Finding Your People and Your Pace: The Triple T Episode

🎙️ Episode Summary

What if your comeback started with a single text? Triple T (Tony the Tiger) didn’t plan to lead a community, run a half marathon, or recover from heart surgery. But when he hit pause on perfection and leaned into purpose, everything changed. In this raw, funny, and deeply moving episode, we dive into Triple T’s journey from the party life to purpose-driven leadership at The Farm. This one’s about redemption, real strength, and the power of simply showing up.

✨ Highlights

✅ The accidental EH that brought him to F3

✅ “I never ran a mile”—and then came the half marathon

✅ Heart surgery, healing, and the art of slowing down

✅ Creating The Farm and building a sticky F3 culture

✅ From cheeseburgers to character: a new self-image

✅ The balance between fitness, fatherhood, and faith

✅ Overcoming addiction and stepping into service

✅ The text that changed his day—and could change yours

🔊 Sound Bites

🗣️ “I was never a runner—until F3 taught me to run with purpose.”

🗣️ “After surgery, I didn’t quit. I just found a new pace.”

🗣️ “You come to a place where nobody wants anything from you. You just show up.”

🗣️ “Be a dork. Be you. That’s what makes a leader memorable.”

🗣️ “Sometimes a 10-second text can be the most powerful thing in a man’s day.”

⏰ Timestamps

00:00 – Intro & Triple T’s EH origin story

03:12 – First workouts, naming, and early impressions

06:45 – From “not a runner” to race finisher

10:30 – The heart scare: surgery, recovery, and mindset shift

16:15 – Building The Farm and leading outside the box

22:20 – Balancing family, faith, and fitness

26:10 – Friendship, substance recovery, and community strength

32:00 – Faith, failure, and growing beyond old identities

38:40 – Site-Q wisdom: silly, strategic, and service-minded

44:00 – Final reflections on transformation and support