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Introducing you to the NEW Steve Runner. All hail our robot overlords.

Just checking in on a beautiful summer night in a quaint New England town with a little friend I'd like you to meet.

"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 - The Ghost of Radio and a Toronto Blue Jays fan

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

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 Infused Polar Headband" http://www.ithreesixty.com it's a way to listen to podcasts without wires without hurting your ears!

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 long run in the back country roads of rural New England as I talk about my love for this part of the planet.

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 that for awhile now. It's not that I didn't care about my past or the way my actions have shaped me...but, you get it, right? Why dawdle in the past when there's so much goodness in the future...or at least, the possibility for goodness? Entropy's a bitch man, but it will not be denied. Might as well greet it with acceptance and hope. So there's that...it's a very personal episode. In a weird way, it's where this 20 year old podcast has been going all along...to episode 388. And that's the other thing, in a way...this is also a celebration of 20 years of my podcasting. Now...I'll be honest with you...because what would be the point of dishonesty? 20 years is meaningless....I mean in a quantifiable way. It's a tick on the clock. It's only 31% of my lifespan thus far. Fellow runners have been with me for almost a third of my life....but, THAT's not a big deal. What is a big deal is that we got to spend any time together at all. That's what I'm celebrating. It's an anniversary, sure....but the word "anniversary" comes from the latin "annus versus" - year turning....and that's led to the latin term "anniversarius" meaning returning yearly. Returning to what exactly? I'm looking forward...but okay, let's acknowledge the past. Hi there past, you're looking...thinner. Well, it's been nice catching up, gotta run. I've always found the image and characteristics of the ouroboros disturbing. A serpent that eats it's own tail, a snake that consumes itself. That can't end well. But in a way this episode, the 20th anniversarius of Phedippidations does go back to the very beginning...maybe you can think of it as getting back to where I started, or even better: a new start away from the past. I don't know, just call it a new take on an oldy by a goody? Or...if that doesn't work how about: Let's reboot the baby. But of course that implies we've already given the baby the boot...we're just doing it again. Other things you should know: I started writing this episode back on March 23rd, of this year, 2025...at exactly 1:42 in the afternoon. So...I took my time on this one. 222 days exactly....that's 7 months 8 days. Yeah, I wasn't in a rush to get this out. I'm not into numerology or anything magical like that, but the fact that I did borrow the final audio from episode 222 of this goofy little podcast is a surious correlation: and those are cool. As to why I didn't get this out, well...I was doing other stuff. I was otherwise occupied...and as the weeks went on, I wasn't sure that I'd actually ever find the time to finish writing, recording and "oh MY holy invisible flying spaggetti monster in space" actually editing this thing. But I found some inspiration and time. So, on Friday October 31st at noon eastern time...there will be a new episode for you to listen to. Or not. You're call. It doesn't really matter anymore. Maybe you'll listen, maybe not, maybe you'll like it, or maybe you'll barely get through the first 3 minutes...that's completely up to you. I won't be offended either way. I don't know if anyone's listening to this anyway. I really don't, and I really don't care that much. I made this more for myself than anyone else, but if you want to check it out: great...I guess...and like I said, if you don't...well that's great too.

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 he presents this new product and begins to build his own tree.

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. Wearing my "Yak-Tracks" to prevent slipping, I really enjoyed this run as the snow fell.

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.

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

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 surgery and my plans to return to the road and assume, once again, the role of "Steve Runner". A Total Eclipse of the Sun is a spectacular convergence of Copernican alignment that demonstrates the power of science and our being present in a beautiful universe.

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

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.