storm that is actually quite beautiful. W...

ZuZu Jones

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just checking in to tell you about our new family member and to give you a spoiler-free hint about the next episode of Phedippidations.

Fdip387 - Living Without Magic

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fdip386: Aggiornamento

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Translation: my ·update. Just checking in to wish you happiness and let you know I'm doing wicked good.

Fdip385: Solar Eruptions

27 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I'm going to tell you a story about my total solar eclipse experience and it's aftermath, and give you an update on my foot reconstruction surge...

Intervals The Load Right On Me

03 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A quick "check-in" to update you on my right foot and plans to run again!

Intervals: Happy 2024

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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.

Intervals FrankenFoot

23 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Fdip384: The Letter of Life

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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, durin...

Fdip383 - Ankle of Despair

29 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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. B...

Fdip382: il Mio Dolce Dolce

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 i...

Cheese Grater

27 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sit back, relax and enjoy a delicious podcast filled with cheesy goodness delivered right into your brain.

Intervals - My Sweetie

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 brothe...

Intervals - End of 2022

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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.

Fdip381: Something from Nothing

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Everything you see, every atom and sub-atomic particle of which your own body is composed: came, originally, from nothing.

Fdip380: Things That Make You Go Hmmm

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You cannot lose weight without dieting or exercising. 1. Why? Because we are ugly bags of mostly water and store excess calories that we eat as fat.\ ...

Fdip379: Always Burning

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The older we get, the lower our resting metabolic rate is, but we can counter that effect by maintaining or increasing our muscle mass. Now, if only t...

Fdip378: Burning Down the House

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My house Is out of the ordinary That's right Don't wannna hurt nobody Some things sure can sweep me off my feet Burning down the house

Fdip377: Brain Be Slow

17 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It seems intuitive that IF we slow down, focus and consider everything that goes into the act of consumption, we can have a better experience with foo...

Fdip376: Mindful Eating

10 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In Burning 60, I've spent a lot of time talking about how much and when I've been eating, consuming less than 1,500 calories per day during an 8-hour ...

Fdip375: Flu Like Symptoms

03 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"Good food and good eating are about risk. Every once in a while an oyster, for instance, will make you sick to your stomach. Does this mean you shoul...

Fdip374: The Selfish Calorie

27 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our bodies have to work to eliminate alcohol from our bodies as quickly as possible, and it doesn't help us build strong muscles or support healthy bo...

Fdip373: Putting Yourself Out There

20 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As a goofy little podcaster who has brought you with me through many long runs, road races and marathons, I have been less than proud to admit to you ...

Fdip372: Requiring Air

13 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If there's one thing I know about health and the wonders of metabolism it is that we need air to live just as fire needs air to burn. And when you hav...

Fdip371: Room to Improve

06 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One day we'll come to realize that our effort at becoming healthy doesn't end when we finally burn 60 or, to paraphrase the thoughts of a well-loved t...

Fdip370: The Lessons of Pain

27 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pain is a signal that something is wrong with your body…and yes, I know, I've run 22 marathons, I've experienced lactic acid buildup in my muscles a...

Fdip369: That Feeling

20 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"That Feeling" is something that I would best describe as "satisfaction, relief, accomplishment and release"…it's that feeling you get the moment yo...

Fdip368: Routine

13 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One day in a life is an opportunity to embrace a routine to improve the quality of your experience in the universe.

Fdip367 - Faster with Fasting

06 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Carl Sagan once said that "Extraordinary Claims require Extraordinary Evidence". That's probably true even for ordinary claims, such as not eating foo...

Fdip366: Plethoric Caloric

30 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We are always burning, it's what we do…and we have to do more than just accept that, we have to embrace it, we have to lean into it hard. Because on...

Fdip365: The Hackers Diet

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"The human capacity to ignore inconvenient facts and avoid unpleasantness is immense. Success in any endeavor requires coming to terms with the true n...

Fdip364: Keep Banging on your drum

16 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Burning 60 isn't magic…it's science. It's applying well-documented and understood practices to a problem and observing the results. Burning 60 isn't...

Fdip363 - Fire up the Data

09 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In systems theory, I learned that "Input is something put into a system or expended in its operation to achieve an output or result." Here are the dat...

Fdip362 - The Burning 60 Plan

03 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I'm going to try something different here…at least something different for me. I'm going to use both science and psychology to achieve an important ...

Happy New Year 2022

30 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Here's wishing you a very happy 2022

Radical Acceptance

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Just think about it.

Appreciation Day

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On a day where everyone is thankful, I am appreciative.

