Tag: personal growth
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Adventure Journal #04
More Than Mud My First Spartan Race Saturday, May 2, 2026Spartan Sprint | Fayetteville, North Carolina There are moments in life when you ask yourself, “What in the world did I sign up for?” Standing in the starting corral of my first Spartan Race, surrounded by people who looked like they trained by carrying refrigerators up…
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Adventure Journal #02
Every Mile Counts The Piestewa Challenge March 23–29, 2026 When one of my friends invited me to join her team for the 2026 wear blue: Run to Remember Piestewa Challenge, I didn’t hesitate. Our team, accepted the challenge to collectively complete 250 miles in seven days, symbolically traveling from the Hopi Reservation to the summit of Piestewa…
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Saying “Yes”
A Walk Through the Vineyard Saturday, March 14, 2026Lu Mil Wine Run 5K | Dublin, North Carolina Sometimes the most meaningful adventures aren’t the ones we plan. They start because someone says, “Hey… wanna come with us?” When my friends invited me to join them for the Lu Mil Wine Run 5K, I said yes.…
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The First Mile
The Adventure That Started Before the Trails May 27, 2006 Long before I hiked my first trail. Long before I signed up for races. Long before I knew I would spend years rebuilding my life… I took my very first adventure. I was seventeen years old, just two weeks away from turning eighteen, standing at…
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Why I started Rebuilding Through Miles
There comes a moment when you realize life looks nothing like you imagined. For me, that moment came at 38. After years of putting everyone else first, I found myself starting over. My divorce had finally been finalized. My adult children had begun building lives of their own. My mom, who had lived with me…
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