Do We Really Need Shoes?
An episode where we talk about the foundations & fundamentals of footwear.
Oct 19, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 35
Keep Going
Two guys - a shoe designer & a coach - talk shit about running, mostly. This podcast is our therapy & fills a critical need for human conversation in our lives. Welcome along for the ride.
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Locals, Classics & Epics: How To Select A Race
Coming at you with back to back episodes this week...a little 2 fer 1 action. We have a little back log in the Keep Going pipeline & decided to try to get caught up. We are doing this because we've started recoding video for the podcast & are now on YouTube, check out the link below or search Atreyu Running over there & you'll find us gesticulating & oscillating wildly...just jamming multiple Smiths references in one episode. If we didn't these out, they'd end up all soft & m...
Sep 28, 2023•59 min•Ep. 34
Drinking From A Poisoned Well: A Hot Take On Doping
Get ready for some heat, folks. Please be advised that there are portions of this episode where I go off on obscenity laden tirades & passion fueled laments. Michael holds down the emotional fort to keep some semblance of balance & objectivity, but you'll have to determine if he succeeded. If he didn't, don't blame him - this is all on me. We are releasing this episode the day we recorded it, September 28th, because I make some bold predictions that I want to be held accountable for &...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 33
Loaded: Optimizing Training in a Base Phase
In this episode, Michael & I discuss how to add quality training into a base phase. We talk through a specific session that Michael jumped into a few weeks ago in the middle of this experimental base phase he is in the middle of. Along the way, we cover the three basics of training in the Telos model: effort, economy & efficiency. For those of you who have been missing the nuts & bolts of training discussion, this one is for you. At the end of the episode, I tease a new podcast I hav...
Sep 20, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 32
Strange Attractors: A Conversation on Living & Dying
This episode is in memoriam to my father, Thomas Edward Sisson, who passed from the finite game into the Infinite Game on September 12, 2023. Michael & I discuss mentors, living & dying, strange attractors & a beautiful life. Godspeed, Dad, godspeed.
Sep 14, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 31
The Systems 04: Maffetone & the Maximum Aerobic Function
This episode is a first for us, we take a listener question about a specific training method - The Maffetone Method - & discuss Michael's experience training with the method for between 12-24 months & our views on the pluses & minuses of it. This is a next episode in our The System series. Let us know what your thoughts are & what we should cover next in this series. You can reach us at sisson at telosrunning dot com. We hope to hear from you. So pull up a chair, sit down & j...
Aug 08, 2023•59 min•Ep. 30
A Magical Sense of Place
This episode is both an homage to Austin's unique & idiosyncratic running vibe & a call for listeners to explore their own local running haunts as power places. We try to set the stage for how the soul of a place - its flora & fauna, its land & waters, its roads & neighborhoods - can be tapped into for inspiration, gratitude & soulmaking. Wether we are traveling to another location for a change of pace or traveling for work or going epic with a running pilgrimage, perhaps...
Aug 01, 2023•57 min•Ep. 29
10,000 Runs: Curiosity as Ultimate Aim
What started in an insightful conversation at the dinner table between Michael & his wife, Lena, inspires this dive into the nature of the meaning of running & life & a challenge is issued. This episode is a conversation based on an idea that was burning a hole in Michael's mind. We'd already had a topic planned but we needed to pivot & Michael had the courage to unpack this concept with me & - as it turns out - all of you. We have not checked in on the journey Atreyu is on i...
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 28
A Suffering Diptych, Part II: The Feast of Suffering
This is the second part of a diptych, a two-part artwork designed & connected in theme & style, yet retaining their own individual frame. The first part, released yesterday was recorded in early July after John decided he needed to take a break from the podcast. This second part was recorded in mid-January & include the original three "expeditionaries". Both episodes are themed around suffering. We wanted to honor John's extraordinary style & insights even as we continue to carry...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 27
A Suffering Diptych, Part I: Meeting the Devil at the Crossroads
It's been awhile but we're making it up to you with two episodes being released on back to back days. Unfortunately we hit a little bump in the road. A few weeks ago, John determined that he couldn't continue to be a part of the podcast. So Michael & I needed to regroup & decide the best way to approach this monumental loss. We considered not going forward with the podcast as we both recognize John a critical part of what makes the podcast work. We continued to record each week in hopes ...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 26
OpenSourcing A Running Culture: Paul Carrozza Part II
The second in our series of episodes highlighting the iconic & inspiring "Godfather of Austin Running", Paul Carrozza.
