Built by the Miles: David Buning on Suffering, Transformation, and the Business God Made Him Wait For

Some businesses you can explain with a spreadsheet. This one you can only explain with a testimony.This week the Kingdom Builders sit down with David Buning — native Floridian, 25 years sober, a man who was one signature away from becoming a Catholic priest before God pointed him somewhere else entirely. Today he's the founder of Mile Built, a minimalist endurance running company built on a single, uncomfortable idea: that we're transformed through suffering, not around it.David opens up about the search that took him from the church choir to Buddhism and back to Christ, the diagnosis and the 275 pounds that finally got him moving, and the day a competitor bought the very business he'd been eyeing — and how that lit the fire to build his own. We talk discipline over motivation, obedience over the "better" offer, why delay is really development, and how anyone — runner or not — can toe the line, endure the discomfort, and come back the next day.A conversation about faith, discipline, and becoming a better version of yourself one mile at a time.🏃 Find Mile Built: www.MileBuilt.com · registration via RunSignUp🎧 New episodes of Kingdom ROI drop Tuesdays. Like, follow, and share to help us reach more Kingdom Builders.Chapters: Intro & prayer · Boise to Florida · Sobriety & the search · The road to the priesthood · Meeting his wife · 275 lbs to running · Founding Mile Built · Transformation through suffering · Goggins & voluntary discomfort · Delay is development · Bare Bones races & how to join · What's next