I am not going to tell you a story about my high school and
collegiate athletic careers, because there were none. Sure I was a on a field
team my sophomore year and I threw javelin around a field, but I was terrible.
I was not fast enough to make it onto the track team, and in fact I really
hated running, and most sports in general.
In college I gained bunch of weight due to the unlimited buffet
style dinners and 6-pack curls. Oh yeah, and lack of any activity. I did go to
the gym occasionally and I would see some progress, but then I would just stop
and everything would go back to the way it was.
Throughout my 20s I dabbled in some running, as I knew it
was good for me. I did few 5Ks and played soccer in an amateur league for few
years, but again it was really nothing serious. It wasn't until our first child
was born that I seriously committed to training for something bigger than a 5K.
In 2011 I ran my first 10 mile race, The Broad St run in
Philadelphia. I was hooked. In 2012 I ran my first marathon, and while it was
painful I knew I had to do more.
In 2013 I did my first 50K and now I am a proud member of
the crazy ultra running community.
In between my family time, chasing the kids around and
working in the IT field to fund my running problem, I try to get as much
training as possible while juggling the schedule with my ultra runner wife.
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