On The Leash: Borrowed Truth

“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 - the question is whether we can see them operating and work with them consciously:’ In this episode we explore the idea of borrowed truth. You must realize that the journey of self-coaching is one’s unique, idiosyncratic pursuit of your own truth. The truth living in your blood & bones, pumped as air through your lungs, felt as power & fatigue in your relation to ground. This is what we do it for, ultimately. Sure, we want to get faster. But we really want to know: know what we are made of, what we can withstand, what we are here on this planet to experience.  & what we learn is our truth. It's not borrowed, it's an authentically earned truth. Don’t let your truths go unexamined, lest they not hold water. If it’s real, it can take the pressure. & please remember, what is your truth is not meant for others to experience. They have their own truth to explore.Godspeed.