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<div><strong>A LONG ROAD FOR A BRIGHTER TOMORROW.</strong>
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<div><strong>On October 17, 2026, my husband, Zac Deel, is going to do something that, honestly, sounds a little crazy.</strong>
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<div>He is going to leave our hometown of Bristol, Tennessee and start running west.
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<div>His destination is Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles, California.
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<div>Between those two places are more than 2,800 miles of road.
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<div>Zac plans to run them.
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<div>He'll be traveling alone, pushing his gear in an expedition cart, without a support vehicle following him.
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<div>And there's one detail that makes this challenge even crazier:
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<div>Zac has never run a full marathon.
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<div>He's a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blue belt. He's a wrestling dad. He's an avid lifter. He's always been active and considers himself a pretty good runner.
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<div>But running 2,800+ miles across the country?
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<div>That's something most of us has ever attempted.
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<div><strong>And that's exactly why this isn't really a story about running.</strong>
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<div><strong>THIS IS ABOUT STARTING OVER.</strong>
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<div>Over the last few years, Zac's life has been filled with setbacks, uncertainty, and circumstances that often felt completely outside of his control.
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<div>There were times when it felt like the direction of our family's life was being decided by everyone and everything except us.
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<div>Plans didn't work out.
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<div>Doors closed.
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<div>Things happened that we couldn't control.
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<div>And eventually, Zac realized something:
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<div>Waiting for life to change wasn't going to change anything.
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<div>So instead of waiting for a fresh start, he's going to run toward one.
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<div>This journey is Zac taking control of his own direction.
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<div>One step.
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<div>One mile.
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<div>One day at a time.
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<div><strong>WHY LOS ANGELES?</strong>
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<div>Los Angeles isn't simply a finish line.
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<div>It's the beginning of what comes next.
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<div>Zac wants to use this expedition as the launch point for a completely new chapter of his life; a career built around content creation, storytelling, fitness, entrepreneurship, and the experiences he collects along the road.
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<div>We're not trying to create one viral moment.
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<div>We're trying to build something that lasts.
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<div>Something our family can grow from.
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<div>Something Zac can build with his own hands.
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<div>Something that can give our four kids a different example of what happens when life knocks you down.
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<div>Because we want our kids to see that sometimes you don't get to choose what happens to you.
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<div>But you do get to choose what you do next.
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<div>And when you get knocked down, you get back up.
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<div><strong>2,800+ MILES. 70 DAYS. ONE VERY BIG FINISH LINE.</strong>
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<div><strong>Zac will leave Bristol on October 17 with the goal of reaching Santa Monica Pier on December 24.</strong>
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<div><strong>That's more than 2,800 miles.</strong>
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<div><strong>Roughly 70 days.</strong>
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<div>Thousands of miles of pavement, weather, exhaustion, uncertainty, unexpected problems, and moments we can't possibly predict from our home in Tennessee.
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<div>But there will also be people.
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<div>Miles shared with strangers.
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<div>And moments that we could never plan from the beginning.
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<div>That's what makes this journey so exciting.
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<div>We don't know everything that's going to happen.
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<div>We're going to find out along the way.
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<div><strong>AND THERE'S A REASON DECEMBER 24 MATTERS SO MUCH.</strong>
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<div>Zac isn't trying to make it back home for Christmas.
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<div>He's trying to make it to California in time to spend Christmas with his family.
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<div>Our goal is to travel to California and be waiting for him at the Santa Monica Pier when he finishes.
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<div>We want his four kids there.
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<div>We want them to see their dad complete something that, at the beginning, sounded almost impossible.
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<div>We want them to watch him take those final steps.
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<div>We want them to be there when the cart finally stops.
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<div>And we want Zac to look up after 2,800+ miles and see the people he has been thinking about every single mile of the way.
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<div>His family waiting for him at the finish line.
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<div>That's the moment we're working toward.
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<div><strong>December 24, 2026.</strong>
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<div><strong>Santa Monica Pier.</strong>
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<div><strong>2,800+ miles from Bristol.</strong>
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<div><strong>One last step.</strong>
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<div><strong>And then his kids.</strong>
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<div><strong>WE ARE BUILDING THIS FROM THE GROUND UP.</strong>
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<div>This isn't a professionally funded expedition.
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<div>There isn't a giant production company behind Zac.
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<div>There isn't a support vehicle.
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<div>We're figuring this out ourselves.
