My Success Story-I'm On A Billboard In Times Square
MarkTheBeastR
Posts: 79 Member
I recently entered the Yurbuds #BeyondTheWall contest and was a Grand Prize winner. My photo featured a picture of me at my heaviest (over 365 pounds) and a picture of me running my 1st marathon in February of this year (at 265 pounds). I've lost over 100 pounds and feel great. Even though I was the 2nd place finisher in the contest, Yurbuds decided to give me the Grand Prize as well. They are flying me and my wife to Hawaii in October to watch the Ironman World Championship. I am also featured in an ad that is currently playing through August on the G-Tron in Time Square.Here is a video of the ad: 
http://youtu.be/auSUknoFSoA
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That's fantastic! What a wonderful thing
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Congratulations, what an awesome prize.
I volunteered at the Hawaii Ironman about 15 years ago, the athletes are amazing.
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Thank you! I'm still just astounded by all of it. I feel overwhelmingly blessed by all of this. Thank you.0
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Talk about an amazing success story! Congratulations!0
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Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!!!! That is fan-freaking-tastic!! Congrats and thank you for inspiring me to keep at it! 0
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That is awesome, congratulations! Hope you have a wonderful time in Hawaii!0
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Congratulations!! It's amazing to see what can come from getting healthy. Hope you have a great trip!0
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That is so awesome!! Congratulations to you!!! Enjoy you trip!!0
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Congratulations! Have a great trip!0
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That's amazing. What a wonderful experience you and your wife will have. Good for YOU!!0
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That's awesome!!! That's some great motivation too, you don't want to let your "fans" down now!!!
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Thank you all! It's really been an amazing journey for me. I started in Feburary last year with small changes to my diet. Then on April 18th I started Couch 2 5K and I've not looked back since. In just 2 more weeks I'll do my 1st Ironman in Muncie, Indiana. It just blows me away that only 14 months ago I struggled to run 60 seconds straight and in just 15 days I'll swim 1.2 miles, cycle 56, and run 13.1 all in the same day. Now I want to use my story to inspire other people out there who feel the way that I used to feel: like there is no hope of changing things. But the great news is that things can change. And we each have the power inside of us to make those changes.0
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That's so awesome! Congrats and have a great time with your wife in Hawaii.0
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So cool! Congrats!0
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Congratulations! That is awesome. Keep up the hard work and enjoy the journey!0
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That's so amazing! You must be really proud. Congratulations!0
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WOW!! That is so great!! Thanks for sharing and inspiring us!! Enjoy your well deserved trip!0
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Amazing! Congrats to you and continued success.0
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Awesome! Congratulations.0
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That is awesome!0
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WOW!!! Awesome!! We have a celebrity among us! Woohoo!!0
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Thank you all! It's really been an amazing journey for me. I started in Feburary last year with small changes to my diet. Then on April 18th I started Couch 2 5K and I've not looked back since. In just 2 more weeks I'll do my 1st Ironman in Muncie, Indiana. It just blows me away that only 14 months ago I struggled to run 60 seconds straight and in just 15 days I'll swim 1.2 miles, cycle 56, and run 13.1 all in the same day. Now I want to use my story to inspire other people out there who feel the way that I used to feel: like there is no hope of changing things. But the great news is that things can change. And we each have the power inside of us to make those changes.
You are awesome!!
Congrats, and enjoy the trip!!0 -
That is wonderful! Congratulations and keep up the fantastic work! 0
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U rock!!!! Have fun and congrats on the weight loss :O0
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Thank you!Thank you all! It's really been an amazing journey for me. I started in Feburary last year with small changes to my diet. Then on April 18th I started Couch 2 5K and I've not looked back since. In just 2 more weeks I'll do my 1st Ironman in Muncie, Indiana. It just blows me away that only 14 months ago I struggled to run 60 seconds straight and in just 15 days I'll swim 1.2 miles, cycle 56, and run 13.1 all in the same day. Now I want to use my story to inspire other people out there who feel the way that I used to feel: like there is no hope of changing things. But the great news is that things can change. And we each have the power inside of us to make those changes.
You are awesome!!
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That is great! Have a fabulous time in Hawaii! I'm sure seeing the Ironman Competition will inspire you further in your journey! Very cool! :glasses:0
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Dude, that is *****in0
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Ha! Don't know about that but thank you! (autographs will be available for purchase from my agent--Ha!)WOW!!! Awesome!! We have a celebrity among us! Woohoo!!0
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WOW...simply amazing!!!! Congratulations...you worked hard for this!!!0
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That is awsome!!! Congrats! 0
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