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 25
The Systems 03: A Very Good Place To Start
In this episode of Keep Going, Michael & I roll without John but his spirit is certainly present. In the last episode, John & I introduced our concept of Four Systems & how nearly all training can be slotted into one of these categories. Michael & I decide to kick the tires on this concept by considering his current planning of his training through the lens of these four systems. As Michael shares, he wants to compete at Ironman Texas in The Woodlands on April 27, 2024 & make...
Jun 13, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 24
The Systems 02: The Four Systems of the Apocalypse
Hello. Welcome back to another edition of the Keep Going podcast. In this episode we dive into what we have craft-fully termed the Four Systems of the Apocalypse. The four horseman are: The Musculoskeletal System: The tendons, ligaments & bones; how they act, react function & coordinate The Cardiovascular System: The heart & lungs & the role they play in getting oxygen & blood to where they need to be The Metabolic System: aka energy systems, or how the body is fired & fu...
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 23
The Systems 01: Training's 5 W's
Alrighty. So I am going to keep this intro very short & sweet. What we have on tap for you this week is a lengthy introduction into what we think will be a series of episodes on what makes training Training. Here we explicate the who, what, where, when & why - as we see it - of training. Next week, John & I will be recording without Michael as he'll be traipsing across the Italian peninsula on his honeymoon. We plan on breaking down the various systems that we train when we train. Ho...
May 29, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 22
The Art of Running: Grace & a Beautiful Race
The struggle is real, my friends, the struggle is real. While it's understood that we can't be on all the time, as creative folk, we feel the pressure to bring the heat every week. This week's episode is an attempt to salvage an entire day's recording where we'd flopped around like fish in the bottom of a leaky boat. Of course, the reason for the flopping was hubris...We'd gotten pretty confident that we could pull off any conversational trick with flying colors, so we decided we'd freestyle on ...
May 16, 2023•31 min•Ep. 21
FUNdaMENTALS 03: To Fuel Or Not To Fuel? Is That Really A Question?!?!?
In our continuing series on the FUNdaMENTALS of the sport of running, we wrestle with one of the bears every marathoner is required to attempt to tame. While food, nutrition & fueling will alway be loaded topics, we try to dig deeper: Is there a standard protocol? Or is it simply trial & error? There are those who run nutrition free & others who engineer a very specific & well-oiled plan of attack for maximizing the benefits of in-race nutrition. In this episode we unpack the cha...
May 10, 2023•55 min•Ep. 20
Drugs, Beauty & the Apocalypse
After the amazing results in London, the interwebs exploded again in allegations of doping. While we've danced around this topic a few times, in this episode we dive into the deep end. While we don't have any answers or novel suggestions, we do have opinions. But you know about opinions & assholes, right? It seems we'll really never get to the bottom of this topic but we hold that as fans it's important to focus on the Good, the True & the Beautiful. We refuse to be jaded & sarcastic...
May 03, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 19
That Old Boston Magic
We live in a world where the old gods have seemingly been tamed by the one God, & for the last 100 years the twin lords of order - reason & science - have declared the one God dead. But those of us who run know there is something deep & mysterious about the marathon distance. It seems to be a strange attractor, pulling anyone remotely interested under its spell. & if there is an old god attached to the marathon, Boston would be its primal home. It may seem strange to talk of old ...
May 02, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 18
Ted Lasso 800s
There are few legacy sessions with more legs than the Yasso 800s workout. In the fall of 2001, Amby Burfoot wrote an article in Runner's World about a session that the magazine's races services manager, Bart Yasso did repeatedly in preparation for a marathon. He'd been doing this session 3-4 times a cycle for over 15 years. It's simple as shit: 10 x 800m in your marathon goal time with tequal rest. So if you want to go sub 3, you do 10 x 800m in 3:00 w/ a 3 min rest. In this episode, we take thi...
