HeyJaredField Notes from The Proving
Field Notes from the Proving is a weekly 15-minute dispatch from those who refuse to stay small.Each episode explores discipline, expansion, friction, and the quiet decisions that redefine identity.This isn’t about performance.It’s about authorship.For high-achievers,…
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37 - The Napa to Sonoma Half Marathon | When Personal Achievement & Connection Collided (opens the original)
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Months of physical therapy. A knee that had nearly derailed everything. A brutal race through the hills of Loudoun County. And one goal I couldn't stop thinking about: 1:30–1:35. Napa to Sonoma was supposed to be the test. But Napa meant so much more than a race. It's where I got engaged. It's one of my husband and my favorite places in the world. And this time, we got to share it with friends who had never experienced it before—wineries, incredible meals, ridiculous laughs, and memories we'll h
36 - The Competitor Arrives | When Hard Work Becomes an Obsession (opens the original)
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If May was the comeback, June was the warrior. After Loudoun County, I became obsessed with one thing: getting ready for Napa. More miles. More speed. More PT. Better recovery. Better shoes. Better nutrition. Better data. Whatever it took. But the harder I pushed, the more my knee started fighting back. Then, on June 28th, everything changed. On a random training run through my neighborhood, I ran 13.14 miles in 1:33:50—breaking my 5K, 5-mile, 10K, 10-mile, and half-marathon PRs in a single run.
35 - The Loudoun County Race | The Race That Humbled Me (opens the original)
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I thought I had running figured out. Shamrock proved I could run a marathon. Disney proved I could run through the fear of injury. Mystic proved I could still race a half. Then I showed up in Virginia wine country with a little too much confidence. The Loudoun County Half Marathon wasn't asking whether I could run 13.1 miles. It was asking whether I could survive 13.1 miles of relentless rolling hills. Every downhill became an uphill on the way back. By mile 11, my legs were shot. For the first
34 - The First Race | When Running Stopped Being Just Mine (opens the original)
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Denise was nervous. I was cool as a cucumber. Mystic was her first-ever race—and the first time I got to watch someone I love step into the world of running that had completely changed my life. She took on the 10K. I took on the half. We started together, eventually went our separate ways, and chased two completely different finish lines. For me, 1:40:11 wasn't exactly the time I wanted. But somehow, that didn't matter nearly as much as I thought it would. Because this race wasn't really about m
33 - The Test | I Was Terrified to Run Again (opens the original)
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After dropping out of the Philadelphia Love Run with a knee injury, I wasn't afraid of another race—I was afraid of what that injury meant. The Disney Springtime Surprise 10-Miler was supposed to be a fun vacation with my husband. Instead, it became the first real test of whether I could trust my body again. This wasn't about chasing a personal record. It was about proving to myself that one setback didn't define the rest of my journey. Sometimes the hardest race isn't the longest one. It's the
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