It began with an idea….

I started running, really running, in 2018.

After nine years in combat, and the trying for the next five years to be “normal,” I finally had enough of the noise and demons that would keep me up at night.

With the help of so many others, I got the help I always said I didn’t need. Through the healing process, I found fitness to be a integral part of my daily peace and calm.

As I was able to find the calm in my head, I started helping others that would reach out to me on social media and through the running community. I enjoyed helping them calm their noise, and wanted to find a way to help even more people find their way into the community.

I created runtocalmthenoise to start packing positive messaging into social media to show others that there was an easy avenue to reach out to for guidance and motivation. I posted pictures of workouts, challenges to raise awareness, and started running with others.

I made the decision to brand runtocalmthenoise. Doing this raises awareness and creates revenue to support those with PTSD and addiction to get into running. The design for the brand and the hat was born, to start having others ask “what is runtocalmthenoise.” Through that question, it begins a conversation about how there are healthy ways to calm the noise.

Through the hats, and other merchandise in the future, our goal is to donate the profits to those suffering with PTSD, Alcoholism, and Drug Addiction. This will be done by helping them get into running shoes, running clothing, race entries, and bringing them close into the running community.

Now the focus is exposure, and creating a community that packs positivity into the world every moment of every day. If we can save one life, then everything else we do is a bonus.