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When It’s OK to Admit You’re an American

After making my decision to tackle Maui’s Haleakala volcano early in the year, completing months of training, making all the necessary arrangements, and gathering and checking off everything that I had put on my list, it was now time to depart. October 17th, 2018, six weeks prior to my running challenge, and I was standing outside the security gate at Pearson Airport, Toronto, hugging my parents and saying my goodbyes.