About / My Story
A Life Shaped by Faith, Family, and Friends
I experienced a reversion to the Catholic faith in early high school through the quiet but powerful witness of my mother. That return set the direction of my life.
I later attended Christendom College, where I formed real friendships, received a strong intellectual and spiritual foundation, and was inspired to strive for greatness. True greatness is not in achievement alone, but in virtue, responsibility, and love for others.
During a 100-mile run in a thunderstorm at night, I began talking with Johnny Kuplack, who had recently completed a run across the United States. This conversation was like a seed planted that germinated into the idea of running across the country months later.
During and after college, I began discerning a vocation to the contemplative life with the Carthusian Order at the Monastery of the Grande Chartreuse in France. I decided to walked the 500-mile Camino Frances in Spain to think about what I was going to do with my life.
Through prayer, study, endurance challenges, and pilgrimages, I’ve come to believe that life is both beautiful and serious. Life is meant to be lived deliberately and offered generously.
Why Endurance
Running long distances has become a way for me to enter into silence and think about a lot of things. Although it is a more painful sport, endurance running fascinates me because any successful endurance runner needs to have mental strength and toughness to make it in one piece to the finish line. But at the same time, it is also a sport that refreshes and relaxes your mind, even when your legs are cooked. Long running efforts strip away distraction and leave only what is essential.
This run is not about proving strength or seeking attention.
It is about offering something costly to help real moms and babies in our community.
Why This Run
Human life is not an abstract concept. Obviously, it is a real, precious thing, something lived and experienced by you and me everyday. It is personal and relational because it involves real men and women, and real families.
Life is so good.
This run is my way of carrying that reality across the country, step by step. It is about inviting others to walk with me in this journey by supporting the work that changes and protects lives.