Running for Something Bigger than Myself

It is my honor to have partnered with depression2extinction as an Ambassador Athlete, dedicated to raising the awareness of and removing the stigma around depression. I love running for something bigger than myself.

I grew up in Massachusetts, have been running and racing off and on for nearly 25 years, and I am a US Marine Corps combat veteran. After returning from the Iraq war in 2005, I struggled with reintegration, anxiety, and identity. Running, and the community, structure, and goal setting involved with it, helped me through those hard times. I spent most of my professional life working on catastrophic disaster planning and health security, heavy topics to say the least. I wasn’t very happy, under a lot of (mostly self-imposed) pressure, and not as active as I would like to be. Recently, with the help and support of my amazing wife, I stopped working for other organizations and government to start several businesses; one focused on supporting small businesses recovering from disasters (@Naseku_goods) and there other focused on connecting ultra and trail runners with great gear (@ultrarunnercrate).

I’m excited and just happy that I have the time and a supportive family to run. In this upcoming race I’m hoping to be competitive. That being said, I’ve never attempted a 50k race, so it should be interesting!