I am originally from the UK and moved to California 5 years ago after meeting my wife, Stacey. My career for most of my life was being a guide - mountain, climbing, skiing, kayaking and rafting, which is how Stacey and I met. She booked a rafting trip in Zambia where I was guiding on the Zambezi river. Our lives took us all over the world while we dated and landed me back in the UK where I first began working with Spartan as a course manager. Fast forward six years, we live on the west shore of Lake Tahoe, California, with our two year old son, Henry. My job with Spartan has evolved from managing the course to developing the sport and representing the lifestyle through various media outlets. Our family had learned to be very adaptive as I am away for several weeks a month, and then enjoy dedicated time at home as well in between races. Being slightly nomadic was normal for me coming from a guiding background and constantly being on the move. We had found our rhythm or at least we thought we had.
When I first heard the words ‘stay at home’ and ‘do not work’ it scared shit out of me! My whole life I've been active and have never missed a day of work. Covid-19, for the first few weeks, had me a little flustered and with a lack of purpose; I was off centered. I very quickly realized that I needed an objective, a goal that is not easily attainable. I've always wanted to do a running challenge with big miles, but with a busy work schedule and family commitments, I had no time for a big challenge. So rolling into April, I decided to set myself a hard target of running the days of the month of April as miles. 1 mile on the 1st, 2 miles on the 2nd, 3 on the 3rd and so on!