Exploits of A Nobody
Hi.
I'm a dad. A college professor. A runner. A nobody trying to make sense of things.
I tell stories about topics most people keep to themselves—the unraveling, the shame, the failures, the invisible battles that don’t make it into highlight reels, the messy middle. The unfinished work of being, and the journey of becoming.
Some episodes are pulled straight from my journals. Others are adapted from pages I never thought I’d read out loud. All of it comes from within the storm, raw, reflective, and unfiltered, unpolished pain.
This podcast is for anyone trying to hold it together quietly, thinking no one’s listening. For anyone who feels alone out there, running their own long miles—mentally, emotionally, or literally.
Exploits of a Nobody is part of a new genre called Rough Draft Radio—voice-driven stories told from the middle, not the end. Before the lesson.
Exploits of A Nobody
Big Bend 100k: Just Let It Happen
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Signing up for the Big Bend 100K, I daydreamed about finishing faster, about racing. For years I battled the voices in my head, perfection, and the habit of settling for just finishing. This time something shifted.
This isn’t a story of redemption. It’s a story about what happens when the pieces finally come together — and you let it happen.
Music and sound effects used in this episode:
Stoic guitar by AndreyPsyche -- https://freesound.org/s/751614/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
Sick guitar dissonat withh airy vox by AndreyPsyche -- https://freesound.org/s/751612/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
Crowd_Cheering.wav by ken788 -- https://freesound.org/s/386762/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Piano loops 203 octave long loop 120 bpm by josefpres -- https://freesound.org/s/845352/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Donkey braying.wav by LeandiViljoen -- https://freesound.org/s/502081/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 3.0Small group talking at lunch.m4a by guyburns -- https://freesound.org/s/434596/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
WHICH WAY (ON THE VERGE) by MadGravityStudio -- https://freesound.org/s/749383/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Everybody Has a Story (pensive cello & choir) by SondreDrakensson -- https://freesound.org/s/749371/ -- License: Attribution 4.0555723
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