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    Finished my first marathon today ...

    Posts: 1,670 Member
    edited December 2024 in Success Stories
    2 years ago I was 276 pounds and very unhappy with myself and my life. I had no hobbies, all I did was work and put other people ahead of my needs constantly. I decided to do something about it, and started training for a 5k race. I have NEVER been a runner, even when I was thinner. But I found something I loved ... and so I kept doing it. I went from a 5K to a 5 miler and then in January 2011 I ran my first half marathon. Was it pretty ... nah I was still 255 pounds... but I finished!

    I ran 13 half marathons and decided it was time to try a full marathon. Yep 26.2 miles baby! I trained all summer -- in one of the hottest summers ever here in Wisconsin, and I struggled many, many times.

    But today, I crossed the finish line of my first marathon. I am a marathoner! Was it always pretty ... nah miles 16-19 kinda sucked. But I never gave up and just kept putting one foot in front of the other.

    Am I skinny ... nah ... am I at my goal weight... nah ... but why wait for all of that to experience life! :)

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    • Posts: 1,372 Member
      CONGRATULATIONS!!
    • Posts: 184
      RIGHT ON!
    • Posts: 31 Member
      Thank you for posting. I'm so proud of you for doing a marathon! I'm not sure I aspire to that but when I finished my short triathlon I thought I'd conquered the world! Are you blogging your progress anywhere? I'd love to hear more. I've started blogging about my progress. I've lost 100 lbs now. http://www.makefatcry.com
    • Posts: 4,564 Member
      You are such an inspiration. Proud to be your friend.
    • Posts: 119 Member
      That i sooooo wonderful! You should be so proud, and I think it's great that you don't wait to experience anything. You are an inspiration!!!
    • Posts: 102
      Really impressed by this. Well done :-)
      Jane
    • Posts: 14
      Way to go!!! Keep doing your thing!
    • Posts: 190 Member
      You are so amazing & still one of the reasons I was motivated to run a half. :) Great job today as I know getting here wasn't easy but it was SO WORTH IT!!
    • Posts: 75
      Amazing! You give me hope that I too can be a marathoner. I'm training for my first 5K, and I have fallen in love with running. :) Thanks for sharing your story and congrats on your success!
    • Posts: 1,184
      So proud of you! You have accomplished SOOOO much. Heck, I am at my GW but I'm too scared to tackle a full. You're such an inspiration to many people, myself included. Keep challenging yourself girl!
    • Posts: 3,347 Member
      Your so awesome your going to keep kicking butt and taking names i can already tell
    • Posts: 51 Member
      That is FANTastic!!!!

      Im gonna do a marathon in March and Im terrified!
      And still 30ish pounds overweight but youre right, why wait?

      Good job! I admire ya
    • Posts: 72
      that is AMAZING!! great, great job ma'am!! you are truly an inspiration!! keep going!! GREAT JOB!!
    • Posts: 216 Member
      YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
    • Posts: 223 Member
      A W E S O M E ! ! !
    • Posts: 840 Member
      Am I skinny ... nah ... am I at my goal weight... nah ... but why wait for all of that to experience life! :)
      I love this philosophy! I think you're amazing! I'm not a runner so anyone who can do a marathon is amazing in my books.
    • Posts: 263 Member
      Congradulations.... what an amzing achievement..... keep it up
    • Posts: 667 Member
      Great job today, I'm very proud of you.
    • Posts: 706 Member
      Congratulations!! I am in training for my first marathon and you are an inspiration!
    • Posts: 258
      Congrats!!! Super amazing that you ran a marathon. Keep it up!
    • Posts: 171 Member
      WAY TO GO!!!!!!
    • Posts: 14
      Wow! Awesome Job!
    • Posts: 970 Member
      Congratulations!! That is amazing! Thank you for the inspiration! :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 2,419 Member
      Such inspiration indeed!!!
    • Posts: 991 Member
      As someone who has been a MFP friend for a long time and seen you develop into the Runner you are, let me congratulate you! Today after many months of training, YOU completed something that only 2% of the world has done. You are a Marathoner!

      Now take some a couple of weeks off serious training. Rest,, recover, reflect, enjoy and bask in your success... You've earned it!
    • Posts: 337 Member
      Fantastic!! So proud of you.... I have followed you all summer, and I know you've trained (and struggled) and trained some more... Congrats!!!
    • Posts: 451 Member
      Congratulations! That's awesome and very inspiring! (And even better from a fellow Wisconsinite, even if I'm displaced right now. :))
    • Posts: 267 Member
      that's amazing, well done!!!
    • Posts: 50 Member
      AWESOME!!!!! I started with a 5k as well. I have yet to run anything more than a 5k, but my goal is to do a tri next summer. You are an inspiration :)
    • Posts: 884 Member
      Very inspirational! Congratulations!
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