Me and one of our racing teammates Joy ran a Spartan DEKA today. Deka's are much faster. And much more intensethan a straight obstacle course race. This was my first one of yrar and the first step in getting my trifecta. But for this run specifically I wanted to finish under 30 minutes And I knew I n order for us to do that I had to do two things . Finish my 500 meters on the rower and skier as fast as I could. My rower was just under 7 minutes and my ski was just under 4. We finished in 24 minutes and change. The fastest we've ever gone as a duo. I said all that to say this. If you have a goal that seems impossible. Go for it anyway, because with hard work nothing is impossible!

I wanted to share an interaction where i froze up. Those that know me, know i have fast witty comments waiting, something to help find a bright light in darkness always.but not at the airport last Thursday morning. I was eating a bagel and a tall, 20 someting yr old lady walked by, partially bald with a few patches of hair, not smiling. She threw away a piece of trash by my in the can and i said " hello ma,am, hows your day going" she replied " Im here" i froze, it hurt. She was not having a great day. She went back and sat down by her mom. I beat myself up for a while, then snapped out of it. When the lines started to board, she seen me and i said, "smile, your beautiful" got a little grin in return. I wont always have the answer, but i care. I care about each of you. SMILE today, Smiles are contagious.

So I'm a little rain to the party today.And for that , I apologize , the guy who takes care of this pageSo I'm a little rain to the party today.And for that, I apologize, as the guy who takes care of this page\nI want to be respectful and mindful of what you guys might need from me and if i'm not here , I can't do that. This was a little crazy , but in that craziness , some good things have happened to. In honor of that\nPick a highlight from me all this week. And if you didn't have one, that's okay.\nSome wings are like that, if you had one of those weeks, I'm sorry.\nHopefully next week will be better. My highlight of the week. Is Wednesday night? I gotta have dinner with a teammate from out of town. In the short time we've known each other. We become super close and just that time to be with someone who has the same limiks. In passions is me really recharging , and I needed it. So what was yours

So , running with dealers of hope is not the only thing I do. Big surprise right l o l. One of the other organizations I'm a part of it's called catalyst sports, our\n Goal is to make outdoor sports like Rock, climbing mountain, biking and canoeing and other things like that more accessible to those With disabilities. A few weeks ago a fellow athlete and athlete advisory board member contacted me and said he had been contacted by a county in Alabama, wanting to make their boat more accessible and asked if I would like to help. As a kid who grew up in Mississippi, who was either fishing in the spring or hunting in the ball.My answer was yes right away. Show Uber the last few weeks, we been getting ideas together to overly execute a vision and make the boat lunge more accessible as a part of that yesterday I got to go fishing and cut to large mouth bass.. as I sat in a speed boat it hit me.This is another definition of what you're purpose is. Because over the last few months I realized that everything I've ever done, whether it's racing training or rotten climbing mountain biking, and now I'm fishing I do because if I do it and make it easier for someone Like me, then they don't have to fight as hard as I've had to. It's amazingThink about what a day on the lake can teach you.If you have access to one try it sometime.

That fear grew from years of barely scraping by, trying to keep a roof over my kids’ heads, losing things faster than I could replace them, pretending I was okay when I was exhausted inside. When you’ve lived in survival mode for a long time, “not having enough” doesn’t feel like a worry — it feels like a threat. So I played life safely. I held my breath. I didn’t take certain risks. Not because I didn’t believe in myself, but because I didn’t believe I had room to fall. But something shifted in this new chapter of my life. I’ve been stretched, tested, and pushed into places that feel uncomfortable… and instead of tightening into fear, I’m learning to lean into trust. Not blind trust, not magical thinking — trust in myself. Trust that I can figure things out. Trust that leadership doesn’t require perfection. Trust that mistakes don’t ruin my life — they guide it. Trust that I don’t have to hold everything together alone anymore. I’m starting to believe there’s no “losing” if you’re willing to learn. There’s no stuck when you’re willing to move, even imperfectly. That mindset has softened my anxiety more than any “be positive” pep talk ever could. I’m not operating from fear anymore. I’m operating from faith — faith in growth, faith in timing, faith in the person I’m becoming. Here’s my question for you: Have you ever played it small because you were afraid of losing something? And what would your next step look like if you believed you could learn instead of fail? I’d love to hear your story, even if it’s just one sentence. You’re not alone in this shift. We’re all learning to walk differently now.