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In this episode, Steve invites Carl Stones back on the podcast to talk more pragmatically & specifically on the topic of "borrowed truth" that Steve introduced in Episode 7's inagural On the Leash. 

Please listen to The Dojo (Part I) if you haven't already. It will clarify much of what is discussed in this episode.  After recording the dojo episode, something nagged. Not that anything said was wrong — something was missing. & the missing thing was close to the center of what makes a dojo work. This episode names it: the dojo, equal to its sacredness, is refuge & laboratory. The safe p...

“On the Leash” is a recurring series within the OYO.RUN podcast that examines control structures, power dynamics, and constraints that shape runners and their training.  What is a leash? A constraint, a limiter; something that impacts your freedom - of movement, of control, choice. This series will continue to point at this one fundamental insight: “we don’t get to choose whether we have leashes -...

In this episode I introduce another consistent co-host of the oyo.run podcast: Carl Stones. We discuss our shared history, Austin running community legacy, our mutual interest in self-coaching & what it means to be in a body.  Godspeed, my friends, godspeed. 

In this episode, I finally  introduce one of my key co-hosts, Katie Watson. We discuss how we met, our ongoing coach/athlete relationship & what she hopes to bring to the oyo.run project in the coming episocdes. You can follow Katie on Instagram where she uses the handle kwatsrun.  Enjoy!

A program tells you what to do. A dojo transforms the doer. In this episode we make the case that what the self-coached runner is missing isn't more structure — it's a container. One that holds the outer & inner work of training together, that makes the practice a practice in the older, deeper sense of that word. We trace the concept of the dojo across traditions, lay out a six-element anatomy...

An introduction to the oyo.run project - framed as The Fool's Journey - where the entire project is laid out for your interest.  Key topics include:  The story around the weird name Unpacking the Fool's Journey as opposed to the Hero's Journey What to expect from the podcast An overview of the Foundations series & the On A Leash series What the podcast is NOT How you can show appreciation &amp...

Hello, I am Steve Sisson. A runner, coach & dirt-bag philosopher living in Austin, Texas at the bleeding edge of the Anthropocene.  I am very excited to share a new project with you.  It's called oyo.run , & the focus is simple: self-coaching. Taking ownership of your running experience — as you should have been doing all along. I'll be your host, joined by a range of collaborators who'll...