Always Believe: A Reflection on Winning Keji’s Backyard Ultra Back-to-Back

The Crow sees. The Dragon does. The Wizard learns. I didn’t set out to win. I wanted to do my best by breaking my PB of 33 yards set last year. Maybe make a push to the Canadian Backyard team. Above all else I wanted to exert an honest effort, leave nothing on the table,

Unmasking the Dragon Within: Winning Keji Backyard Ultra 2025

33 loops. $2,600 raised. 1 mask shed.
Keji 2025 wasn’t just a race—it was a reckoning.
I ran through rain, doubt, and past identities to find something I’d been chasing all along: myself.
When I shaved my beard, I didn’t just keep a promise—I let go of protection, fear, and silence.
This was more than running.
This was healing.
This was becoming.
There is light in the darkness.
And it’s been inside me all along. 🐉