Treading Water

[NOTE: This is a post I created for Patreon supporters, so I’m publishing it here for paid Substack subscribers as well]

[Also: I know I usually use this space for fun, upbeat behind-the-scenes stuff, but I thought for once I could talk about some challenging stuff too, since it’s authentic]

I just got back from a very last-minute trip to TrailCon, or “North America’s Premier Trail Running Festival,” my first time there, and an extremely hectic trip that involved two pre-4:00 a.m. wakeups, one sprint through the Salt Lake City airport, and a three-hour drive home from Spokane at the end. I wasn’t planning on going until I ran into my friend Mike while running the Friday before, and then bought one of the last airline tickets from Missoula to Reno that afternoon to fly out on Tuesday.