Running On Purpose

Oct 16 2024 49 ep. 31

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A seasonal, bi-weekly podcast dedicated to integrating body, mind & soul for what the race requires.

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The Innerwork Dialogues 09: Personal & Spiritual Growth

Oct 16 2024 78 mins

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 gro

The Inner Experience of Running

Oct 10 2024 65 mins

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. Gods

The Innerwork Dialogues 08: No Lies

Sep 05 2024 90 mins

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.

The Innerwork Dialogues 07: No Assumptions

Jun 27 2024 95 mins

In he fourth episode in our "apophatic" series, we cover no assumptions. Godspeed, my friends, godspeed.

The Innerwork Dialogues 06: Deeper Reflections

May 31 2024 105 mins

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 a

Endorphin Book Club: The Art of Mastery Review

May 02 2024 46 mins

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 bod

The Innerwork Dialogues 05: No Expectations

Apr 18 2024 90 mins

The second episode in our series on the running's apophatic path: no expectations.

The Innerwork Dialogues 04: No Judgement

Mar 28 2024 89 mins

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

Mar 21 2024 62 mins

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 ag

The Innerwork Dialogues 03: On "Goallessness" & Process

Mar 06 2024 92 mins

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 &