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The Daily Stoic · September 6, 2026 · 30m

The Moment Ryan's Italy Trip Went Sideways

Ryan Holiday expected the 50 kilometer run through Rome — captured in a new Stoic 50k video — to be the hard part of his family trip to Italy. The rest of the trip went completely off the rails instead, and travel chaos outmatched the planned physical challenge. After the family returned home, a new event put every disaster from the trip into perspective. The episode is a first-person exercise in the Stoic distinction between what you can prepare for and what actually comes.

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Highlights

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The expected challenge isn't always the real challenge
Ryan expected the 50k run through Rome to be the hard part of his family trip, but the rest of the trip went completely off the rails instead.
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Perspective resets when bigger problems appear
After the family got home, something happened that made every travel disaster from the Italy trip seem small.
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The Stoic 50k
Ryan ran 50 kilometers through Rome as part of the trip, and a video of the Stoic 50k is now available.
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Editorial

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Travel chaos as Stoic practice
Travel disruptions derailed the family trip to Italy in ways that made the planned run feel like the easy part.
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Misc

✧Ryan documented his 50 kilometer run through Rome in a new video called 'The Stoic 50k.'
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