The continuing dialogues between Steve & Kobe around running & what we call the spiritual. In this episode we unpack & examine the differences between personal growth & spiritual growth: how they are different, the ways they feed forward & backward into each other & share some deeply personal ways in which we both have "struggled well" in relationship to growth - however it framed. Godspeed my friends, godspeed.
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 3Ep. 2
The beginning of the end of the Running on Purpose podcast is the new beginning of the RunGnosis project. This episode covers the reasons for the transition & introduces the general message & intent of RunGnosis. After this intro, Steve covers the reasons why every runner should be focused on their inner experience of running as much as their goals, results & data. Godspeed.
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 1
This is the final episode in our “apophatic” series, where we tackle the topic of No Lies. An overarching theme is my personal experience around the toxicity of modern Western culture & how it creates many challenges for runners.
Sep 05, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 20
In he fourth episode in our "apophatic" series, we cover no assumptions. Godspeed, my friends, godspeed.
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Season 2Ep. 19
In the 6th installment of the "Kobe & Steve Show", which I call The Innerwork Dialogues, we start in a more contemplative mood & take our time in getting around to our planned discussion topic of No Assumptions. In fact, we realized about an hour in that we'd really not specifically addressed the topic but instead spent our time reflecting on the initial two topics, while at the same time looking forward to the next two topics. We consider the differences between contemplation & mind...
May 31, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Back finally with another solo episode. As I mentioned recently, I have been working on a new series for this podcast that I’ll be announcing very soon. This series will fold in with the Innerwork Dialogues I have been doing with Kobe over at In The Zone & continued posts around the Endorphin Book Club - more on that below - & continued reflections around training the body mind & soul as inspiration ensues. I already have outlines for the following topics: The Felt-Sense; Three Intel...
May 02, 2024•46 min•Season 2Ep. 17
The second episode in our series on the running's apophatic path: no expectations.
Apr 18, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 16
In a another of our Innnerwork Dialogues, Kobe & I unpack a key concept from an early In The Zone episode more fully. We discuss the hazards of judgement. Please join us
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Happy Vernal Equinox 2024. Last night at 10pm we shifted seasons. This marks the scientific & mythic transition from winter into spring. It’s associated with Easter & the death burial & resurrection of Christ & the temporary return of Persphone, goddess of Spring, from her enslavement in the underworld with Hades for the rejuvenation of the crops & cycle of agriculture. For many runners, it marks the final preparations for the annual pilgrimage to Hopkinton & the most des...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 14
I am back with Kobe of the In The Zone podcast, where we are primarily focused on the inner game of running. What are the varieties of inner experience, that some may call spiritual, & how to they impact our training & racing. In this specific episode we explore the concept of "goallessness" or framing one's running experience without the typical overriding focus on goals & outcomes. Using Kobe's recent training focus away from outcomes & toward process, we dive really deep into ...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Where I announce the Endorphin Book Club, a community for runners who read or readers who run. If you are interested in joining us please reach out to me directly via email at sisson at telosrunning dot com.
Feb 01, 2024•23 min•Season 2Ep. 12
In this essential episode, I walk through the single most important protocol one can implement this year & in the future for vastly improving their performance in training & racing. There is a ton of very important information here. It can be distilled as follows: The Mission Protocol. The Brief is the Vision. The intention is the Seed. Training is the water/ground/conditions. Rest & recovery are the Harvest. The Debrief is the Full Belly & Story/Map for future Vision. As mention...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 11
“The bad news is that you are falling through the air, there is nothing to hang onto, and you have no parachute. The good news is that there is no ground.” ~Chögyam Trungpa We are back in conversation with Kobe Blondeel from In The Zone podcast for another of what we are calling The Innerwork Dialogues. Our goal with these discussions is to begin to attempt to sketch the outline & form of a concrete & practical approach to incorporating & exploring the spiritual path with running. We...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 10
If you are anything like me, you probably listen to a lot of podcasts. I mean, here you are, listening to this one now. & it can be challenging to process the content in a long, deep episode & come away with concrete, actionable takeaways. I'll be listening to an episode & have a note file started on my phone so I can jot down key insights or inspiring ideas I want to develop later. If this is you, you are going to love my guest this week. Charlotte Grysolle is an online writer who d...
Dec 14, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 9
This episode is filled with gold. While the recording quality was abysmal - totally a fault of my using a recording system I was unaccustomed to - the discussion is phenomenal. I as mentioned in the last RoP episode, sometime getting more context & discussion around the heady, meta foundation of worldview can be challenging. This discussion has many takeaways & practical applications that would have taken me too much time to articulate in a solo episode. On tip of that, I hope to coax my...
Dec 07, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? -Bob Dyan, Ballad of a Thin Man This intro is from Cat Power's recently released live album Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert. I highly recommend this album & of course the various originals Dylan himself released. This episode takes this quote as inspiration for exploring worldviews as foundation for running, training & racing.
Dec 07, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In this Thanksgiving special episode, I interview Bill Corrigan an athlete I have worked with for over four years who was diagnosed almost two years ago with ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease. What follows is an inspiring & moving conversation around how this disease has changed Bill's life & how much we all have to be grateful for. Happy Thanksgiving & godspeed, my friends. At the end of the episode, Bill mentions his fundraiser for Boston this year, HERE IS A LINK. I also mention our fir...
Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In this solo episode, I develop my thesis that running is best understood & experienced as a movement practice. Here I unpack various arguments & points of view where the focus of most runners on training & racing is missing a huge opportunity & is a fundamental misunderstanding of what we are doing as runners. While this might seem a bit dry or meta, I sincerely hope you'll consider following me down this path. I use it as a foundation for running & the conversations that wi...
Nov 16, 2023•44 min•Season 2Ep. 5
This episode is the first in a series of readings I am calling the Endorphin Book Club. The EBC - which really should be called the Endocannabinoid Book Club to honor recent scientific discovery but we'll keep it simpler & nostalgic - scratches an itch that I have always wanted to scratch: classic texts in running history read in audiobook style to relive & honor great running history & writing. The first take on this concept is a reading of my favorite running writer, Kenny Moore, w...
Nov 09, 2023•26 min•Season 2Ep. 4
I am very excited to introduce a new series & co-host to the RoP podcast. Over the summer I found a podcast created by a Belgian runner & coach, Kobe Blondeel, that addressed topics that I felt resonated the essential shift in consciousness that was undergoing around running as a spiritual practice. Kobe hosts In The Zone & his early episodes were a mix of solo discussions around his experiences as an athlete & coach around deep philosophical & spiritual modes of being a runn...
Nov 01, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 3
As I was putting the finishing touches on the episode I planned to release today, I realized it might be helpful to discuss what I see purpose meaning now - in the fall of 2023 - vs how I framed it three years ago. This episode is a revisioning of what I mean by "running on purpose" & how I am doubling down on the concept, if in a slightly modified version. A meandering meditation, free-form & floating along. I hope you enjoy. Godspeed.
Oct 18, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Wherein your host, Steve Sisson, marks the return of the podcast from a three year hiatus. This episode reintroduces the new reboot of the Running on Purpose with a Who, What Where, When & Why for this return. It's been a long time coin', but Sisson is BAAAA-AAACCCKKKK!
Oct 05, 2023•40 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Show Notes Full Video of this Episode ( YouTube ) Deena's Essential "Instructional" Memoir at Amazon Full video of 2003 London Marathon ( PART I ) ( PART II ) Footage of the 2001 World Championships 10,000m Race ( YouTube ) Deena book recommendations - Big Potential by Shawn Acor at Amazon - A Practice of Mountains by Andrea Mead Lawnrece at Amazon ($$$!) - The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin at Amazon Time - Content 00:00 - In da Club/Intro 6:30 - Women's Marathoning from 1985-2003 12:00 - Pro...
Jun 12, 2020•2 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 27
YOUTUBE VIDEO LINK Only 18 months after making the decision to train seriously, Dick Beardsley drives the best marathoner in world beyond his limits in the world's best marathon. How does an upstart develop so quickly in such little time? Listen to this interview & you'll find out. After our inaugural episode of Legends, covering the 1982 Boston Marathon & the iconic Duel in the Sun, we had an opportunity to interview Dick Beardsley. This interview runs the gamut, from history & refl...
May 12, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Show Notes Time - Content 00:00 - Race Discussion 11:00 - Post-Race Interviews 16:50 - Post Olympic Careers - Joan Benoit 23:15 - Grete Waitz 28:50 - Rosa Mota 32:00 - Ingrid Kristiansen 35:00 - Who Was the Best of the Decade (1980's)? 43:00 - Rabbit Holes (Olympic Marathon Course Design & the History & Legacy of Athletics West) 47:20 - Questions/Debates/Loose Ends
May 05, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Show Notes Time - Content 3:30 - Reflections on Legends 1984 Boston Marathon 6:00 - 1984 Olympic background 13:20 - Women’s distance running history 23:55 - Grete Waitz 31:10 - Joan Benoit 41:40 - Ingrid Kristiansen 45:15 - Rosa Mota 49:20 - Who was supposed to win?
Apr 30, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Episode Breakdown 0:00 - Introduction of Legends 10:45 - Culture & Running Scene in 1982 17:55 - Background on Race Protagonists 34:55 - Race Discussion & Analysis 51:00 - The Race Finale 1:00:15 - Career Epilogue 1:13:15 - Hot Takes on Alberto 1:27:00 - Final Questions about Race Links Boston Marathon 1982 Video footage - https://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=62014 Duel in the Sun - https://www.amazon.com/Duel-Sun-Beardsley-Americas-Greatest/dp/1594866287...
Apr 16, 2020•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 23
A dialogue with Bill Corrigan on how to set up a metal training plan. Bill asks if there is a periodization model we can use to optimize our mental game in running & racing. Recorded before the outbreak of COVID-19 on March 6th.
Mar 30, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In this episode we discuss life on lockdown & how we recommend silence & resilience as tools for coping with change & uncertainty. We end with one key session you can add now that will pay huge dividends down the road.
Mar 24, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 21
A wide ranging, honest dialogue about how injury impacts running & life. We start off talking about the US Marathon Olympic Trials & move into the specifics of how Tomek became injured, how he struggled with diagnosis, how it impacted his overall wellbeing & what he's going to be bringing to his running & his community as he returns back to full health. I mention late in the podcast about the need for community when athletes are injured. We are considering creating a community of...
Mar 11, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 20
