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Hello everyone and welcome to the Within Range coaching podcast.

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I'm Ranger, Certified Holistic Success Coach, and in this podcast, I'm breaking down the

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journey that entrepreneurs face as they start their organization, find solutions to the

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roadblocks in their way, and create an impact that lasts.

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So if you're an entrepreneur, non-profit leader, or purpose-driven community member that wants

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to learn how to grow your impact and develop yourself as the person behind the mission,

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then this podcast is for you.

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I know you're just as eager to get started as I am, so let's jump right in.

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Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening everyone, and welcome to a special edition

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of the Within Range coaching podcast.

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I've been wanting to do one of these for a while now, but I haven't really had the chance

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and haven't really lined up schedules with any friends in order to do it, but finally

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made it happen.

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And today, we are going to be doing a little bit of a walk update.

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I think I'm about 36, 37 days in.

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Let me double check.

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Yeah, today is day 38, actually, of the walk.

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And I'm joined today by one of my very good friends from college, Mr. Steven Konsefid.

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Steven and I met while we were working at the Avian facility in Davis.

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So we like birds, we like chickens, and just kind of got to know each other, ended up joining

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the same fraternity, and have been friends, brothers, and besties ever since.

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So I'm excited to chat with Steven.

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Thanks for hanging out with me.

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Oh my gosh, thank you for having me.

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I'm so excited.

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I'm so nervous and so many emotions, but I'm glad to be here.

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Hell yeah, I love to hear it.

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But yeah, no, just going to kind of have Steven.

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It's kind of like a weird flip that I've interviewed what, like 10, 12 people for the podcast so

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far and now I'm kind of being interviewed.

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So this is Steven's start of slowly hijacking my podcast for next week.

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Then Steven Konsefid.

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I mean.

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Then range Konsefid.

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Awesome.

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But yeah, no, it's so.

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Steven across the United States.

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You're just badly photoshopping yourself onto photos from different states.

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I love it.

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But yeah, no, so I know Steven has some questions from some friends, listeners, I don't know,

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random people on the internet, so I'll just kind of let him take it away.

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All right.

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So first I think we're all curious where exactly in the world are you right now?

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Where in the world is Ranger?

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It's like where's Waldo?

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But I am currently in Tupelo, Mississippi.

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It is the birthplace of Elvis, which I thought was pretty cool.

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I'm here for a couple of rest days.

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I walked into town yesterday.

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Yesterday was actually pretty rough.

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I got dropped off a little bit later than I would have liked to my starting point, which

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whatever my host family, they had to drop off their kids.

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It was fine.

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It is what it is, right?

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But since I started a little bit later, I didn't get into town until after sunset.

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So I was having a walk in town in the dark with barely any sidewalks.

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I didn't get checked in until like 815, 830 ish at night.

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So that was pretty rough.

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And today and tomorrow are zero days.

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So at least I get a little bit of a rest before jumping back into it.

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What does that mean?

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Zero days?

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Zero days means zero miles walked.

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Okay.

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It's just my fancy way of saying a rest day.

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So I feel cooler than I actually am.

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Well, about it.

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You said that this is the birthplace of Elvis is is below.

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That's where you said you're at, right?

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Yes.

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Is it just like Elvis is vomited all over the city or what?

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Dude, I have no idea.

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So I'm actually kind of on the outskirts of town.

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I think I'm just inside Tupelo limits.

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I'm at some Marriott property, I think town place, Fairfield, a fairfield in Tupelo.

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And it looks like we're kind of, let's see.

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I know that there is like, or there are museums and this and that, but I'm trying to see if

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it can show me.

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Oh, yeah, I'm like, I'm like six miles away from his actual birthplace, from the actual

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It's like I'm just inside city limits, but pretty far from it.

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So, but I thought that the hotel would have more Elvis memorabilia, but I didn't see anything

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that said that I'm sure in downtown area.

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If I make my way down there tomorrow would have more of it, but over here, there's not

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Yeah, hopefully you'll be able to experience some of the the press sling phenomena that

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shook the world.

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Well, that's a hard thing too about a lot of the walk is that I mean, there's a zoo in

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town, there's a battlefield, there are museums, there's a sonic drive in.

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So there's just like a lot of things that are all throughout the town that I'm passing

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through that I'm not actually able to even really do a lot in our experience, you know,

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it's kind of hard to get around because even that what Elvis's birthplace that would take

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me what two at least two hours to walk over there and then to walk back and yeah, even

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for recreational, you're choosing to walk.

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The hard thing with like, you know, ubering like that's always an option.

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It just gets very expensive very fast.

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When I was in Columbia, I ubered around a little bit.

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I got ubered to in front, why that's where my first main incident with my my cart happened

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where I had to get ubered from just outside of town to the bike shop.

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Then I walked the wrong way.

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So then I had to get ubered from wherever I was to my hotel room.

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And then from there to groceries back to the thing back to the new station.

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So I spent like almost 150, 200 bucks in Ubers that weekend.

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So it just gets very pricey, very in just runs through the budget, you know, which my

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budget that I had when I started, it's been kind of thrown out the window for multiple

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reasons.

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But yeah, so to your long story short, if I can walk somewhere, I will if it's, you know,

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under an hour for the most part.

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But it's also just like days that I the zero days.

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It's also rest actually getting some rest.

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Route planning takes up a lot of time.

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Writing posts takes a lot of time.

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So it's not like, oh, zero day, I don't have anything to worry about.

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There's almost more to think about on a rest day than a normal day.

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So you just said that if it's within an hour, you're okay to walk there as your perspective

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on I guess just walking in general changed because for me, if I was like, oh, it's just

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an hour away, we're going to walk.

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I would have been by I'm going to take my Uber and I will see you guys there.

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Yeah.

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So I don't know.

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I had this conversation with one of my other buddies, Bryant, one day, but all I've really

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solidified since starting the walk is that I really don't like walking places.

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Like, I don't.

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It's not something I don't inherently enjoy the act of walking.

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I mean, even earlier, there was a, there's a, what is it?

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A Chipotle.

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That's about 45 minutes away walking wise.

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And I just got it like delivered.

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Like an extra 15 bucks because, you know, the delivery fee, the increase in price or

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whatever.

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But I got food for today and for tomorrow just because I got massive burritos.

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But again, the hard thing there is that it just takes up time that I could have been

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using writing posts or getting ready for coaching calls or X, Y and Z.

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So it's, I guess the answer to your question on that also kind of depends on what it's

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for, but to answer the question of, has it changed my perspective of walking?

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If I had the option, if I had access to a car easily in wherever I am, I would 100%

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just be driving around everywhere.

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Even when I was with Julie a while ago, it was like, what, there was something like half

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a mile away and I'm like, yeah, no, let's just drive.

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I'm like, I don't want to walk that far right now.

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Cause it just takes forever.

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So for someone who doesn't, or I guess doesn't enjoy walking, how do you, what is your get

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ready with me like in the morning when you're like, okay, it's time to get up.

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Let me go do this again.

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Do this thing that I don't necessarily enjoy and pull myself out of bed and go do the work.

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So I mean, it depends on what kind of situation I'm in for sleeping.

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If I am, so I mean, like Friday, I'm going to be taking off from the hotel room and going

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to a campground.

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So it all does start the night before.

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So I'm going to make sure all of my equipment's packed properly, that everything is ready

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to go.

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I lay out clothes for myself.

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Typically I kind of just wear what I sleep in to for walking.

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I originally had some like purse, like normal clothes is what I was calling them.

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Like, I mean, pretty frankly, like normal socks, normal underwear, normal shorts, normal

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clothes, like shirts, but it just took up too much room and space.

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And I don't know, I thought wearing it would make me feel like I was normal, but I also

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realized I'm just not normal.

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So don't pretend.

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So I kind of just put on the clothes I'm going to wear for walking the next day of the night

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before, after I shower.

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And I lay out my food for the morning.

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So usually oatmeal and peanut butter, really just trying to reduce the amount of time I

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have to spend doing anything in the morning.

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I've tried doing things in the morning without prepping the night before and I just forget

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things or it takes too long or it just doesn't work for whatever reason, right?

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So Friday I'm going to go downstairs.

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I'm going to eat breakfast in the hotel lobby.

