The Athletic Philosopher Podcast

In this episode I delve deeper into my own race experience as an athlete, the physical performance of the race, and the lessons I learned about competing in this specific race format and adult competition in sports in general. I go into how I felt during the race, my race day strategy, how I executed, when things started to get tough, how I battled through adversity, what did me in by the end, and...

This is the first of a few race recap podcasts from my 2024 Prairie on Fire Backyard Ultra Experience.   A backyard ultra is a race format where runners complete a 4 1/6th mile loop every hour on the hour until there is only one runner left. Last year I ran 15 laps, 100km, and wanted to bring a whole crew of guys because of this specific format. It's a race where we are always together, in camp, a...

In this episode I get deep into my coaching philosophy on how to find consistency in fitness, physical activity, and sport as an adult. I outline my 3 step process on aim and execution that's been successful for many of my coaching clients. Learn why this simple process is the unlock you need to finally defeat the same old excuses and overcome the same external limits you feel you can't defeat.  1...

In this episode of the Athletic Philosopher Podcast I take you inside my mind as I apply it to my specific race training. Using Aristotle as my inspiration, I know that if you aim at the nature of the activity it's full potential opens up to you. When I begin training for any competition I don't start with physical preparedness, I try to uncover that center. Then I aim the physical training toward...

Episode 5 dives deep into the importance of honesty in sport in outcomes, effort, and identity. In a world of posturing, signaling, lies, manipulation, and self delusions, sports provide us honest feedback about ourselves that no other activity can match. The honest effort of our bodies in motion, through training and competing, gives us truthful information about who we are and what we value.  Yo...

This episode was inspired by a Tribal Cafe podcast conversation on assuming our athletic identities (link below). There are so many youth athletes who we told to give up their athletic dreams and they drift without meaning as adults. I explore why this matters and how people can rediscover that identity and let it reemerge authentically. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/79-tribal-cafe-feel-li...

In this episode I dive deep into the common misunderstanding adults have around the concept of 'play' and provide a new way of thinking about its role and importance.   After spending a week playing with my daughter, it struck me that adults need to be creative, imaginative, expressive, and playful, just like kids. When it comes to sports, we find the opposite pressure from society, that we should...

'The moment of athletic perfection is an act of personal transcendence'  I use this phrase all the time to describe incredible sports highlights that bring us out of our seat cheering with excitement. In this podcast, I dive deep into where this idea comes from, how it makes deep sense, and how you need to think about and apply this idea in your life for deep meaning and purpose through sport.

Welcome to my new adventure into the world of podcasting. As a former university professor I'm trained in talking about ideas, having conversations, and presenting information in a useful way.  Hosting a podcast is a natural way for me to spread my knowledge of sport in a way that's easy to access and apply directly. This first episode is just an introduction into this evolving experiment. Thanks...