Proof in the Poof: Why the Work Is Working Before You Can See It

Forged In The Dark · Oct 22, 2026 · 10m · transcript

Proof in the Poof: Why the Work Is Working Before You Can See It

All summer it looked like the work wasn’t working. I ran for months in the brutal Texas heat feeling like I was going backwards. In the spring I could run three miles without stopping, and then summer came and I couldn’t, walking the hills, fighting my knee, soaked and questioning whether I’d ever finish the half marathon I’m training for. Everything in me wanted to call that failure. Then one morning a cold front dropped the temperature 50 degrees overnight, and what happened on that run I never saw coming. In this episode I…