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If I didn't have the hotel food, I would just warm up some water with the little, I don't

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know, mini stove camping set that I have.

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And take that and just kind of start scooting.

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I try to start as close to sunrise as possible.

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I think sunrise has been about 630 ish to seven.

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So I try to be out the door no later than seven, seven, 15 ish.

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And I think Friday is going to be a 30 something mile day.

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I think 31 or 32 miles, which sucks.

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But again, what is your average day?

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My average mileage per day right now with rest days.

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Let me see if I can get you an actual.

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My buddy Brett made me the super fancy spreadsheet that I've been using.

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So my average without zero days right now is 24 miles a day.

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That's a lot.

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Let me see.

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So you're walking 24, 25 miles a day, maybe more.

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How are your feet handling this?

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So in the last 10 days, I've done 239 miles.

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So that's about 24 on average.

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And the last four or five days were about 30 miles a day.

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So that ish herded.

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My feet are doing better.

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The first couple of weeks, I mean, we have the group chat with the boys that I was kind

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of like showing you guys what was happening.

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So there's two other guys that did the walk a couple of years ago, Andrew Kivit and Mark

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Dudek.

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And I was kind of asking them questions because I was like, Hey guys, like my feet are wrecked.

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And I mean, just to kind of be real, like for the, I don't know, it was kind of like

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blisters on blisters.

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Like on one toe, I had one on the top, bottom and side of my toe, the heels, like just,

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it was like blister city.

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And it sucked.

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It hurt.

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My mother-in-law sent me some like blister band-aids and I tried those out, did not help

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at all.

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What happened was just by walking so much, the band-aids would get ripped off or move

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or shift.

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It was kind of just like you're screwed until your feet get used to it.

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And that's kind of what the guys were saying, Mark and Andrew, they called it, Oh, your

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walkers feet.

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You'll get your walkers feet eventually.

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And they're like the first two or three weeks are going to suck.

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I said, AKA hooves.

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Yeah.

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When you get your hooves, I'm like, Oh my God.

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So yeah, that was like a weird period because it's like, do I pop them?

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Do I leave them alone?

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Like traditionally you leave them alone.

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But at that point it just felt like there was a lot of pressure building on certain

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toes.

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Like it's just, yeah, but I ended up getting some mole skin and the, it kind of goes on

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like the back, like the one that I have, it kind of goes on the back of the heel.

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And that helped a lot just with the rubbing and the friction.

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So using that, I have pretty thick socks.

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Like I think they're, I want to say cotton.

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I get a confused in my head because it's between cotton or wool and one of them you're really

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not supposed to use.

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And I know for sure I have the right one.

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I just have both in my head so much that like I just had the correct one in my head when

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I was buying them and that's about it.

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Now it's just trying to make sure I don't overwork my legs and feet.

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The last couple of days I started getting a little bit of pain in my shins, my left

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shin, which also doesn't help because I had some pain in it for a little bit.

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And then I bumped it on something.

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So then I was, okay, is this shin splints or is this just bruised now?

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Cause I'm an idiot boy.

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And that was just because I walked in the woods for a second and I hit it on a stump.

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Right.

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So, yeah.

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So the feet are feeling a lot better now, but now it's just like the actual muscles from

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overwork.

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I'm trying to avoid killing my legs.

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When you are experiencing all 1000 of your blisters and maybe you got lucked wrong that

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night or whatever it is, you wake up in the morning and you're just not feeling 110%.

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What do you tell yourself or what do you do to motivate yourself to take that next step?

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Yeah.

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So it's, it's something that I've been really, I guess have been kind of building in myself

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because I did so kind of back up a little bit.

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I think it was 2021 or 2022.

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I did something called 75 hard, which is like that mental toughness program.

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75 days.

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There's like, what is it?

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Two workouts, a gallon of water, stick to a diet, progress photo and something else I'm

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forgetting.

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And what that really taught me was what discipline really was, right?

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Cause for the program, like there's no options.

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If you don't do it, you don't, you didn't, you didn't win the day.

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Like there wasn't any, like kind of screwing around.

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There wasn't, oh, well I drink, you know, all but one ounce of my water.

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So like close enough, like that's not how it works, right?

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And how that translates into the walk is I don't have an option.

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Like I have to get where I'm planning on going that night.

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A lot of the way that my sleeping arrangements are, are they're very like it's, I've been

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lucky enough to have pretty solid luck being like, okay, I'm starting here.

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This is where I'm going.

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I have somewhere to sleep tonight.

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Right?

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Like it's however many miles away, I can't stop halfway through the day and go, oh, I'll

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just post up here.

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Like that's just not, that's just not an option, you know?

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So I guess it's kind of giving myself that like no options mentality.

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Like it doesn't matter how I'm feeling right now.

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It doesn't matter to an extent.

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Like I know when my body is at the point that it's like I need to rest or I need to do something

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or something is wrong.

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But for soreness or pain or this or that, like it doesn't really matter right now.

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I got to get where I'm going.

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So did you do this, I guess, the two part question.

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Did you do the 75 hard in preparation for your walk?

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And what else did you do to prepare yourself before leaving?

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Yeah.

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So that's kind of a weird question, not on your part, but it's kind of hard for me to

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answer because I've been thinking of that.

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I didn't do a whole lot to prepare for the walk, but I did a lot of things that set it

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up just right for me to do the walk.

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I mean, in college, what I hit my heaviest weight, which was about 300 pounds and I was

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like, oh my God, I need to lose weight.

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This isn't what I wanted to do.

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This isn't what I wanted to be.

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And that's when I started doing my midnight runs.

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I don't know.

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I think I've told you about it before where I would like sneak out of, you know, when

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I sneak out of the AGR house at like two in the morning and go for a run.

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And the AV facility.

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And the AV facility, yeah.

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But I would like sneak out because, I don't know, I was embarrassed for random people

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to see me and like be out of breath and all gross and whatever.

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So I did that.

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I lost a good amount of weight there.

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After graduating, I think after graduating, I kind of, well, I graduated right before

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COVID hit.

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So then I was hitting my own weird, like, what am I doing with my life?

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Why am I feeling so lost or demotivated?

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I don't really know what I'm supposed to be doing.

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Worked in wine for a little bit.

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That went kind of south.

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And around that time is when I first discovered 75 Hard, Andy Frisella and First Form, which

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all those things are connected, but basically are 75 Hard.

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And it was just kind of like, oh, no one's coming to save you.

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You're your own most important ally.

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Like you, you have to put in the work to get the results that you want.

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And I don't know, that just really resonated with me at the time.

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I think I kind of needed that extra push, like get your shit together kind of.

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So and I mean, at that point, I'd already heard of the walk and knew that that was something

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that I wanted to do someday because I heard about the walk in 2018, but it wasn't something

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that I was committed to at the time.

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Right?

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Like I didn't lose weight to do the walk.

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I didn't start running and doing half marathons or 5Ks in 10Ks to prep for the walk.

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I didn't do 75 Hard to prep for the walk, but I knew that all those things would at

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some point let me have the ability to do things that I wanted to do.

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If that makes sense.

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Right.

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I don't know what I want to do with this, but I know that not doing it isn't going to

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help me do those things in the future.

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So you heard about this walk about six years ago from Mike Posner.

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Yeah.

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To be honest, I don't really know who Mike Posner is.

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So tell us a little bit about that, what about him inspired you?

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What about him doing the walk inspired you?

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What brought you to this journey?

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Yeah.

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So Mike Posner, he is the guy that did the song called Cooler Than Me.

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He did I Took a Pill in a Beza.

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And I've always been kind of, I always thought that I took a pill in a Beza was kind of funny.

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Not like the funny ha ha, but like the funny, like interesting kind of a way, right?

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Like the entire songs about how I don't know, like being famous isn't all cracked up to

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be.

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And he's kind of in the song.

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You could tell he's a little bit depressed and this and that.

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And who is it?

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Seeb?

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Is it Seeb?

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Yeah, Seeb.

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Seeb remixed it into this like crazy party anthem.

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So it's like very different.

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And I remember one time I was in my room, I think maybe it was between freshman and sophomore

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year of college when I was back home with my parents.

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And my dad had found the original version, which is very slow and sad and acoustic.

