My running and weight loss journey started in late 2007. When I graduated high school, I was the heaviest I had ever been in my life up to that point. I grew increasingly unhappy with myself and the way I looked/felt but didn’t really do much about it for another year. I decided to take a run one day at Lake Johnson in Raleigh – a 2.75 mile loop. Wearing some skate shoes and baggy jeans, I ran nearly the entire thing in the worst form you could imagine and probably near death. I mean really, you should have seen me out there. I felt accomplished that I could do it, but really just lying to myself that I needed to do something about my health. Walking around at work, a friend and coworker asked me as I was passing by, “so you’re going to do a marathon with me, right?” I’m not one to back down from a challenge so I accepted; not really knowing what marathon was. After talking a bit about it, I realized I said yes to something completely absurd. The following week I received my running schedule which started with “I’ve never run before” and ended with 26.2 miles. I started the training, along with 3 others, weighing in at 166 lbs.
-Aaron
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