Half Marathon. Today was the day, 10 months after the surgery, I ran and completed the PF Changs Rock and Roll Half Marathon. I ran the first 9 miles straight through, walked 1, and ran the last 3. I am proud to say that out of the 30,000 1/2 marathon runners I finished #8707 overall, and #4441 for the men, and finally #688 in my division. Not bad for someone who could barley walk less than a year ago. I have to say that I am proud of myself, and usually do not like to say that out loud. Today was a great feeling.

Congrats on the 1/2 marathon!!!!! I have so much respect for people who do that. I cant imagine at any weight running a marathon of any kind.

Rock On AzPete :clap2:

Way to go! Congratulations!

Congratulations AZPete! I believe that it is good for us to blow our horn once and awhile.

That's awesome! And Congrats on the amazing weight loss. I admire anyone that can run. I am jogging a little now, but it is so hard.

That's awesome! And Congrats on the amazing weight loss. I admire anyone that can run. I am jogging a little now, but it is so hard.

Holy Smoke Jfran! You look friggin Awesome! Love the new doo!

Cindy

Half Marathon. Today was the day, 10 months after the surgery, I ran and completed the PF Changs Rock and Roll Half Marathon. I ran the first 9 miles straight through, walked 1, and ran the last 3. I am proud to say that out of the 30,000 1/2 marathon runners I finished #8707 overall, and #4441 for the men, and finally #688 in my division. Not bad for someone who could barley walk less than a year ago. I have to say that I am proud of myself, and usually do not like to say that out loud. Today was a great feeling.

Way to go!

That is so AWESOME! I've been contemplating doing a run this year as a life goal of mine is to do a marathon. I did a walk/jog of 6 1/2 miles today. I can't imagine doing a half or whole marathon, but it is a process, just like the lap-band. Way to go Pete!!

That is awesome!!! What kind of training did you do to get there? I am getting my lapband on the 16th and once I can start exercising again I want to start training. I have researched several things but I don't know what is successful. I have never been a runner.

What an incredible accomplishment. You should be very proud! :welldoneclap:

Congrats, you look great I think I'll start taking pics so I can see my transformation. I was banded 11-26-07, start weight was 240 present 219 would like to get to 150, you cheer for me and I'll do the same for you.

I had always been athletic, except for that whole weight problem. I basically just told myself that I would run this race last year after my surgery. I started off with a three minute walk three days after my surgery, and then slowly progressed. In the months leading up to the marathon, I was running about 28-30 miles a week. Nike's Ipod chip is a great way to track your progress. I can run 8 miles at an 8:30 pace and can do a 7:00 minute mile. Not bad considering I am still 230 lbs. I am also getting ready to start training for a triathalon. Biking is easy and fun, the swim should be ok. Just set goals and really stick to it.

Congratulations Pete... it's inspiring to read this type of story.