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And he walked in, he's like, have you ever actually listened to this song?

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I was like, no, why?

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He's like, this, this dude's sad as hell.

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I was like, oh, okay.

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And that's when I kind of realized like, oh, wow, like that's interesting that again,

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that dichotomy of he wrote this song that's a little bit sadder and like whatever.

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And now it's like a party anthem, right?

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So I got me kind of interested in it, flash forward a few years.

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I was just following him on Instagram and I saw that he was doing a walk across America.

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He started, I think 2018-ish.

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And I was like, oh, well, that's cool.

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Like that'd be something that's super neat and inspiring.

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I'd love to do something like that.

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And I remember having the thought of like, but he's a millionaire.

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He has all this time.

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He can do these things.

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It's probably just a publicity stunt.

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Like, you know, like here's all of my own beliefs and excuses for myself as to why I

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can't do something similar to that or exactly like that.

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And a few years go by and I don't really think much of it.

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And then in 2020, more of his content came up for me and I started listening to some

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podcast where he was in and I found out that the year before he did the walk, it was something

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that he's wanted to do for years and years, but he was like, I'll do it next year.

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It's I have birthdays that are coming up soon.

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I have weddings or events, right?

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So he kept making excuses for himself as to why he couldn't do it.

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And the year before he did the walk, his father passed away of a form of cancer.

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And he was talking about how he was so, I don't know, shook by that idea of, man, I put

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my dream off for so long that now someone that's very important to me won't be able

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to see me finish it, right?

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So he did the walk.

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He got through it.

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And he got bit by a rattlesnake halfway through.

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So yeah, he got bit.

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And then he went back out and finished the walk later on.

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And I think just that that level of commitment was something that I knew I was lacking.

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And or I guess I wasn't sure if I was lacking it or if I didn't know I had it in me.

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And I was like, man, that's crazy.

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That's whatever.

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And then not much longer later, I saw that a couple of guys that had just graduated from

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college had done it.

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Andrew Kivitt and Mark Dudeck, the guys I mentioned earlier.

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And they're just normal dudes.

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They graduated from college.

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They were like, I want to do this thing.

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They were also both inspired by Mike Posner to do the walk.

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And they did it.

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They finished it.

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Mark did a podcast.

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Andrew wrote a book about it.

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And I was like, oh, snap.

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There go all of my excuses.

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And there's a quote by Mike Posner from one of his songs that, my reasons are excuses

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for me not being who I know I am.

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And I was like, oh, my God, that's exactly what I was doing.

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Like I'm just making, coming up with these reasons that I can't do these things.

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And as coach, beliefs and worldviews and excuses and whatever are something that we talk about

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all the time with clients, with ourselves, with our peers.

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I figured that if I was going to take a stand for other people and their dreams and what

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they want to do, I should start with myself.

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And August of 2022, I texted Julie, my fiance, and I was like, I want to do the walk.

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Like, I'm committing to it.

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And she was like, all right, what's the first step?

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And ever since then, it's just been planning and prepping and getting into it.

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So the TLDR version, Mike Posner did it.

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I made up reasons why I couldn't do it, realized there were excuses and decided to finally

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just jump in.

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Well, that's awesome.

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So you said that you and Julie sat down and started planning this trip, not trip, but

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this journey.

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And so what exactly did you plan?

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Like you're out.

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What take us through that process?

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So planning for it sucked.

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Planning for something like this, I feel like is, I don't know, it's like the ultimate

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test, right?

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Like there was, there really was no way to plan for it until you're in it.

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I know there's a gentleman named Kenny Mintz and he did the walk and he's been helping

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out.

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And he, you know, he had a van following him.

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He just slept in that every night.

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He was able to coordinate most of his stops and rest days and this and that before the

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walk.

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And I had no idea how to do any of that.

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So really for the walk, it was just me kind of being overwhelmed with it for the first

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year.

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Like it was more so the mindset of it.

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Like, is this something I really want to do?

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Why do I want to do it?

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Like again, like a lot of it was like, I was a lot of saving, investing, like putting stuff

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in retirement, making sure that I felt comfy there, getting licenses at work.

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A lot of it was like the money side of it because I felt like for the money side of

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it, that was a tangible thing, right?

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Like I could see the savings go up.

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I could see the retirement account go up.

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I was getting experience working as a County Ag Inspector.

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So I was able to, you know, see the months and years go by basically, but the actual

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route planning and figuring out what gear I needed, that was the part that was the most

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difficult.

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I was trying to, for the route, I was like, okay, well, I'll just start with Mike Posner

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started and I'll just do the route that he did.

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And then I was like, no, like it doesn't make sense for me to copy what he did just for

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the sake of copying it because then it's not really my, my journey, you know?

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And then I did the same thing with Andrew and Mark and I was like, I don't really want

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to do that route.

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Like that's like, they did a very Southern route, like more Southern than I am.

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And then eventually I was just like, I just need to pick a starting point and I'm going

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to pick an ending point.

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So I picked Pismo Beach as my endpoint because I have friends down there by San Luis Obispo.

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It's pretty.

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I figured it would be nice.

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And then I picked Myrtle Beach mostly because I just needed a starting point, but I think

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I had saw that another couple that walked across named the Golden Road, they ended their

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walk in Myrtle Beach.

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So I was like, okay, whatever, I'll just end there.

470
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Like, doesn't really matter, I guess.

471
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:04,120
And then as far as packing gear went, that I just kind of noticed that most people that

472
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,480
did it without a support vehicle had a backpack and a cart.

473
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:11,080
So I just kind of started there and worked my way down.

474
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:14,920
And as far as route planning goes now, it's really just a week by week, month by month

475
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,520
kind of deal.

476
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:22,760
Like just trying to find places to, you know, pitch a tent or have an extra spare bedroom

477
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:24,520
to crash in or hotels.

478
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:30,840
So it's just really chunking down and being overwhelmed.

479
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:32,840
That answers the question.

480
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:42,320
Yeah, what's been the most, I guess, what did you really underestimate or you didn't

481
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,400
expect or plan for?

482
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:49,200
How hard it would be to find places to sleep.

483
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:59,680
Again, I've been very lucky and fortunate that, well, at the last 37 days, I've had

484
00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:03,640
a general plan of what was going to happen and I had consent to be where I needed to

485
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,360
be.

486
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,280
And other walkers that have done it, they've recommended, you know, a part of it is stealth

487
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,440
camping.

488
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:18,240
And that means basically putting your tent somewhere where you're not really supposed

489
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,000
to be.

490
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,560
Like you don't have to.

491
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:25,360
Say that again.

492
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:26,360
Out of sight.

493
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:27,360
Yeah.

494
00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:32,920
So it's kind of like, I think the official definition is like camping in a non-established

495
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,440
campground.

496
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:41,040
So I don't trust passing, right?

497
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:44,760
So like that's kind of, that's kind of what it is.

498
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:45,760
Allegedly.

499
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:47,200
Allegedly, allegedly trust passing.

500
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:51,320
And, you know, like it's, I don't know, I feel like it's one of those things where it's

501
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:52,800
like no harm, no foul.

502
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:56,560
Like if you're there at dusk and you're gone by dawn and you don't make a mess and you

503
00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,520
don't burn the place down, who cares?

504
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:00,520
Right.

505
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,760
But it just makes me nervous.

506
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,360
Like I don't, I don't want to piss anyone off.

507
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,000
I don't want to make any bad blood.

508
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,240
Like this is not something you want to make enemies during.

509
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:14,200
And you know, being in the South, I feel like if I were to start just asking people, like

510
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:18,720
if I got desperate, like, hey, can I just put my tent like in the forest near your house?

511
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,080
I feel like somebody would say yes.

512
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:22,080
Right.

513
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,080
Yeah.

514
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:32,600
But that's also just a lot of extra stress and worry that I don't want to put on myself.

515
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:39,960
So that's why I've been so vocal on social media, asking for help, asking for locations.

516
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:45,960
And like what, 90% of people that offer things don't work out because they're, you know, 10

517
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:51,880
miles away from the route or they're, I don't know, super far South or super far North or

518
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:53,600
people just say no.

519
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:58,480
But at the end of the day, I just need one person to say yes for a day, you know, that's

520
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:02,520
kind of the mentality I go into that with.

