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“I can’t pee in the backyard anymore,”
David Johnston quipped, and then after a moment of reflection, “I can’t pee in the front yard anymore either. We used to have a house in the middle of 40 acres.” Johnston, his wife
Andrea, and youngest son
Miles moved from Willow, Alaska to Warrenton, Missouri in May of 2020. I’m enamored with Alaska and Johnston really carried the image of Alaska for me. I tell him that his move broke my heart, and he’s quick with a “broke mine, too” in return.
Family comes first though, and Johnston’s wife wanted to relocate closer to her aging parents. He shares that it was particularly hard for him. “I was petrified. In May, June, and July, I was pretty depressed. A new job in a new town, during COVID-19. I lost all of my running friends. I was drinking too much. I gained 20 pounds and got up to 195. Beer, I’m a beer drinker, just a whole lot of them. But I’ve lost 15 of those pounds. I got my act together this fall,” h