Dare To Begin with Ashley Schneider

In this episode of the Dare To Begin podcast, I read Chapter 6 of The Long Run Home . Day 2 of my run across America was the moment the my run collided with reality. Running the miles turned out to be only one part of the challenge. There were logistics to solve, people to meet, unexpected problems to navigate, and a support crew learning alongside me. It's also the chapter where I introduce anoth...

Chapter 5 of The Long Run Home : Gateway . This chapter takes us to Day One of my run across America. After a year of preparation, I expected to simply begin—one foot in front of the other. Instead, the day quickly went off script. We started at noon, I ran circles through a parking lot for the news cameras, and my support crew got the motorhome stuck navigating San Francisco, leaving me to cover...

Episode 5 | Part 2, Chapter 4: The Date Is Set | Reading The Long Run Home There comes a point in every big dream when planning has to give way to execution. In this episode of Dare To Begin , Ashley M. Schneider reads Part 2, Chapter 4: The Date Is Set from The Long Run Home . The dream of running across America was no longer hypothetical. The start date had been set, the countdown had begun, and...

Episode Title Episode 4 | Chapter 3: Then Do It Now | Reading The Long Run Home Episode Description What if one simple thought follow by action changed the direction of your entire life? In this episode, Ashley reads Chapter 3 of The Long Run Home , where an ordinary three-mile run on a treadmill in Barcelona became the beginning of an extraordinary journey. At the time, she had never run a marath...

In Chapter 2 of The Long Run Home , I share what it was like growing up as the daughter of a mother living with multiple sclerosis. This chapter explores the impact my mom's MS had on our family, the emotions I struggled to process as a child, and some of the ways I coped while trying to make sense of a disease that was slowly changing the person I loved. During this reading, I reflect on how chro...

Episode 2 | Chapter 1: Leading To This In this episode of the Dare To Begin podcast, I read Chapter 1 of The Long Run Home . Before there was a run across America, a nonprofit, or a book, there was my family—and my mom, Jill. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis years before I was born, my mom's journey with MS shaped the environment I grew up in. The uncertainty, inconvenience, and pain that came wi...

In this first episode of Dare To Begin, Ashley introduces The Long Run Home Summer Reading Series and shares the Foreword written by Robin Arzón. More than a story about running 3,288 miles across America, The Long Run Home is a story about taking the first step towards a goal before you feel ready. Whether you're pursuing a big dream, navigating uncertainty, or simply looking for encouragement to...