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I\u2019m humbled.\xa0 What can I say?\xa0 I\u2019m totally humbled here, reeling in fact from the kind words from so many friends and fellow runners, people whom I admire a great deal.\n\xa0\nI\u2019ll be honest with you\u2026I\u2019ve always been honest with you (for better or worse) \u2026I\u2019m not someone who thinks very highly of myself\u2026and so, what you\u2019re about to hear are some really special people saying some very incredible things about..well\u2026me.\n\xa0\nI\u2019m not sure that I deserve the kindness, but you must\u2026I beg you, you MUST understand how much I appreciate the kind words.\n\xa0\nTen years.\xa0 I really don\u2019t have alot to say about the 10th anniversary of this podcast.\xa0 I\u2019m happy about it; I\u2019m glad that I\u2019m still producing the show, and I\u2019m very honored to have run with you for the last full decade of my life.\n\xa0\nObviously this show and I have changed quite alot since July 4th of 2005 and there's quite alot that you can say about change.\xa0 It's scary, it's sometimes sad, sometimes amazing, it's ongoing and ever constant.\xa0\n\xa0\nHeraclitus of Ephesus, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher born in 535 BC said it best when he wrote \u201cThere is nothing permanent except change.\u201d\n\xa0\nOne of the biggest changes with respect to this podcast isn\u2019t so much the audio quality, format or content\u2026it\u2019s me.\xa0 Here\u2019s something that I\u2019ve learned after 10 years of podcasting: Although there is pain in life, I am NOT a man of constant sorrow.\xa0 I have NOT seen trouble all of my days.\n\xa0\nI\u2019ve seen injury, illness, tragedy and betrayal\u2026yes, that\u2019s true\u2026but most of the past 3,652 days have been good days, most of the past 10 years have been filled with good times, amazing friends and pure joy. Life is pain, but it\u2019s also beautiful. It\u2019s easy to focus on the sorrow, but I take comfort in knowing that it isn\u2019t constant.\xa0\n\xa0\n\u201cThe Dude abides. I don\u2019t know about you but I take comfort in that. It\u2019s good knowin\u2019 he\u2019s out there. The Dude. Takin\u2019 \u2018er easy for all us sinners.\u201d\n\xa0\nThat was a quote from the character \u201cThe Stranger\u201d played by Sam Elliot from the cult classic movie \u201cThe Big Lebowski\u201d.\n\xa0\nWhat does that have to do with 10 years of podcasting, I suppose you\u2019re asking.\xa0 It\u2019s a good question, worthy of a good answer: which is this:\xa0\n\xa0\nI, like the Dude\u2026abide.\xa0 As I get older\u2026as WE get older, our bodies will slowly loose the \u201cvim and vigor\u201d of our youth\u2026but that doesn\u2019t mean we have to go, as Dylan Thomas writes \u201cgentle into that good night\u201d.\xa0 Old age shouild burn and rave at close of day, rage, rage against the dying of the light.\n\xa0\nThis dude, this runner abides. I abide the lessons of these past ten years, of physical exhaustion, emotional tragedy, crushing defeat and betrayal.\xa0 I abide the love, joy and peace of living my life to the top. I abide and savor, like a fine Argentinian Malbec, or a classic Cotes du Rhone the friendships I've made thanks to this goofy little podcast.\n\xa0\nThank you Adam for reminding me that I'm better than I feel, and that no man is a failure who has friends.\n\xa0\nThank you, very much, for running with me fellow runners.\n\xa0\nThe dude abides.\n\xa0\nThank you Adam, Eddie, Jeff, Derek, Chris, Susan, Margaret, Peter, Donna, Norn, Kevin, Christina, Carlos, Tim, Neil and Jim.\n\xa0\n\xa0\n\xa0\n\xa0\n\xa0\n\xa0\n\xa0\nLinks:\n\xa0\nMelodious advice by Neil on Twitter @neilbearse\xa0\n\xa0\nBoth opening and closing themes songs were by Jim Fidler at \n\u201cThe Curra Road\u201d was composed by Ger Wolfe at \n\xa0\nThe song \u201cMan of Constant Sorrow\u201d was by Rod Stewart.\n\xa0\nIntervals between episodes can be found at \n\xa0\nIn Vino Veritas with at \n\xa0\nTrack my return to the road at \n\xa0\nONLY IF YOU LIKE IT: Phedippidations is supported monthly through the kind financial support of fellow runners who clicked on the ONLY IF YOU LIKE IT button at SteveRunner.com to subscribe to Amazon Payments or Paypal to send me a dollar a month for my podcasting efforts.\xa0 \xa0\n\xa0\nThank you:\n\xa0\nVera, Ryan, Chaise, Gordon, Scott, Mike, Jeff, Colin, Jason, Diane, Cheryl, Ron, Mark, Martha, Greg, Tim, Bill, David, Doug, Vance, Marcelo, Roberto, Zaki, Norm, Simon, Janice, Andrew, Pam, Rob, Trey, Steve, Angie, Lynn, Nancy, Eric, Jim, Joe, Martin, Tom, David, Pierre, Andrea, Dave, Desiree, Jens, Claudia, Jill, Elizabeth, Pat, Marc, Chris, Dino, Michael, Clay, Matthew, Terence, Tom, Louis, Toni, Margaret, Janina, Joe, Fred, Joerg, Erik, Wendee, Evelyn, Nicolas, John, Christiane, Katie, Brad, Jim and Al.\n\xa0\n{}\n\xa0\nFollow me on:\nBlog: \nStream: \xa0\nApple App: \xa0\nAndroid App: \xa0\n\xa0\nSupport: