What started in an insightful conversation at the dinner table between Michael & his wife, Lena, inspires this dive into the nature of the meaning of running & life & a challenge is issued. This episode is a conversation based on an idea that was burning a hole in Michael's mind. We'd already had a topic planned but we needed to pivot & Michael had the courage to unpack this concept with me & - as it turns out - all of you. We have not checked in on the journey Atreyu is on in awhile & here entrepreneurship acts as an initial spark but this goes deeper into what might be the ultimate aim of running, of business & of self. Of course, those of you who know, know that when one's existential dread stirs up the "big questions", you are in deep water & you drowning feels inevitable. No one can help, nor should they...we all know that trying to save a drowning person by swimming out to their aid is very dangerous. &, if we're being honest, most of really don't want anyone else there with us anyway. In this scenario, even the optimists among us will tend to see the glass significantly less than half full.  By the time this conversation ensued, Michael had pushed off the bottom of the deep end & had surfaced with a concept to explore: curiosity. He unpacked this in his recent Vlog for Atreyu & here we go deeper & share our perspectives on how curiosity underlies all learning, all growth & all development. & we tie in running & life as sitting on the bedrock of this curiosity.Open awareness, dreams, insight meditation, yoga, mindfulness, bodyfulness, simplicity, human potential, zen, enlightenment & many other concepts pop up in this conversation. Also, we issue a challenge designed around an experiment Michael is calling 10,000 Runs. Who among you are interested in stealing the culture? Email me at sisson@telosrunning.com with your thoughts. Pull up a chair, sit down at our table & join us as we dig deep in this episode that we call, 10,000 Runs: Curiosity as Ultimate Aim. Godspeed, friends, godspeed.