I accomplish good in Tanzania // Race Creation, Community Development, Youth Sport, Agriculture // Social Entrepreneur

Do hard things. In community. For community. 
→ https://www.brett-harrison.com

I build adventures on Mount Kilimanjaro to change lives and communities. 

Adventure. Community. Impact.

I’ve spent most of my adult life in Tanzania, intentionally blurring the lines between work and calling. I build spaces where challenge becomes connection and adventure leads to transformation. 

In endurance races, a finish line must necessarily justify the effort required to reach it. 

Life is no different. Purpose and meaning extend from living a life worthy of the suffering we’ll inevitably face. I do this by sacrificing myself to bear others’ burdens, and my work is shaped by this conviction. 

Each project I undertake is an expression of this belief — an opportunity to give more of myself in order to redeem the world around me.

More About Me:

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Experienced endurance athlete, coach, and event creator. I have multiple IronMan finishes, scores of 8+ hour days on bikes, and even a 100-mile ultramarathon win. The athletic achievements I'm most proud of are a 10:37 2-mile (a very long time ago) and (in my 40s) an 8:55 finish at Comrades (89km/55mi). All three of my kids (11, 13, 15) are better swimmers than I am, and that keeps me humble. 

I've coached numerous runners to marathon PRs, a US cross country team to the state championships, and scores of athletes from couch to 5K and even ultramarathon. I created and direct Kilimanjaro Trails Festival, TRAVERSE Tanzania, and Kilimanjaro Trail Run, and handle various aspects of logistics, permits, and timing on a number of other East African events. 

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Agriculture development professional with 16 years of experience in sub-Saharan Africa and measurable on-farm results. I specialize in permaculture, conservation agriculture (CA), nitrogen-fixing legumes and climate smart technologies. 

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Trained in theology, worldview and culture. My wife and I moved to Tanzania as missionaries in 2009 to work in areas of church maturation, leadership training and community development. Through 2020 I worked full-time in Christian community development while building Red Knot on the side to fund the scaling of our successes. 

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Accomplished in grassroots sustainable development practices, cross-cultural communication and group facilitation. 

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Long-term resident of Tanzania, travel professional, experienced in logistics for safaris, climbs, and unique adventures, with emphasis on active holidays and cultural learning. 

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Fluent in English and Swahili.

I don't always run 87 laps around a 1/4-mile track. 

But when I do it's because I want to support a friend's crazy idea. 

Yesterday about 30 runners -- most of them members of Njiro Road Runners -- met at a high school track for 6 hours of running. 

It was my friend Edmond's idea, and so of course I wanted to support it. 

I didn't run the full 6 hours, as an ultra marathon yesterday didn't fit my training plan (or suit my recovering achilles). 

But I did start and finish with everyone, while getting a 22-mile long run in -- and a few breaks for chapatis and cold beer.

It was hard for me to sign up for a 6-hour event and only log 35 kilometers. I struggled with wanting others to know I was normally (or in the past) a stronger runner than that. 

So I was proud of myself for sticking to a pace and distance that made sense for me where I am now. (And for not mentioning past accomplishments to any the runners I met.)

1️⃣ Show up for your friends' wild ideas. 
Even when they're not what you'd have chosen yourself. 

2️⃣ Keep your ego on a short leash. 
Don't let it choose the pace or the conversation. 

3️⃣ Make space for joy and relationship in your running. 
Beer, chapatis, and conversation. 

Have you learned anything recently from your training?

Brett Harrison

I firmly believe the solutions to the world’s problems lie in sacrificing myself to bear the burdens and responsibilities of others, participating in the redemption of the world around me. 

— Modeling the sustainable integration of endurance racing, tourism, and social good. 

— Demonstrating how athletes can appropriately shoulder the responsibility of caring for our neighbors and the planet we share.

Experienced endurance athlete, (football and Lydiard II running) coach, and event organizer: Kilimanjaro Trail Run, K2N Stage, Kili Trails Festival.

Agriculture development professional with 14 years of experience in sub-Saharan Africa and measurable on-farm results. Specialist in conservation agriculture (CA), nitrogen-fixing legumes and climate smart technologies. 

Trained in theology, worldview and culture. Accomplished in grassroots sustainable development practices, cross-cultural communication and group facilitation. 

Long-term resident of Tanzania, travel professional, experienced in logistics for safaris, climbs, and unique adventures, with emphasis on active holidays and/or cultural learning.

Fluent in English and Swahili.

Building adventures in Tanzania that change lives and communities // Endurance Races, Community Development, Youth Sport, Agriculture // Executive Director at Red Knot Development

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