BROADCASTS.com

This week your goofy little host goes \u201coff the deep end\u201d again with a podcast filled with critical thinking, loud enunciation and a very un-holiday-like disposition.\nThis episode is a statement of my opinion.\xa0 \nNot all will agree with that opinion, and all are invited to consider and challenge what I have to say here.\xa0 I suspect many will consider my premise faulty and my conclusion to be wrong; but this is just MY OPINION, and if I sound angry and passionate in my argument it\u2019s because it bothers me when fellow runners suffer the appeals of a marketing pitch designed to ridicule them without their conscious understanding in an effort to sell books.\nJust because someone says that it takes courage for you to run your first mile, does not make it so.\xa0 It does not make noble the action by affixing such terms to explain how you came to be.\xa0 Terms and words like \u201cindomitable spirit\u201d, \u201cintelligent choice\u201d, \u201cdedication\u201d, \u201cperseverance\u201d, and \u201ccommitment\u201d better describe how you became a runner; and credits you with the hard work associated with your effort and success on the road.\nIn this episode I will prove that \u201cit takes dedication to start running\u201d is no longer a hypothesis, it\u2019s a well founded theory.\xa0 I will show that this is a well established principle created from repeated observation and testing.\xa0 There are better and more positive ways to inspire and motivate non-runners to take to the road with us than to call them \u201cscared, powerless little misfits\u201d.\nDon\u2019t ever let anyone tell you that it takes courage to start running. They are offending you, they are appealing to your instinctual desire to be congratulated for doing something noble and brave.\xa0 \nYou deserve MUCH more\u2026you have earned the right to be credited with rising off the couch of doom not because you were once a cowering, fearful couch potato who overcame some dangerous risk to your life; but because you made a choice\u2026you accepted a challenge to yourself: and that doesn\u2019t take courage fellow runners; that takes dedication.\nShow Links:Fdip Blog of the Week: The song \u201cYou and I\u201d was by Ingrid Michaelson