About a month before I turned 30, I realized that I was out of shape and overweight by about 35 pounds. I set myself a pretty high goal. I gave myself 13 months to get in shape to run the Cleveland Marathon. My first time out I ran a mile in about 15 minutes and thought I would die... lol

Over a 13 month period, I got myself ready for the marathon. Having never been very athletic, I never figured I would be able to run 26.2 miles... but I did it. Here's me at the finish. No, my feet weren't getting very high off the ground at the end. lol

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