Big Tree Fitness

Another Murph Memorial Day workout. This one felt a little extra special today Thank you for helping make the Murph happen for this morning. Special thanks to all the gym members who showed up this morning and crushed it

Strength comes in many forms. Learning how to stay upright, breathe and expend a ton of energy all over again. Each day is a new lesson to learn. Beyond grateful for these lessons

It’s time to take the “Deep Roots Initiative” flying circus (an ode to Monty Python) back on the road. This time to Cincinnati June 6th and 7th. We are so grateful to be participating in this race.

After taking a couple days to rest, decompress and reflect, I am overwhelmed with how amazingly wonderful this past weekend Cleveland went for all us Deep Roots Initiative. I have an amazing amount of people to thank for helping myself and my family pull this one off. First of all thank you Spartan for extending the invitation and the opportunity to share our mission. None of this could have happened without the help of It was Julie’s energy and drive that kept me going and kept this whole projected glues together. I would wake up to new emails every morning with either a problem solved. A possible new idea and sometime problems found. Julie provided me with an amazing compass to follow and trust. My son for showing up and letting everyone around him feel special and cared for. Quinn showed compassion and love for what was going on and you could see and feel it the whole time. My wife for giving me all the space and support I needed to put this together. There was never a NO expressed. It was “if you think you can do it, go for it. Do it”. Thank you ❤️. To my daughter for toughening out the Super after going to prom the night before. A very special thank you to my philosophical compadre H-Love for greeting me@back to finish line in my last race. I was starting to bonk and H made sure I stayed safe and finished the trifecta of races. To our volunteers and racers & Cathy .flanagan.37 .tee Cathy Flanagan, Brian & Laura Flanagan, Barry & Pam Flanagan Virginia Ricardo, Chris Fragapane, Myles Henry, Dan MacDonald, , Alex, THANK YOU to you all!!!!

The nerves are starting to kick in. Those nerves that tell you that you and friends are about to do something pretty big together.

What do you do on the days when you don’t feel 100%? You dig deep and give what you have to yourself and watch yourself grow stronger in every way.

Training is more than physical. It’s a way to feed your soul. For me trail running feeds my mind , body and soul.

This did take long to happen. Quinn is determined to walk across the stage to get his diploma in 26 days. So proud of our son and his desire to see what he capable of achieving

It took 60 days for this day to come, but with an amazing amount of help, resilience and determination Quinn finally came home yesterday. We still have a ton of work and recovery to go through, but now we can close out this chapter of this incredible life changing journey that we are on.