We’re officially post-race, which means we’re pretending to relax while still surrounded by unfinished cleanup, schoolwork, farm chores, and whatever new project Becca has emotionally bonded with this week. This time, it’s a stock tank pool—because nothing says “recovery” like turning a giant farm bucket into a luxury outdoor lounge while Jon questions every life choice that led here.

We talk post-Mid State Mile blues, finding our rhythm again, ultra running identity, recovery, reflection, birthday miles, cave adventures, cold plunges, and why explaining a 100-mile race to normal people is basically conversational CrossFit. It’s part race decompression, part life update, and part reminder that sometimes the healthiest thing you can do is sit outside in water and call it personal growth.