I consider myself a running enthusiast and didn’t really start distance running until I was an adult, probably in my 30’s at some point to lose weight or manage stress. When I met my wife, Brandi, we started doing 5k’s, 10k’s and half marathons together. I ran my first marathon, the Kansas City Marathon, in October 2022 and while I finished, it wasn’t the experience I had trained or was hoping for, so I kept up the training over the winter and ran the Garmin Olathe Oz Run and finished in under 5 hours! I completed my 3rd marathon in November 2023 after taking two wrong turns and running over 28 miles. I had a PR at Rock the Parkway this past spring finishing that half in under 2 hours and then ran the Oz Marathon again. I’m really committed to the sport to the extent that I listen to running podcasts and follow influencers on social media, have an extreme interest in new shoe technology and like to visit REI, Fleet Feet, or Scheels to try on new sneakers as they come out.
If you want to see what I’m up to you can follow me on Strava.
I occasionally update a running vlog on YouTube as well.
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