Introducing myself

Hi all,

I was really happy to find this group. I had VSG almost 3 months ago and one of my top 3 reasons for having WLS was to reclaim the runner I had discovered when I was 31 years old. I had been a fat kid, fat teenager ****il I discovered dexatrim), a yo-yo'ing 20-something, and an obese woman after I got married. Once I discovered I could run a full mile there was no turning back for me. In 3 months I trained for a 20K race, a month later I did my first 1/2 marathon faster than I had done the 20K. I started training for a full marathon and everything was going great, I had done two 20-mile training runs and then my life unraveled and I never got it back on course.

Fast forward a few years, I regained all the 90 lbs I had lost plus another 20, I was 7 years older, and I couldn't walk comfortably around a mall. After much research and soul searching, I had WLS and was on the treadmill just a few days after the surgery, albeit just for a short time and for a veeeery slow walk. I've been dedicated ever since. 

Right now I'm doing about a 13:13 mile, I hope to get back down to around a 10-minute mile over the coming year. I'm doing my comeback 5K in 7 weeks and I'm signed up for a 10K the month after. This week I'm going to start really working on endurance and start getting back into my old schedule of Tue/Thurs runs, long run on Saturday, short run on Sunday. 

I am so motivated and inspired by everyone on the fitness board here. What you've all achieved is amazing. To think of where we all came from makes your achievements even more mind blowing.

Good luck to everyone on their personal goals. I hope to be reporting good news to you all on mine during the coming year.

Welcome! Sounds like you are doing great. You will have to let us know how your races go! Congrats on finding your inner runner again. I never had an inner runner until recently, LOL. Then she showed up out of the blue. I kinda like her though, so I'll keep working at it.

That's awesome! Thanks so much for introducing yourself, and it will be cool to watch how you progress. We hope you feel welcome and we all appreciate you being being a part of the group! ROCK ON!!!!!!

Welcome aboard! I never knew I had a runner inside of me but one day, the runner reared its head and there was no turning back!

Looking forward on hearing how your goals are going through the year.

 

Jet