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Have you experienced or witnessed that Southern hospitality that people always talk about

544
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:40,160
yet?

545
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:41,160
Yeah.

546
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:46,480
So it's interesting because I've had plenty of, like, when I'm asking about certain, like,

547
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:50,880
when I get help from someone, I'll be like, oh, like, kind of what's the vibe?

548
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:59,000
And it's such a funny mix of where in God's country, God fearing, gun-totin', everybody

549
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:03,200
has a gun on them to keep that in mind.

550
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,400
But also, like, if you need help, just ask.

551
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:09,880
You know, it's such a weird, it's such a weird, interesting space.

552
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,680
Like, it totally makes sense.

553
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:16,600
And it's always just, I think, I don't know, the people that have told me, like, oh, everybody's

554
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,260
caring, like, just keep that in mind.

555
00:34:19,260 --> 00:34:20,260
It's not a threat.

556
00:34:20,260 --> 00:34:24,920
I think it's just something to kind of keep at the back of your head, right?

557
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:29,840
Because somebody told me that and I asked them, like, so when you say everybody's caring,

558
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:31,800
like, is that a threat?

559
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,400
Why do you say that?

560
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:37,800
And they're like, oh, no, no, no, like, it's just, just be respectful.

561
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,320
And I'm like, well, yeah, of course I'm going to be respectful.

562
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:41,320
Like, okay.

563
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:42,320
But I think it's just-

564
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:45,320
But also, it's good to know.

565
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:49,560
Because in California, you can see that.

566
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:50,560
Yeah.

567
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:54,800
Yeah, it's very different vibes of being from California to here.

568
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:55,800
Yeah.

569
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,000
Like, it's, again, it's good to know.

570
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:06,360
Like, it's just, it's like a friendly reminder and a warning kind of wrapped up in one, right?

571
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:12,800
But there hasn't been a single time that I felt threatened or worried or scared, like,

572
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:13,800
legitimately.

573
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:18,360
Like, I mean, when I've had the tent out at night, any little noise scares me.

574
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:21,920
So it's like, anything is like, oh my God, this is the end.

575
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:28,000
The, I don't know, the weird monsters, the windageun found me, the skin walkers, the

576
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:32,240
random, I don't know, whatever found me I'm done for.

577
00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:34,800
And then I just go to bed and I wake up and it's fine, right?

578
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:40,520
But in terms of the Southern hospitality, yes, especially when I've been on the news

579
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:43,320
recently, I've noticed.

580
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:47,280
So I've had plenty of people pull over on the side of the highway.

581
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:51,240
Like just the other day, Sunday, I think like five or six people pulled over.

582
00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:56,040
Somebody gave me cornbread from their family lunch that they went to.

583
00:35:56,040 --> 00:36:01,560
Some have offered like money or water or snacks or cookies.

584
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:05,120
But just yesterday, it was like perfect timing.

585
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:06,240
I was like, thanks, universe.

586
00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:09,760
I was on the phone with my dad and I was kind of, again, I got to the hotel really late.

587
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:13,520
So I was kind of spiraling that like, I'm running low on water.

588
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,240
I'm not that close to the hotel yet.

589
00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:16,240
It's getting dark.

590
00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:18,080
I don't want to get hit by a car.

591
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:22,560
I'm out of water or the water that I have left is warm.

592
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:26,720
It just, it just doesn't feel hydrating, right?

593
00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:30,440
And then right when I was saying that a car put on their hazards, pulled up next to me

594
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,560
and a woman was like, do you want a water?

595
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,560
I was like, yes, please.

596
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:39,080
And she's like, I just left the gym and I had an extra one.

597
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:40,080
Like here you go.

598
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:41,440
And it was like ice cold.

599
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,240
It was perfect.

600
00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:45,960
And I was like, oh, thank goodness.

601
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,360
We willed it into existence.

602
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,360
Willed it into existence.

603
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:51,360
Yeah.

604
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:52,360
And yeah.

605
00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:57,800
So I guess like that's one of those things that it's like, it like, there's, and that's

606
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,400
one of the things I tell myself every day is like, there's good people.

607
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:01,400
There's people out there.

608
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,320
Like there's people that want to help.

609
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:09,520
If they don't do it on their own, at worst case, I just might have to ask, you know.

610
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:14,600
So definitely experience that, experience that every day.

611
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:15,600
It's nice.

612
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:16,600
Yeah.

613
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,160
So you mentioned two things.

614
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:22,840
One, the good people and all their weapons.

615
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,320
Good people and all their weapons.

616
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:31,120
What about the bad people, if you happen to encounter somebody sketchy and how are you

617
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:32,280
going to protect yourself?

618
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:33,280
What do you have?

619
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,560
What are you going to do?

620
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:36,560
Yeah.

621
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:44,440
So the way that I answer that is if people want to mess around, they're going to find

622
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:45,440
out.

623
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:47,440
I don't want to like give up.

624
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:51,240
I, there's an angry way I can say that.

625
00:37:51,240 --> 00:37:52,480
I do have self protection.

626
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:54,280
I have self defense items.

627
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:56,720
I don't want to go into too much detail about what it is.

628
00:37:56,720 --> 00:38:01,360
After the walk, I'll tell everybody everything I was caring for the most part.

629
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:04,560
But again, give away all the secrets.

630
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:05,560
Right.

631
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,760
I don't want to let them know what I have up my sleeve or waistband.

632
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:08,760
Right.

633
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:10,720
Take me down in 10 easy steps.

634
00:38:10,720 --> 00:38:13,000
Here's how to finish off Ranger.

635
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,360
Here's where everything is located.

636
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:19,000
But no, I think that's the interesting thing, right?

637
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,000
Is a lot of it is just being very aware.

638
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,000
Like keeping your head on a swivel.

639
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,520
One of my rules for myself is don't be dumb.

640
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:28,160
Trust but verify.

641
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:31,760
Don't try not to walk in places at night.

642
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:36,960
Don't show your most valuable items on the cart when you're walking through somewhere

643
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:37,960
where there's people.

644
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:39,200
Don't, don't be dumb.

645
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,840
I think it's the biggest thing.

646
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:50,600
And a lot of it is also thinking about situations before they happen.

647
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:56,320
And one of those, like as an example, I noticed that it was going to rain one day.

648
00:38:56,320 --> 00:39:01,960
And I was like, okay, if it starts raining, what am I going to do?

649
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:03,360
And I had this whole plan in my head.

650
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:07,800
I was like, I'm going to find a certain like tree placement where there's like smaller

651
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,320
trees with no limbs.

652
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:13,000
And I'm going to tie my, my tart right here and here.

653
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:14,320
And I'm going to sit down right here.

654
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:15,720
And I'm going to wait it out.

655
00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:16,720
Right.

656
00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:19,440
So as soon as the rain hit, I did exactly that.

657
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:22,640
And there was a perfect dry spot where I was sitting.

658
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:28,040
And the reason why I say that is I've thought about tons of situations.

659
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:31,480
What would I do if X, Y and Z happened?

660
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:36,880
If they have this, if I have that, where can I put things on my cart for self-defense that

661
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:39,280
make it easier to grab things?

662
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:45,440
Honestly, the thing I'm more worried about than people are the animals.

663
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:52,800
So it's like dogs mostly, there's a ton of dogs.

664
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:57,360
So it's like, okay, where can I put stuff on the cart that like, if a dog runs up on

665
00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:58,960
me, I can put distance between us.

666
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:02,220
Cause I don't want to hurt anything.

667
00:40:02,220 --> 00:40:04,900
But again, it's like, it's self-defense.

668
00:40:04,900 --> 00:40:11,200
So how can I make it easiest for me to make sure I don't get hurt really?

669
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:17,800
So you walk in and walk in and walk in and then you get to your destination at the end

670
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:26,360
of the day and somebody's waiting for you sometimes, right?

671
00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:30,200
What is, how do you set up, what is that service?

672
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:31,200
Who are these people?

673
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:32,840
Where do they come from?

674
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:38,600
So I mean, what I think, I think a third of the places that I've stayed at are like, you

675
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,640
know, hotels.

