On today's episode I go out on a run and let my stream of consciousness talk about EPO and drugs in sport.  Thanks for listening.

Well its been awhile since my last podcast so here we go after a little rest, I reset and am ready to go.  On todays show I talk about the use of NSAIDs in endurance sports, Tony Krupicka, and Running Magazines.  Thanks for listening

In today's episode I am still talking a little about qualifying for Boston and the standards we must achieve.  I also have a new segment to discuss the current goings on in my firehall.  Thanks for listening.  Enjoy!

Okay so the Boston Marathon registration has come and gone.  It's closed get over it.  On today's run I discuss the very healthy debate that went on this past monday.  To all those who made it congratulations. To all those who were shut out  I'm sorry I fell for you I really do.  Thanks for listening and I'll see you next week.

Yes a little bit of melodrama for your listening pleasure.  My race report for the BMO Okanagan Marathon.  Thanks for all your support and thanks for listening

Okay these are THE final thoughts before the Okanagan Marathon. I give you my take on Twitter.  Thanks for listening I'll see you next week

So I’m almost ready for the marathon.  This is the final week before the BMO Okanagan Marathon in Kelowna.  I guess I’m still pretty nervous I tend to ramble on with a bit of self doubt and apathy but who doesn’t before a marathon.  I plan (not saying I will) but I plan to put out one more show before the marathon.  The show is short  I’m not sure if that is a good thing or not.  Let me know on Twitter will I am Ultradad.

Okay after  several harrowing attempts at trying to upload this episode on to my server I bring you the 50th episode of the podcast.  A hill repeat workout where I cath up with you and trying some new editing stuff.  I hope you enjoy it.  Thanks for listening

In this episode I run the south loop of the Okanagan Marathon course.  I review our trip to Las Vegas and the state of the current training program.  Thanks for listening

Let’s talk about Flow: The Optimal Experience.  Flow was a term first coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihali.  It describes in a nutshell: the zone, the groove, the times when you got your mojo working real good. As runner’s I’m hoping most of you have been in that zone at one time or another.  Maybe not necessarily running but perhaps some other sport or activity.

Let me give you the run down or the 9 defining characteristics of Flow:

1)      Clear and define goals that are achievable.  The point is these goals are not too lofty and not too easy either.

2)      Immediate feedback.  That is important because it relates back to the point one.  As you are in the process of achieving your goal you have to have benchmark marks that tell you that you are on your way.

3)      A balance between challenges and skills.  Once again relating back to point one the rush comes from the fact that you are pushing the limits of your skill set. Pushing the envelope.

4)      Action and awareness are merged.  Immediately as you enter the flow experience your consciousness is called to action you become aware of what is required. Concentration on the task at hand

5)      Dimensions are excluded from consciousness.  The only thing around you is the task at hand.  Everything else is ignored.  Its like everything else in the entire world falls away.

6)      There is no worry of failure. The book calls it The Paradox of Control because people who are flow describe it as “they were in total control” when the truth of the matter and logic dictates that they had no control at all. 

7)      Self-consciousness disappears or the loss of self-consciousness

8)      The Sense of time becomes distorted

9)      The experience becomes Autotelic. The 9^th point is a manifestation of the previous 8.  Once you realize