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<div>The expedition cart.
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<div>Content creation.
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<div>And all of the unexpected expenses that come with spending roughly 70 days traveling across the country on foot.
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<div>We're building this one piece at a time.
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<div><strong>And we're asking people to help us build it.</strong>
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<div><strong>Your support will help with the real costs of making this expedition possible, including:</strong>
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<div><strong>Unexpected expenses that come with a journey of this size</strong>
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<div><strong>Our goal is to be transparent about where the support goes and to document the journey along the way.</strong>
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<div><strong>BUT WE DON'T JUST WANT YOU TO DONATE.</strong>
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<div>We want you to become part of the journey.
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<div>If you can't donate, share this fundraiser.
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<div>If you can donate $5, you're helping.
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<div>If you can sponsor a stretch of miles, you're helping.
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<div>If you own a business and want to partner with Zac, we'd love to hear from you.
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<div>And if Zac's route takes him through your town...
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<div><strong>COME RUN WITH HIM.</strong>
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<div>You don't have to run a marathon.
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<div>You don't have to be fast.
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<div>Come run a mile.
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<div>Come run five.
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<div>Walk beside him.
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<div>Bring your kids.
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<div>Bring your friends.
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<div>Bring your running club.
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<div>Whatever you can do, come be part of the road.
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<div>Because we don't want people to simply watch Zac run across the country.
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<div>We want people to feel like they're running it with him.
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<div>Imagine Zac being hundreds or thousands of miles from home and looking over to see someone he has never met running beside him.
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<div>That's the kind of journey we want to create.
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<div>A journey where the miles belong to more than just one person.
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<div><strong>WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR HELP</strong>
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<div><strong>This is probably the hardest part for us.</strong>
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<div><strong>We're not accustomed to asking people to help us build something.</strong>
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<div><strong>But we've also learned that some things are too big to do alone.</strong>
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<div>Zac can put one foot in front of the other.
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<div>He can run when he's tired.
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<div>He can keep going when the road gets hard.
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<div>But he can't make this story reach people by himself.
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<div>That's where you come in.
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<div>Every share puts this story in front of someone new.
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<div>Every follower gives Zac another person cheering him on.
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<div>Every donation helps make another part of the expedition possible.
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<div>Every sponsor helps put another stretch of road behind him.
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<div>And every person who runs beside him becomes part of the miles.
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<div><strong>THIS IS BIGGER THAN A RUN.</strong>
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<div>When Zac reaches Santa Monica Pier, we don't want the story to end.
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<div>We want those 2,800+ miles to be the beginning of something.
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<div>A new career.
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<div>A fresh start.
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<div>A new future for our family.
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<div>And hopefully, a reminder to anyone watching that your circumstances don't have to determine the rest of your story.
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<div>Sometimes the road ahead looks completely unreasonable.
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<div>Sometimes you don't feel ready.
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<div>You just have to start.
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<div>Then take the next step.
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<div>That's what Zac is doing.
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<div><strong>On October 17, he's going to leave Bristol with an expedition cart, a goal, and a whole lot of road ahead of him.</strong>
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<div>He doesn't know every obstacle he'll face.
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<div>He doesn't know every person he'll meet.
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<div>He doesn't know exactly what will happen between Tennessee and California.
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<div>But he knows where he's going.
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<div>And for the first time in a long time, he's the one choosing the direction.
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<div><strong>WILL YOU COME WITH US?</strong>
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<div><strong>Help us put the first miles behind him.</strong>
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<div><strong>Donate. Share. Follow. Sponsor a stretch. Run a few miles with him.</strong>
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<div><strong>Whatever you can do, you'll be part of this story.</strong>
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<div>And when December 24 comes, we're hoping to stand at the Santa Monica Pier with his four kids, waiting to watch Zac finish the road he started in Bristol.
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<div>Because after 2,800+ miles, we don't want the last thing he sees to be a finish line.
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<div>We want it to be his family.
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<div><strong>BRISTOL, TENNESSEE → SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA</strong>
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<div><strong>OCTOBER 17 – DECEMBER 24, 2026</strong>
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<div><strong>2,800+ MILES • 70 DAYS • 1 RUNNER • 1 CART</strong>
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<div><strong>A LONG ROAD FOR A BRIGHTER TOMORROW.</strong>
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A Regular Dad. 2,800 Miles. One Big Journey.

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