676
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:46,240
So that's kind of funny because I walk into these Marriott properties and I'm like, hello

677
00:40:46,240 --> 00:40:48,640
ma'am and or sir, how are you doing today?

678
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:53,840
And I look all raggedy and they're like, someone grabbed the broom, the riffraff is back, the

679
00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:54,840
riffraff is back.

680
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:59,760
And I walk in and I have my car and there's times where I walk in with the tart over it.

681
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:04,880
So I just look, I don't want to be too like, I don't know, non-PC, but I look homeless.

682
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:11,320
Like I look like I could be trouble, you know, and then I walk up and I pull my Julie works

683
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:12,320
for Marriott.

684
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:16,280
So since we have like the, we get like kind of like a discount.

685
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:20,960
So I pull out my discount form, my little Costco credit card and my ID and I'm like,

686
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:22,720
good morning ma'am, how are you doing today?

687
00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:23,720
I'm Andrew.

688
00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:26,760
I'd like to check in and they're like, do you have a reservation?

689
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:28,760
I'm like, yes ma'am, I'm silver elite.

690
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:29,760
I have status.

691
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:30,760
Let's go ahead.

692
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:32,160
Let's get it rolling.

693
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:35,400
So it's like kind of fun to get kind of thrown off and then they see the car and they read

694
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,880
the sign and they're like, oh, wait a second.

695
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:39,280
Like you're doing a thing.

696
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,840
What's, what are you doing?

697
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:43,520
Or like the other people.

698
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:45,080
So it's funny.

699
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:53,840
I've gotten a lot of help from veteran groups and pageant folks.

700
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,720
So again, I'm going to keep saying this for the rest of my life.

701
00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:58,160
I am not a veteran.

702
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:00,440
I didn't serve in the army or the armed forces.

703
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:02,920
My name is just Ranger.

704
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:05,040
So Kenny is a veteran.

705
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:09,880
He was an actual Ranger in the army and he's been such a great help getting me, you know,

706
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:12,600
connected with people in different areas.

707
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:13,600
American Legion posts.

708
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:19,320
I stayed at one one night a little bit further up the road, a veteran of foreign wars groups

709
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:23,360
sponsored a hotel room for me a little bit above that.

710
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:25,440
Further than that, a veteran of foreign wars member.

711
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:29,720
Let me stay at his house for a few nights as I was passing through Atlanta further up

712
00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:35,200
the road, a couple of American Legion guys either let me stay in their house for a few

713
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,840
days and they shuttled me back and forth during the weather and you know, from where

714
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:45,160
I start and end points and one of them sponsored a hotel room for a couple nights.

715
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:52,080
So they've been super helpful and super, I don't know, hospitable, hospitality, Southern

716
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:54,280
niceness, I don't know.

717
00:42:54,280 --> 00:43:00,160
And then just recently I stayed with a pageant family for a few days.

718
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:08,600
So my mom and aunt and their kids all do pageants like little beauty pageants, right?

719
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,720
And I guess pageants are pretty big in the south.

720
00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:17,200
So my aunt knew the lady that I stayed with the other day through pageants.

721
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:18,480
So she drove me around.

722
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:19,720
She let me stay at her house.

723
00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:21,960
I like, I don't know, hung out with her kids.

724
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:26,800
Like, I know, I think the youngest was like four.

725
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:32,800
And she was just like, she had told the daughter, the girl that does the pageants that I was

726
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:35,320
coming over and she's like, I don't know who is that?

727
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:38,120
She's like, oh, there he's our friend.

728
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:39,880
And she just latched on to it.

729
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:43,080
Like as soon as I got there, she was like, hi, our friend.

730
00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:45,080
And I'm like, hi.

731
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,440
She's like, this is my Elsa microphone.

732
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:49,560
I'm like, wow, very cool.

733
00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:52,800
Like it was just, it was super sweet and I guess she cut the afternoon.

734
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:54,400
I'm like, is our friend going to come soon?

735
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:55,400
Is our friend home?

736
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:56,400
Is our friend going to be there?

737
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,080
Like when she picked her up from school and stuff.

738
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:01,400
So it was just kind of cute.

739
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:05,100
And I think, I think that's kind of what I'm trying to say is what that is.

740
00:44:05,100 --> 00:44:09,480
People bring me into their homes and let me hang out and they just kind of treat me like

741
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:11,560
they've known me for a while.

742
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:12,560
Like they make me food.

743
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:13,560
They make me dinner.

744
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:14,560
They give me snacks.

745
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:18,480
Like I'm just kind of part like they're like, yeah, make yourself like when they say make

746
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:23,000
yourself feel at home, it's like it feels like it for a few days, you know?

747
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:24,000
Yeah.

748
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:29,680
Are you still using that couch, surfings, whatever service?

749
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:32,440
Those are absolutely useless.

750
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:38,120
I tried warm showers and couch surfing and I think the hard thing is, I mean, I'm not

751
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,120
going to give up on them entirely.

752
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:42,840
I'm going to look at them again more here pretty soon.

753
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:48,320
What I've noticed on those is it looked like a lot of people hadn't been on for a while.

754
00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:53,280
Like they made the account and it kind of went like inactive.

755
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:57,120
And what I've kind of heard from a few people is like, oh yeah, you want to reach out to

756
00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:59,440
people a few weeks before you need to be there.

757
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:01,000
And I'm like a few weeks.

758
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:02,800
I don't know where I'm going to be next week.

759
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:06,160
Like, I don't know.

760
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:12,680
So I've been focusing a lot more on like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, et cetera, et cetera,

761
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:13,880
et cetera.

762
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:21,200
So I know that you've mentioned a few times that you were meeting somebody to be picked

763
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:22,200
up.

764
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:27,400
Those were friends or how did you get arranged with them through the internet?

765
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:30,560
Oh, to like get shuttled to places and moves around?

766
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:31,560
Yeah.

767
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:36,280
Those are just the, like, I don't know, just friends of friends or family friends or whatever,

768
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:41,280
like the veteran guys, the American Legion guys, those were friends of Kenny.

769
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:46,040
So Kenny was kind of just like, hey, make sure this guy survives your area.

770
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:47,120
Thanks.

771
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:48,520
And then they would pick me up.

772
00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:52,640
One guy lived like 20 miles north of where I was going.

773
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:57,400
So what he would do is he would just, he drove and picked me up at night, took me back to

774
00:45:57,400 --> 00:45:58,400
his house.

775
00:45:58,400 --> 00:45:59,720
I stayed in his shed for a few nights.

776
00:45:59,720 --> 00:46:01,160
It was kind of funny.

777
00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:02,160
Really nice shed.

778
00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:04,680
He's a great, great builder.

779
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:06,120
And shuttled me back where I started.

780
00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:10,880
I walked another 20, 25 miles and that was still about 20 ish miles away from where

781
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:11,880
he was.

782
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:16,920
So it was like a perfect triangle, basically of the route I was on.

783
00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:22,320
And yeah, shuttling is probably the most helpful thing that people can do for helping

784
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:27,960
me out because he was on those days, he would take the gear, my backpack and all the heavy

785
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:28,960
stuff from the cart.

786
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:34,200
So all I was pushing was tarps, emergency supplies, food and water.

787
00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:40,360
And that makes it way easier to move around than everything else that I'm carrying.

788
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:43,240
Just it like to be on TV on the news.

789
00:46:43,240 --> 00:46:46,160
It's funny.

790
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:47,160
It's interesting.

791
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:48,160
It's, it's cool.

792
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:53,080
Like it just feels, it's always felt very natural, even from the very beginning.

793
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:59,640
I think the news people do a very good job of not making it feel like you're on the news,

794
00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:03,680
even in Myrtle Beach, like the gals just kind of set up a camera and they're like, just look

795
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:04,680
at me.

796
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:05,680
Don't worry about the camera.

797
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:08,400
Like it's just a conversation.

798
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:09,800
And that's what it was.

799
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:12,720
They would just ask questions and they're like, cool, we'll piece it together.

800
00:47:12,720 --> 00:47:13,960
We'll make you look good.

801
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:15,320
Just be yourself.

802
00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:19,200
When I was on live news in Columbia, was it Columbia?

803
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:20,440
I think it was Columbia.

