Originally featured in Women Can, this interview dives into the story behind my Kilimanjaro FKT and what it means to chase the dreams that scare you
Kassandra and I dug into the story behind Kilimanjaro, the five-year dream that refused to fade and the grit it took to finally make it happen. We talked about what it means to not give up, the things that went wrong, how I got into running ultras originally, and what it felt like to finally snag the FKT. There were moments of altitude chaos, doubt, and small victories that stitched the whole Kilimanjaro project together.
Revisiting this conversation reminded me that endurance and advocacy both come down to showing up, messy, real, and unfiltered. I’ve been dismissed, laughed off, and told I couldn’t do it. But I’ve learned that my drive doesn’t come from proving anyone wrong. It comes from curiosity, from love of the mountains, from believing deeply that visibility matters and from a push to give all this shit meaning.
When I said yes to Kilimanjaro, I was chasing a record but I also wanted to show what happens when women define strength for themselves and how that kind of boldness can make space for more girls to find their own wild.
Read the full interview here.
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