Apr 19, 2023•59 min•Ep. 17
He Built This City: Paul Carrozza, the Godfather of Austin Running-Part I
Buckle up, ladies & gentlemen, you're in for an amazing ride. This week on the Keep Going podcast, we are joined by Paul Carrozza, the Godfather of Austin running. In our No Direction Home episode a few weeks ago (Episode 11, for reference) we mentioned how one of the three pillars holding up the foundations of Austin running was the mercurial & magical energy bottled up in RunTex, the original local running store that Paul & his wife Sheila owed & operated between 1988-2013. In ...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 16
When It Hits You: Three Love Letters
"One good thing about music, when it hits you you feel no pain." - Bob Marley & The Wailers from Trenchtown Rock Has a truer statement ever been uttered?!? When we consider the source, one of the lions of 20th century music who expanded the musical palettes of millions of people around the globe, we have it on excellent authority. In this episode of the Keep Going podcast, we return to one of our common passions, "The Album". Your three hosts all are deeply enamored & passionately enthus...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 15
Dark Necessity: The Paradox of Technology
At the risk of eliciting hundreds of eye rolls due to another podcast discussing the perils of technology, Keep Going is diving into the fray. We know it's a bit risky because we too are experiencing the palate fatigue around the talking heads warning us about AI, the singularity & advancing techno-annihilation. But fear not! We are not experts! We are 1/3rd rube, 1/3rd luddite & 1/3rd dabbler...I'll let you attempt to determine who is what. But we are decidedly NOT in preacher mode, tho...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 14
FUNdaMENTALS 02: Nine Magic Bullets
It was in the fall of 1993, that I was introduced to the concept of a "magic bullet". Tom Waits had recorded his album, The Black Rider which was based on a play co-written by William S Burroughs. Like any good Gen-X boy, I was utterly enthralled by the Beats in general but Burroughs in particular. The juxtapositions of fatalism & magical thinking, heroin-chic & creative genius were compelling but ultimately, his willingness to make beauty from chaos was foundational to my budding worldv...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 13
The Story of The Wasp: Change & Pattern in the Sport of Running
For some, a nearly two hour conversation about the future of the sport of running - between three relative bozos - may be a bridge too far. For others of you, this will really help reveal significant changes we feel will revolutionize the sport. Recent NCAA legislation has slowly filtered into the real world of collegiate distance running. The first athlete to sign a significant NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) contract is Katelyn Tuohy of NC State, in signing with adidas, her school's shoe & app...
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 12
No Direction Home: Austin as Cultural Case Study
Does running have a home court or home base? With stakeholders across three distinct disciplines (track & field, road running & trail/ultra running), is there any cultural center where we can invest our effort, time & money to cohere & thrive? Using Austin as a case study, we explore various means & modes of bottling the magic that running provides us as individuals into an elixir to share with all movement culture. We come up against a number of seeming dead ends before we r...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 11
FUNdaMENTALS 01: The Art of the Easy Run
We announce a new series we are calling FUNdaMENTALS , where we break down a specific topic that we hold as fundamental or foundational for all runners, regardless of your pace or race (or lack there of). These will be shorter episodes & we'll be weaving these in every other episode. We hope that these are helpful to runners of all levels who want to improve their running over the long term. This week we cover the importance of the easy run. What is an easy run? The easy run is where all run...
Feb 28, 2023•37 min•Ep. 10
A Half Decent Pair of Shoes
This episode is all about shoe porn. Michael returns from The Running Event & sparks a wide ranging discussion on the state of the shoe industry, foundations & fundamentals, how you can rejuvenate your running by using effort & more shoe porn.
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 9
Power Chillin'
The Big Questions of life, love & God are covered as Michael brings forth a challenge: What's one thing you want to accomplish before you die? Everything comes back to power chillin'.
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 8
Brad Pitt's Honey Bear: 90's Music
All hail, Guided By Voices' Alien Lanes! John's Top 3 Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory Rage Against The Machine - Battle of Los Angeles Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin Honorable Mentions Liz Phair - Exile in Guysville Jeff Buckley - Grace Michael's Top 3 Foo Fighters - The Color & the Shape Weezer - Pinkerton Radiohead - The Bends Honorable Mentions Violent Femmes - Why Do Birds Sing Bad Religion - All Ages Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been? Steve's Top 3 PJ Harvey - Rid of Me/To Bring You My Lov...
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 7
Style Issues & Scar Tissue
Jane's Addiction "Ain't No Right" - Ain't no wrong now, ain't no right. sobriety polarity karma tantra meditation Kanye West's INTERVIEW with Lex Friedman (https://youtu.be/4AWLcxTGZPA) Kanye's song Ghost Town (https://open.spotify.com/track/7vgTNTaEz3CsBZ1N4YQalM?si=2f77449981d34795) waves & bars & accounting/cash flow multiple lifetimes/reincarnation Nagarjuna pain is the ultimate motivator...
Feb 02, 2023•44 min•Ep. 6
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