804
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:25,800
That was the one that was like kind of spooky because I was like, oh, I am in a newsroom

805
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:30,280
surrounded by cameras and lights and this and that.

806
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:35,120
But again, I think they do a very good job of making it feel very natural and like it's

807
00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:39,520
not, it's not more than what it is.

808
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:42,360
And I mean, even when it was live, I'm like, I'm just telling my story.

809
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:44,360
I know this better than anybody else.

810
00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:47,360
So just just say what's going on.

811
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:49,200
You're basically a celebrity at this point.

812
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:50,200
I am.

813
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:52,200
I've been on the news a lot.

814
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:58,560
You're a TV personality influencer.

815
00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:02,160
So how long, I forgot where you said you're at.

816
00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:03,160
You're in.

817
00:48:03,160 --> 00:48:04,160
Tupelo.

818
00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:06,160
Oh, that's right.

819
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:10,880
And so how many more days will you be there in this state?

820
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:12,360
Where are you headed to next?

821
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:13,360
Yeah.

822
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:18,720
And I guess how much longer do you expect this journey to be?

823
00:48:18,720 --> 00:48:19,720
Yeah.

824
00:48:19,720 --> 00:48:23,120
So right now my estimated end date is August 24th.

825
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:25,720
It's going to, it goes up the more rest days I have, obviously.

826
00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:28,320
Well, actually, let me look at the numbers right now.

827
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:29,320
Oh, good.

828
00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:30,320
That's a Saturday.

829
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:33,080
So I can be there.

830
00:48:33,080 --> 00:48:36,000
Whatever day it is, you're calling out and you're going to be there.

831
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:41,880
So with the rest days that I have put in right now, it bumped it up to the 28th.

832
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:46,320
But once I get to the hot states like Arizona, New Mexico, whatever, whatever, my plan is

833
00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:52,040
to try to have people like you, Julie, my mom, Julie's mom, et cetera, kind of post up

834
00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:57,360
along the route so that I can do 30 plus mile days as much as possible.

835
00:48:57,360 --> 00:49:01,720
So I'm thinking that once I get into those hotter states, I'll be doing more miles because

836
00:49:01,720 --> 00:49:08,640
it's kind of like a get started a little bit before dawn and go a little bit past dusk

837
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:11,640
and just crank it, which is going to suck.

838
00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:17,240
But it's also like, would I rather do more miles during those hot days or be there for

839
00:49:17,240 --> 00:49:18,240
more hot days?

840
00:49:18,240 --> 00:49:22,160
It's kind of like a weird, would you rather, you know?

841
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:24,440
But anyway, that wasn't the question you asked.

842
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:28,000
The question you asked was how long am I in Tupelo for?

843
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:32,080
So I'm going to be in Tupelo until Friday.

844
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:35,400
So I have, I'm finishing up today as a rest day.

845
00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:37,520
Tomorrow I have another rest day.

846
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:42,880
Friday I'm going to be walking towards Oxford and I have a camping spot lined up.

847
00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:46,240
I'm still trying to find someone that would be willing to shuttle me from wherever I am

848
00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:48,320
to Oxford and back.

849
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:52,680
But since it's a weekend, it kind of makes things a little bit difficult.

850
00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:56,760
And you know, I don't really have actual contacts in Oxford just yet.

851
00:49:56,760 --> 00:50:03,600
And then I'm going to get to Oxford the Saturday on Saturday, sleep somewhere, and then I have

852
00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:06,320
a hotel room for a few nights in Oxford.

853
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:10,240
And then after that, I'm making my way towards Arkansas.

854
00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:15,600
And I should be in Arkansas, I think by like next week.

855
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:16,840
So I think the 25th.

856
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:19,760
So I'm only going to be in Mississippi for about a week.

857
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:25,360
And then I'm trying to crank through Arkansas as fast as I can also.

858
00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:31,960
There's just again, not a whole lot of stops and cities throughout the route that I'm taking.

859
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:33,880
Which makes me a little bit nervous.

860
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:35,640
But I think it's fine.

861
00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:36,640
I think I'll be okay.

862
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:41,040
I'll be, I mean, I'll be fine, you know, I just got to make sure water is always like

863
00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:44,520
the most stressful thing, obviously.

864
00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:48,160
And then I'll be in Oklahoma and I have some family there.

865
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:49,800
So they're going to be able to help out.

866
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:52,920
And it's funny, like I get to Oklahoma and I was like, cool, that's like the halfway

867
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:54,160
point.

868
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:58,320
And then from the city that they live or the town they live in in Oklahoma is not even

869
00:50:58,320 --> 00:50:59,320
halfway mile.

870
00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:00,320
My house wise.

871
00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:04,720
So I was like, oh my God.

872
00:51:04,720 --> 00:51:07,360
I had that realization on my 31st day.

873
00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:10,520
I was like, man, I'm already 31 days in.

874
00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:11,520
This is fantastic.

875
00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:17,640
And then I walked for a little bit and I just stopped and I was like, this is one month.

876
00:51:17,640 --> 00:51:19,240
I've done a month of this.

877
00:51:19,240 --> 00:51:23,040
I still have like four more months of this to go.

878
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:26,800
Like, oh my God.

879
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:29,160
If I thought it was fun, now you know, you can do it.

880
00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:30,320
You've survived one month.

881
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:31,320
Yeah.

882
00:51:31,320 --> 00:51:32,320
You can survive the.

883
00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:37,600
Yeah, that was, that was the shift I had to make pretty quick because it was just like,

884
00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:39,360
you know, it was, it's, it's great.

885
00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:40,680
Like I'm enjoying the walk.

886
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:41,680
It's great.

887
00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:43,200
It's fun, but it's so stressful.

888
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:45,320
It's like a constant fight or flight.

889
00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:47,400
Like I'm always exhausted.

890
00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:49,200
Again, I'm enjoying it.

891
00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:50,720
I don't have any regrets.

892
00:51:50,720 --> 00:51:57,000
I'm glad I can do it, but again, it's still like I'm spending more than I would have liked.

893
00:51:57,000 --> 00:52:01,680
I'm away from friends and family, you know, like those things are still a factor, but

894
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:06,640
I think at the end of the day, it's like those are very worthwhile things to do this.

895
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:08,640
You know what I mean?

896
00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:09,640
Yeah.

897
00:52:09,640 --> 00:52:10,640
Yeah.

898
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:16,120
How many tubes of rash cream have you gone through?

899
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:20,360
So I don't have any rash cream.

900
00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:21,640
But I've been.

901
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:25,000
Is that one of your issues that's happening right now?

902
00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:26,000
It was.

903
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:28,280
So it was kind of funny.

904
00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:33,560
I wore tights one day for like a higher mileage and it was my first time wearing them because

905
00:52:33,560 --> 00:52:35,920
I was like, oh, okay, like tight, like it'll protect me from the sun.

906
00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:37,200
It'll prevent chafing.

907
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:39,200
It did not prevent chafing.

908
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:41,280
That hurt so bad.

909
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:47,800
It was like right in between my thighs, like upper thighs, like it felt raw and it burned.

910
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:50,000
It hurts so fricking bad.

911
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:51,560
And I texted one of the guys about it.

912
00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:56,800
I think I texted Andrew and I was like, Hey, man, where did I go wrong?

913
00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:58,720
And he's like, Oh, what were you wearing?

914
00:52:58,720 --> 00:53:00,220
I'm like tights.

915
00:53:00,220 --> 00:53:01,720
He's like, rookie mistake.

916
00:53:01,720 --> 00:53:04,080
I'm like, are you kidding me?

917
00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:08,880
He's like, Oh, like you want to give your legs a little bit more time to adjust.

918
00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:09,880
You'll be fine.

919
00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:12,400
Blah, blah, blah, like whatever.

920
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:14,480
But I ended up picking up this thing.

921
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:16,840
Like I think it's called before I say it out loud.

922
00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:19,040
Let me make sure it's the right thing because it's.

923
00:53:19,040 --> 00:53:21,480
And you're just like, what were you wearing?

924
00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:23,320
And you're like, Andrew, please.

925
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:24,840
I'm spoken for.

926
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:27,040
Actually, I have a fiance.

927
00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:29,840
Uh, who are you wearing?

928
00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:30,840
Kakis.

