Crew can be an incredible asset on race day and it can also quietly make things harder if expectations aren’t clear.

In this episode, we’re talking about what crew is actually for, when it makes sense to have crew and how to use support in a way that helps instead of overwhelms you.

We get into:

• what crew should and shouldn’t be responsible for
• how crew roles change as race distances get longer
• why not everyone needs the same type of support
• common crew mistakes (with a lot of grace)
• how to communicate expectations before race day
• and why a smaller, aligned crew often works better than a big one

This is for anyone who wants support that matches their needs instead of adding stress when things get hard.

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Confidence is something a lot of runners think they’re missing. Especially in trail running. Especially when things feel hard, messy, or inconsistent.

In this episode, we’re talking about the difference between borrowed confidence and earned confidence. Borrowed confidence is the kind that shows up after a good run, a PR, or external validation. It feels great… but it’s fragile. Earned confidence is quieter. It’s built through repetition, adjustment, and showing up even when things don’t go perfectly.

This episode is for you if you’ve ever said “I just don’t feel confident yet” while still doing the work anyway. We’ll talk about why confidence usually lags behind effort, why that’s normal, and how trusting yourself is built long before it feels obvious.

No hype. No motivation speeches. Just an honest conversation about what actually builds confidence in trail running and in real life.

In This Episode, We Talk About:

• The difference between borrowed confidence and earned confidence
• Why confidence that depends on things going well doesn’t last
• How earned confidence is built through repetition, not motivation
• What confidence actually looks like on hard, unsexy days
• Why feeling uncertain doesn’t mean you’re behind
• How runners are often more confident than they realize
• Why you don’t need to feel ready to keep going

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This is not a normal episode.

I recorded this on release day because staying quiet felt worse than showing up imperfectly. I didn’t have fully formed thoughts. I still don’t. And that’s the point.

This episode isn’t about trail running, workouts, or performance. It’s about what’s happening right now in our country, how it feels to live inside it, and why silence is not neutral.

I talk openly about anger, grief, exhaustion, and the weight of watching harm unfold while trying to keep living our everyday lives. I name the difference between confusion and choice. I talk about performative “switching sides,” accountability, and why growth doesn’t deserve applause just because it finally arrived.

I also talk about movement — not as a fix, not as a distraction — but as a way to stay grounded and human when everything feels loud and overwhelming.

There’s no bow on this episode. No neat resolution. No pretending this is fine.

Just truth.

If you are angry, exhausted, numb, overwhelmed, or unsure how to hold all of this ...there is nothing wrong with you. That’s what living inside ongoing harm does to people.

I’ll talk about trail running again. I’ll talk about strength and joy and long miles.

But I won’t pretend this doesn’t exist.

This matters.

In this episode, I talk about:

• Why this episode exists and why staying quiet didn’t feel like an option
• Living inside constant harm while still working, training, and showing up to daily life
• Anger as a sane and valid response
• The difference between confusion and conscious choice
• Why performative allyship isn’t accountability
• Why switching sides doesn’t automatically make someone “safe” or deserving of celebration
• Rest vs silence — and why silence isn’t neutral
• Movement as regulation, not avoidance - yep, I didn't talk about this much. I talked about how movement is keeping me sane and fighting so remember to MOVE.
• Why this fight isn’t ending — it’s escalating
• Listening to and learning from Black women and communities who have been warning us for years
• Sitting with discomfort instead of rushing past it
• Why saying something messy is better than saying nothing at all

Resources (These are from my mentor Shante Cofield aka themovementmaestro..follow her on Instagram)

• Donate to Minnesota: www.standwithminnesota.com
• Call your reps: This week the Senate will vote on a DHS funding bill that includes $10 billion for ICE: https://5calls.org
• Get involved with your local Rapid Response Network. You can Google this and include your city/state. Another resource which I have been using is https://indivisible.org. Click Get Involved then Organize Locally and then select Find Your Group.

People to learn from - I am linking Instagram handles but most of these people you can find on their website and they are also on Threads with so much needed information.

• Kiki Bryant: uppity_negress_ - amazing workbooks on decentering white people and decentering men.
• Jackie: unapologetically_jackie - so much information and she has a whole academy of resources.
• Kiandria Demone: kiandria

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