Steve's Blues Clues

19 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I've never forgotten you!

Fdip361: The Squeaky Front Door

20 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away! - Dr. Suess

Fdip360: It's Not Supposed to be Easy

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Right 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...

Fdip359: From the land of our Father

08 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded in Launching Place on Prince Edward Island, a beautiful part of the world where the Walkers came to live.

My Fat Puppy

07 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Indiana 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 dee...

Ruff Month

24 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Fdip358: XIV As you well know

04 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The 14th Anniversary Episode of Phedippidations

Puppy Update

06 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

About Indy

16 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

One the best friends I've ever had is sick. I'm going to spend the summer making his life awesome.

Fdip357: Supper for the Ploughman Bard

27 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A Burns Supper is a remarkable event, and one that I highly recommend you attend. The poetry of the Plowmen Bard is romantic, sentimental, lustful, ho...

Powehi

12 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Skeptic

04 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Your Own Personal Podcast.m4a

24 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Apple-y Goodness

06 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Let's Go Red Sox!

05 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jet Blue Parkness.m4a

27 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Spring Training 1.m4a

23 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

South Bound.m4a

20 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Go Rams.m4a

01 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Zip Bang Boom.m4a

31 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Is this thing on?

29 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Just a quick catch up here to let you know I'm here and livin' large.

Fdip356: At the Ball Park with Tim

08 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Tim 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 eve...

Look Ma! No Cancer!

20 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

They found something. It made for a bad weekend.

I'm Steve, You're You, Be Good

30 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Checking in, as I am want to do, after some time.

EULOGY FOR MOM

12 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

To 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" O...

Warmed Cockles

29 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Health, SCJ and other stuff. This is me checking in. Be happy.

Compassionate Voting

01 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This 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.

Fdip355: God Please Make Me Not a Piece of Shit

10 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In 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 ...

Fdip354: On Mike with a Morbid Angel

04 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Friends, fellow runners…thinkers all of you, I am honored yet a little squeamish to introduce my pal: Mike.

IPS12: Venus is Hell

03 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It's not the kind of place to raise a kid, in fact it's HOT as hell.

IPS11: The Ecliptic

02 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A great circle on the celestial sphere.

IPS10: Head Space

30 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

There Outer Space, Inner Space, No Space and HEAD SPACE.

IPS9: Destroyer of Worlds

29 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

J. Robert Oppenheimer reflects on the moment that the first atomic bomb exploded. Nice one Bobby.

IPS8: The Center

28 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Where is the center of the Universe? I've got a better question.

IPS7: A Tour of the night Sky Bright Stars

27 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Take 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 sh...

IPS6: Pale Blue Dot

26 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conce...

IPS5: The Orb

25 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Look, in the sky...it's a bird, it's a plane, it's THE ORB!

IPS4: There is no Planet B

24 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This planet, Earth, is all we have.

IPS3: How Far Did You Move Today?

23 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

You might want to adjust your Fitbit buddy: you traveled much further that you think.

IPS2: Solstice

22 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The 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 feelin...

IPS1: The Longest Day

21 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Happy 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 ab...

Fdip353: Fathers Day

17 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This 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. W...

Midsummer Cometh

12 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.

Goodbye Tony

08 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Bourdain was found dead today, and the world is a little less cool because of it.

Fdip352: Here's Johnny

19 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

My 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 g...

Crowd Sources and TV vs MM

11 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I 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 suff...

Sapiens Sapiens

29 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A great book that I'm reading is "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari. I highly recommend this great book about the history of...

Hey Rick

23 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In response to a very thoughtful email from fellow runner Rick, I present for you my response. We agree on most things, disagree on others...but we're...

Meditate or Medicate?

21 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Headspace

05 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I've been using this app; and I think it's pretty cool.

Answering Email

22 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Fdip351: The Theology of Running

09 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In 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 ...

Roy: No Regrets and Gun Argument Fallacies

28 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

First a response to fellow runner Roy, who points out that "No one ever in the history of the world finished a run and regretted having set out". Also...

Guns, Gadgets and a Goodbye

16 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I've got three things to talk about today. The guns bit won't take long, as there's not much to say. The gadgets bit, takes a bit longer...because I l...

Make Cupcakes

15 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Just seven weeks into 2018, there have been eight shootings at US schools that have resulted in injury or death. FUCK the NRA.

Fdip350: Bigger on the Inside

10 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Being kind is something any of us can do, because we're "Bigger on the Inside".

Geek Out

24 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is kind of a test of some new podcasting equipment and a quasi review of my new iPhone.