929
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:34,880
It's this stuff called body glide.

930
00:53:34,880 --> 00:53:36,760
A body glide.

931
00:53:36,760 --> 00:53:37,760
Yeah.

932
00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:43,440
So I started putting that on every day because skirt and the honor of being transparent.

933
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:48,080
It's like the, like your thighs and honestly, like the cheeks, you know, like they get a

934
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:49,920
little chaff too.

935
00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:55,480
And it's, it's kind of gross, but it's like, like there's a lot of friction at the cheeks

936
00:53:55,480 --> 00:54:01,240
and at the thighs and like that's where I have to put it every day.

937
00:54:01,240 --> 00:54:03,200
Otherwise it just hurts.

938
00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:08,400
So now I'm able to wear tights without exploding.

939
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:11,760
But yeah, again, that kind of goes with like the walker's leg.

940
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:15,720
Wait, so did you just buy a different pair of tights?

941
00:54:15,720 --> 00:54:21,280
I still have the same pairs of tights, but I think my legs adjusted and the body glide

942
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:25,760
has helped a lot because I think I have like a jar of Vaseline too that I was thinking

943
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:26,760
of using.

944
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:29,360
I think it might just throw it away because I think at this point it's just extra weight

945
00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:30,600
and it's not helpful.

946
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:33,720
But I think the Vaseline would make it.

947
00:54:33,720 --> 00:54:34,720
Not.

948
00:54:34,720 --> 00:54:36,960
I don't think it would work very well.

949
00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:37,960
I don't know.

950
00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:39,400
I think it's like a different material.

951
00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:40,400
I don't know.

952
00:54:40,400 --> 00:54:43,600
I think I'm just going to stick with the body glide because that's what it's made for.

953
00:54:43,600 --> 00:54:46,320
It also sounds really cool, so body glide.

954
00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:49,080
Yeah, better than patrolling them jelly.

955
00:54:49,080 --> 00:54:50,080
What is this?

956
00:54:50,080 --> 00:54:54,680
It makes you dynamic, get those extra miles in, you know.

957
00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:55,680
Yeah, exactly.

958
00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:58,280
And we love some.

959
00:54:58,280 --> 00:54:59,760
We love good marketing.

960
00:54:59,760 --> 00:55:01,760
Right, right, right.

961
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:07,520
I have a question from a listener actually.

962
00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:15,520
What is your bathroom situation like and how many holes have you dug to use?

963
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:20,800
Yeah, so again, that is a very real conversation.

964
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:27,440
So in terms of holes I've had to dig, it's only at three right now.

965
00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:31,880
I'm not proud of that number, but it's better than I thought it would have to be.

966
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:32,880
It could be worse.

967
00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:34,960
It could be so much worse.

968
00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:43,600
So thankfully the plumbing that I have as a cisgendered male, I had to peddle a lot,

969
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:48,400
you know, number one, because I drink so much water during the day, right?

970
00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:52,840
So I constantly kind of have to pull over into the bushes or the trees or whatever and go.

971
00:55:52,840 --> 00:55:57,800
But thankfully for the other bodily function, there's a lot of like, you know, dollar generals,

972
00:55:57,800 --> 00:56:00,640
gas stations, like it's fine.

973
00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:06,360
I've been able, I've been lucky enough that I've only had to, I don't know, bear it up

974
00:56:06,360 --> 00:56:10,400
a few times and those aren't fun.

975
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:13,480
But yeah, no, there's plenty of bathrooms along the route.

976
00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:16,240
So it kind of just is what it is, you know.

977
00:56:16,240 --> 00:56:22,080
When you get back in August, what are your plans going to be after that?

978
00:56:22,080 --> 00:56:23,760
And are you going to miss walking?

979
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:27,800
Are you going to feel like you just got to keep on moving?

980
00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:29,520
Like what's going to happen?

981
00:56:29,520 --> 00:56:32,040
Yeah, so that's an interesting one.

982
00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:33,040
I don't know.

983
00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:37,560
I feel like post-walk depression is definitely something I've heard about from people.

984
00:56:37,560 --> 00:56:42,360
Because, you know, you go from walking every day from fight or flight, all this attention

985
00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:45,560
and media and people want to talk to you and this and that.

986
00:56:45,560 --> 00:56:47,840
And then you kind of just go back to being a normal dude.

987
00:56:47,840 --> 00:56:51,600
And that's something that I was very worried about because I knew that that is something

988
00:56:51,600 --> 00:56:54,560
that I would 100% fall into.

989
00:56:54,560 --> 00:57:00,000
So the way that I kind of designed the purpose of the walk really coincides with the purpose

990
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:02,880
and mission for my business.

991
00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:09,120
So I guess for the walk, my mission is to highlight, learn from and work with people

992
00:57:09,120 --> 00:57:13,040
in the U.S. that are making a difference in their communities.

993
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:20,100
And in terms of the coaching business, that one is we help social impact driven entrepreneurs

994
00:57:20,100 --> 00:57:25,520
excel in their personal lives without compromising on their business's success.

995
00:57:25,520 --> 00:57:26,520
Another mouthful.

996
00:57:26,520 --> 00:57:31,160
But it's still very centered around the people that in the U.S. that are putting in the work

997
00:57:31,160 --> 00:57:32,320
that are making a difference.

998
00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:33,320
I don't know.

999
00:57:33,320 --> 00:57:38,240
One of my big beliefs and mantras is that entrepreneurs make magic.

1000
00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:41,640
Where there was a problem, they find a solution.

1001
00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:45,400
Where there is a need, they have the supply.

1002
00:57:45,400 --> 00:57:47,400
So that's a big part of the walk.

1003
00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:53,120
So I say all that to say that when I get back from the walk, it's still to kind of continue

1004
00:57:53,120 --> 00:57:55,080
the mission of the walk.

1005
00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:56,680
I still plan on doing the podcast.

1006
00:57:56,680 --> 00:58:01,200
I still plan on highlighting folks, taking what I've learned and kind of divvying it

1007
00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:03,200
out to other people.

1008
00:58:03,200 --> 00:58:08,840
I think it's going to go a lot more from me highlighting folks to me more so working with

1009
00:58:08,840 --> 00:58:13,440
folks and powering folks and helping out entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders.

1010
00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:19,040
I mean, when I get back, Julie and I, we plan to move in together, finally get our own place.

1011
00:58:19,040 --> 00:58:24,440
I'll probably for sure have to get, if anything for sure, for sure, like a part-time job.

1012
00:58:24,440 --> 00:58:27,360
I think it'd be fun to work in like some little coffee shop or something.

1013
00:58:27,360 --> 00:58:28,360
I don't know.

1014
00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:32,760
But really just start really putting in the work on the coaching business.

1015
00:58:32,760 --> 00:58:37,120
Since I've kind of had to put it on standby for six, seven, eight months, I would want

1016
00:58:37,120 --> 00:58:45,360
to jump into that full time and really dive in and make it a thing.

1017
00:58:45,360 --> 00:58:50,680
How can people follow you and support you the best from afar?

1018
00:58:50,680 --> 00:58:51,680
Yeah.

1019
00:58:51,680 --> 00:58:57,120
So, still the best ways are going to be, I would just go to the website withinrangecoaching.com

1020
00:58:57,120 --> 00:59:01,680
forward slash walk dash across dash America.

1021
00:59:01,680 --> 00:59:02,880
That has all the links to everything.

1022
00:59:02,880 --> 00:59:05,160
I mean, you just go to the within range coaching.com website.

1023
00:59:05,160 --> 00:59:08,080
You'll be able to find the link that says Rangers walk across America.

1024
00:59:08,080 --> 00:59:13,560
In there, it has all my social medias, Facebook within range life coaching, Instagram within

1025
00:59:13,560 --> 00:59:18,680
range underscore coaching, TikTok within range underscore coaching.

1026
00:59:18,680 --> 00:59:20,600
I guess that's really it.

1027
00:59:20,600 --> 00:59:21,600
Just really follow along.

1028
00:59:21,600 --> 00:59:27,440
I'm a lot more active on Facebook and Instagram stories than anything.

1029
00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:29,640
And on Facebook, I do my daily update.

