My journey beings back in August of 2010. At that time I was overweight with high cholesterol and high blood pressure. I wasn't very happy with my lot in life and finally decided to do something about it. I owned a stationary exercise bike that had been used as a clothes rack for quite some time. I finally decided to remove the clothes and add new batteries to the bike. I started slow, biking a bit while watching TV or playing video games. Eventually I worked my way up to the point that I was biking for 2 hours at a time. I dropped nearly 15 pounds during this time. I was ready for the next challenge...
My first run occurred in October of 2010. I met up with a friend who was a runner for a jog on a Friday evening. I didn't think I'd have too much of an issue considering I was biking for 2 hours at a time, how hard could a couple miles be? I certainly ate my words after that. I made it about a half mile before I needed to stop, and then stopped every quarter mile after that. Running was a lot harder than I remembered.
After that first day I kept at it, running on my own in jog/walk intervals, slowly adding distance. I still bit off more than I could chew and wound up with tendonitis in my knee that first month. I wound up being sidelines until late November until I could slowly try again, and with more rest in between runs. I was lucky we had a mild winter and was able to get runs in on a somewhat regular basis. In the spring I signed up for my first race, the Shamrock Shuffle. I wound up getting shin splits leading up to the race and was worried about completing it. Much to my surprise I not only completed the race, I rocked my time goal. The adrenaline and excitement kicked in and I have become a race addict ever since.
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