Urban Valor: the podcast
Urban Valor: the podcast
Urban Valor
Marine Veteran’s Shocking Childhood Made Him Unbreakable
1 hour 51 minutes Posted Jul 7, 2025 at 2:00 pm.
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He survived hell—and now he inspires millions. Tom “Quitproof” Jones, a former U.S. Marine and world-class endurance athlete, endured one of the most traumatic childhoods imaginable: being beaten, terrorized, and even woken with a gun to his forehead. In this episode of Urban Valor, Tom opens up about how his abusive father hunted his mom—with Tom as a forced witness—and how that trauma shaped him into the resilient man he is today. From PTSD and addiction to running 121 marathons in...