I Wrote A Book

I Wrote A Book

I wrote a book, y’all. Like, I WROTE A BOOK. Listen, I know you know this if you’ve been following me for a while. If you haven’t—welcome, hello. I wrote a book about running across America for my mom and multiple sclerosis that you can find here. But back...
This Is Your Life.

This Is Your Life.

This is your life. This is the mantra that keeps me grounded in the present. It arrives unprompted from my mind—This is your life—and causes me to take note of what I’m doing, because the thing I’m doing at that very moment is my life, made up of the...
What’s Next?

What’s Next?

A friend asked the question from the front row at my book launch event, right as we were wrapping up the program and closing Q&A. Her words hung in the air like a challenge. What would come after publishing a book—an accomplishment many dream of but few ever...
Right On Time

Right On Time

The book launch week of The Long Run Home came and went like a shooting star burning bright across a midnight sky—brilliant, stunning, and singular. As I reflect on it all, I realize: I will never publish my first book again. I find it incredible that it...
The Long Run Home: Memoir Debut

The Long Run Home: Memoir Debut

Dare to Begin—this is the message that’s been echoing in my mind. It’s the call to action from my upcoming memoir, releasing in less than eight weeks! When I think about my greatest wins—and when I think about people reading my book—that’s the message I want them to...
Riding Past Fear

Riding Past Fear

“You can do it, AJ. You can do it, AJ. You can do it, AJ,” I heard my son whimpering quietly behind me on the tag-along bike attachment. He was scared of biking, and this was our first attempt on the tag-along after years of trying to get him on his own bike with...