Running On Purpose
A seasonal, bi-weekly podcast dedicated to integrating body, mind & soul for what the race requires.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 49
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
The Innerwork Dialogues 09: Personal & Spiritual Growth
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…
The Inner Experience of Running
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 …
The Innerwork Dialogues 08: No Lies
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 create…
The Innerwork Dialogues 07: No Assumptions
In he fourth episode in our "apophatic" series, we cover no assumptions. Godspeed, my friends, godspeed.
The Innerwork Dialogues 06: Deeper Reflections
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 …
Endorphin Book Club: The Art of Mastery Review
- 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 Di…
The Innerwork Dialogues 05: No Expectations
The second episode in our series on the running's apophatic path: no expectations.
The Innerwork Dialogues 04: No Judgement
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
The Rhythm of Life & Death: Cycles in Running
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 …
The Innerwork Dialogues 03: On "Goallessness" & Process
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 im…
Endorphin Book Club: An Invitation
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 …
The Mission Protocol: Brief, Intention, Execution & Debrief
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…
The Innerwork Dialogues 02: Designing a Spiritual Training Plan
The good news is that there is no ground.”
~Chögyam Trungpa
We are back in conversation…
Charlotte Grysolle on the Nervous System & Breathwork for Runners
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 a…
The View: arête Re-release w/ Jason Brooks
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 …
Ballad of a Thin Man: Worldview as Foundation
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: Th…
Go On, Be Brave: On Gratitude w/ Bill Corrigan
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…
Our Birthright: Running As Movement Practice
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 tra…
Endorphin Book Club - But Only On Sunday: Ron Clarke
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 …
Innerwork Dialogues 01: Belief as Container & Fuel for Sensemaking
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 reson…