1030
00:59:29,640 --> 00:59:33,640
Instagram, I need to start figuring out what I need to, what I want to post there to build

1031
00:59:33,640 --> 00:59:34,640
it up too.

1032
00:59:34,640 --> 00:59:35,640
Yeah.

1033
00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:37,440
Go to the website, social media.

1034
00:59:37,440 --> 00:59:42,000
And obviously this podcast is where I'm going to be posting interviews with other people

1035
00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:44,640
and updates and this and that.

1036
00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:48,560
So, yeah, just a lot of social media.

1037
00:59:48,560 --> 00:59:49,560
Cool.

1038
00:59:49,560 --> 00:59:54,760
And remind us again, the three nonprofits that you're going to donate to at the end.

1039
00:59:54,760 --> 00:59:55,760
Yeah.

1040
00:59:55,760 --> 00:59:59,480
So, I'm grateful to work with an organization called the wander project who is collecting

1041
00:59:59,480 --> 01:00:01,640
all the funds.

1042
01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:05,160
And at the end of the walk, once I get to the Pacific Ocean, they're going to divvy

1043
01:00:05,160 --> 01:00:10,440
out all the money that we raise to future farmers of America, bigger than the trail and

1044
01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:12,880
the hospice promise foundation.

1045
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:18,640
So it's going to go to FFA for vocational education for their project grants.

1046
01:00:18,640 --> 01:00:22,720
So that students all across the U S can apply for these grants to do their entrepreneurship,

1047
01:00:22,720 --> 01:00:30,000
placement, livestock projects, bigger than the trail is a group of trail runners and racers.

1048
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:35,480
So anything down from a mile, 5K, 10K all the way up to ultra marathons, they raise

1049
01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:39,560
money so that they can provide free therapy to folks that need it.

1050
01:00:39,560 --> 01:00:46,000
And then the hospice promise foundation helps families going through hospice treatment with

1051
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:49,800
non medical hospice bills.

1052
01:00:49,800 --> 01:00:53,720
So rent, utilities, groceries, transportation.

1053
01:00:53,720 --> 01:00:58,820
In the podcast I did with Rachel Arnold, she even said that they do final wishes, help

1054
01:00:58,820 --> 01:01:00,440
people decorate for holidays.

1055
01:01:00,440 --> 01:01:06,760
So what they're really great for is putting in extra work so that families that are at

1056
01:01:06,760 --> 01:01:12,560
end of life treatment for a loved one can really focus on that relationship rather than

1057
01:01:12,560 --> 01:01:15,160
worrying about if they have enough to eat that night.

1058
01:01:15,160 --> 01:01:22,040
So really the three nonprofits, the vocational education for youth, mental health treatment

1059
01:01:22,040 --> 01:01:27,640
for adults and end of life treatment, it's very much beginning, middle and end, which

1060
01:01:27,640 --> 01:01:32,080
again coincides with my business's mission to help people live a life worth remembering.

1061
01:01:32,080 --> 01:01:33,360
Well, that's really awesome.

1062
01:01:33,360 --> 01:01:38,680
And I know a lot of your friends in California are rooting for you and are really excited

1063
01:01:38,680 --> 01:01:43,040
for you and are supporting you any way we can.

1064
01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:48,320
If you have ranger's phone number and you want to give him a call, I've been calling

1065
01:01:48,320 --> 01:01:52,320
him the last couple of days and it's fun talking to him.

1066
01:01:52,320 --> 01:01:59,800
I got to hear him interact with a local supporter and I forgot, I think he gave you a coffee

1067
01:01:59,800 --> 01:02:01,600
or something, I can't remember what it was.

1068
01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:04,240
Or water, I can't remember what it was.

1069
01:02:04,240 --> 01:02:06,400
So that was really cool.

1070
01:02:06,400 --> 01:02:10,960
And yeah, is there anything else that you want to let people know about?

1071
01:02:10,960 --> 01:02:14,600
No, I'm sure that we'll do more episodes like this.

1072
01:02:14,600 --> 01:02:17,840
I'd like to do more often like this with you.

1073
01:02:17,840 --> 01:02:25,200
So just stay tuned and we'll talk more and I'm sure people will have more questions and

1074
01:02:25,200 --> 01:02:28,040
we'll get into different things as time goes on.

1075
01:02:28,040 --> 01:02:29,040
Sure.

1076
01:02:29,040 --> 01:02:30,960
Well, this was a lot of fun.

1077
01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:31,960
It was good seeing you.

1078
01:02:31,960 --> 01:02:33,760
It was good catching up with you.

1079
01:02:33,760 --> 01:02:39,720
I hope I did this justice and I hope the listeners enjoyed this conversation as well.

1080
01:02:39,720 --> 01:02:40,720
I'm sure they will.

1081
01:02:40,720 --> 01:02:42,600
I appreciate you hopping on for a little bit.

1082
01:02:42,600 --> 01:02:44,080
I know you got a bunch going on too.

1083
01:02:44,080 --> 01:02:45,280
So thanks brother.

1084
01:02:45,280 --> 01:02:46,280
I appreciate it.

1085
01:02:46,280 --> 01:02:47,280
Of course.

1086
01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:52,120
And thanks again, everyone, for listening to today's episode.

1087
01:02:52,120 --> 01:02:55,040
I am so excited that I got to hang out with Steven for a little bit.

1088
01:02:55,040 --> 01:02:59,080
Again, I mean, we've been friends for, I don't know, damn near 10 years now.

1089
01:02:59,080 --> 01:03:03,640
So we've got a lot of background, a lot of history and I'm glad that he is still here

1090
01:03:03,640 --> 01:03:09,480
supporting and helping out with the crazy adventures that I get myself into.

1091
01:03:09,480 --> 01:03:12,440
But yeah, as always, you can go ahead and check the show notes.

1092
01:03:12,440 --> 01:03:14,920
I have all my social media down below.

1093
01:03:14,920 --> 01:03:19,000
If you'd like to support our sponsor called Bullet Caffeine Company, please go ahead and

1094
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:20,040
get some coffee from them.

1095
01:03:20,040 --> 01:03:24,120
They have coffee tea and they support a great cause.

1096
01:03:24,120 --> 01:03:30,400
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1097
01:03:30,400 --> 01:03:32,440
Go ahead and support them by supporting them.

1098
01:03:32,440 --> 01:03:33,440
You support the podcast.

1099
01:03:33,440 --> 01:03:36,680
You support me as I make my journey across the country.

1100
01:03:36,680 --> 01:03:41,720
If you'd like to support me directly, please consider buying me a coffee.

1101
01:03:41,720 --> 01:03:45,400
All the funds that I get from buying me a coffee go straight towards the walk, whether

1102
01:03:45,400 --> 01:03:51,600
it's food, equipment, gear, coffee, really just the necessities is what I use that for

1103
01:03:51,600 --> 01:03:55,600
as I make my way across the United States.

1104
01:03:55,600 --> 01:03:58,280
And please follow me on social media.

1105
01:03:58,280 --> 01:04:04,320
Facebook is where I post the majority of my updates, my requests for places to stay and

1106
01:04:04,320 --> 01:04:05,320
more.

1107
01:04:05,320 --> 01:04:10,080
I'm not sure when I'm going to be posting this, but I should be through Mississippi here

1108
01:04:10,080 --> 01:04:11,520
pretty soon.

1109
01:04:11,520 --> 01:04:18,000
So if you're in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, that's where I'm going

1110
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:20,040
to need the most support moving forward.

1111
01:04:20,040 --> 01:04:23,960
So if you're in any of those states, the hot states as I've been calling them, please

1112
01:04:23,960 --> 01:04:27,280
consider reaching out and helping a brother out.

1113
01:04:27,280 --> 01:04:33,480
But again, as always, please feel free to rate, subscribe to and review the podcast.

1114
01:04:33,480 --> 01:04:37,880
The more reviews that we get, the better the podcast does, the more it gets pushed in front

1115
01:04:37,880 --> 01:04:45,240
of people and again, the more ways that we can help more people help more people.

1116
01:04:45,240 --> 01:04:50,120
So as always, remember, have fun, stay safe and be yourself.

1117
01:04:50,120 --> 01:04:52,960
I'll catch you guys all next time.

1118
01:04:52,960 --> 01:05:08,520
Thanks.