When Q sends a text with a 🤫 emoji, you respond with, YES. No questions asked. That’s the usual response. This time, it was, “I’m 90% in. It’s just the timing.” He patiently waited. And when I got my work affairs in order, I asked – “does the offer still stand?” and without hesitation, he said “I’ve been waiting for you.”
Escape, isn’t a race. It’s a global journey of connection and adventure built around community and giving back. It uses running as the catalyst to bring folks together, to ACTIVELY achieve what it means to be in community.
This will be my 4th escape and I am grateful, every time I get the opportunity to join my running family to bring about positive impact.
A week galavanting in South Africa is going to be a once in a lifetime experience. I’ll be doing something, I never thought I could do – run an Ultra Marathon (56k), after a few days of running in country with my friends. It’s going to be hard, but we can do hard things.
I’m ready to share this journey with you all and can’t wait for you to follow along.
But first, we go to Atlanta, then 13 hours to Cape Town. Time alone, to reflect, mentally prepare and clear my nerves, in order to hit the ground running.
In the mean time, please consider donating to Run4Schools, the organization we are running for in order to build an athletic track in Cape Town.
If you want to experience what escape is all about … watch the documentary for Escape to Chicago
a NOLA girl in a Big world 
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