In 2010, a car hit Austin Selby on a training run. Broken bones, fractures everywhere. Doctors told him he'd never run again. Sixteen years later, he's running 566 miles across Tennessee, Memphis to the Virginia border, on his own two feet. Not for a medal. For his daughter.
Austin is a 13-year college coach, a father of eight, and a follower of Christ who adopted his daughter Satie and refused to stop fighting for her when the systems meant to help her walked away. Satie is 17 and battling addiction and mental health struggles. When insurance stopped covering her care, Austin decided: if her insurance won't fight for her, he will.
He opens up about coaching athletes nobody believed in, raising eight kids, the night Satie ran away in California, the reality of Skid Row, and what it means to keep showing up for someone who isn't ready to be helped yet.
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⏱ Chapters
00:00 | Told he'd never run again
01:00 | Austin Selby, father of eight
03:14 | Seeing potential nobody else sees
09:14 | What being a dad of eight does to you
17:04 | Who is Satie
20:48 | When the struggle began
23:11 | Treatment, relapse, and the trip to LA
27:42 | The night she ran away
30:58 | Skid Row and the search
37:10 | What this puts the family through
57:07 | Turning pain into fuel
1:01:06 | The run across Tennessee
1:11:44 | Live coaching with Austin
1:27:00 | How to follow and support Satie
1:31:28 | The one thing that made the biggest difference
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Disclaimer: For educational and conversational purposes only. Not medical, psychological, or legal advice. Jake Turner is a Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia; views are personal. If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988 (US) for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 24/7.
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