Journey from 238.5 lbs to 2:38:30

You were seriously 238.5? I was 241 earlier this summer - am down to 229, but weight has seemed to stay there. All my PRs were when I was in the 160-170 range so I am trying to get back there, but I don't know what/how to do it! You inspire me to keep trying. You have really awesome times!

Hi Benn. Yes, when I started running a few years ago I was 238.5 lbs. I was able to lose a lot of the weight pretty quickly by just running, eating a little less, and eating better, not drinking calories, other than a little milk, and cutting back on snacking.

The times have certainly come down over the years as the mileage has piled on and the weight has come off. I had no idea I could run like I do, and possibly not knowing has been beneficial since I have no expectations, only gratitude and wonderment in where I can get too with some hard work, dedication, friends to run with, and enjoying the journey. There have been some bumps, and some rather large ones the last few months, but I hope to keep going for a long time. There are a lot of other things I know I should be doing that I think would benefit me to go even faster, just find it hard to keep myself motivated to do anything other than just run.

It sounds like you are starting on the same journey I took, and I hope you can continue on this journey to reach your goals. The journey is a lot more fun if you can find some friends to experience it with, but not 100% necessary. Just makes some long runs go by much faster, and I have certainly found some incredible people and friends to spend a lot of training time together. It takes some good people to gather most mornings at 5am to help keep some motivation floating around the group. I think without them I would probably have stopped running a few months ago for a time, but fortunately I have kept up enough mileage that I can still barely keep up with them on most morning training runs.

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