Welcome to The Story of Everyman, the podcast where we sit down with ordinary people who have walked extraordinary paths.

Today’s guest is someone many runners across Texas know well. As the episode begins we hear:

“I have a pretty cool guest today named Briston, and he's the owner of Texas Outlaw Running.”

But Briston Rains’ story didn’t begin with race finish lines or running companies. It started with a challenge most people can relate to. As he remembers those early days:

“Like a warm-up lap, like half a mile and I could barely run half a mile.”

Yet something inside him pushed him forward. What began as struggle slowly turned into discipline and purpose. Eventually he found himself pushing far beyond what he once thought possible.

“I was running like 70 miles a week running eight, 10, 12 miles a day.”

But this conversation goes deeper than running. Briston also shares the emotional journey of discovering the truth about his family and navigating relationships with the people who shaped his life.

At one point he reflects on the complicated story surrounding his biological mother:

“My real mother is the one that raised me… and my biological mother’s my biological mother.”

It’s a powerful moment of honesty about identity, gratitude, and understanding where we come from.

And somewhere along the way, all those miles on the road turned into something bigger. What began as a personal pursuit eventually grew into a company that now hosts races and builds community across Texas.

As Briston explains:

“These running company name ideas started coming to me in my head.”

Those ideas would eventually become Texas Outlaw Running, a brand and movement that has inspired thousands of runners.

Today we talk about perseverance, identity, faith, and the miles it takes to turn an idea into something real.

So sit back and enjoy this episode of The Story of Everyman with Briston Rains, founder of Texas Outlaw Running.