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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 753309" data-attributes="member: 14668">Now that I am losing weight, I have decided to set a goal for myself involving running.&nbsp;Every September in my home town of Coos Bay Oregon, they host the annual Steve Prefontaine Memorial Run. It is a 10K, which is just shy of 7 miles. As a kid I used to volunteer at the race, handing out water bottles etc. I was never a very good runner, when I was on the track teams in junior high I did field events like the shot put and the discus. &nbsp;My goal is going to be to run in that event. It wont happen this year, but if I keep losing weight and start jogging, I think I could do it in 2011. I am quite capable of walking 7 miles...during hunting season I do it all the time, and that is with a backpack and a rifle. But right now I am not able to run any distance at all due to my weight. I plan on changing that.&nbsp;I went to the same high school that Pre did. I walked by his house every day on my way to school, and his sister babysat for me and my little sister when we were toddlers. My dad was a track coach at the local junior college and competed at the University of Oregon a few years before Pre did, so as a child growing up I saw Pre run many times at historic Hayward Field. I saw him run in the last race he ever ran, a few hours before his death. He was truly an amazing athlete.&nbsp;So my goal is to get to where I am capable of running a 10K without collapsing or puking. I dont care how competitive my time might be, I just want to be able to finish and say I did it. It would be quite an accomplishment for me to go from being 300 lbs with a stress fracture, to running in a 10K a year and a half later.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 753309, member: 14668"] Now that I am losing weight, I have decided to set a goal for myself involving running. Every September in my home town of Coos Bay Oregon, they host the annual Steve Prefontaine Memorial Run. It is a 10K, which is just shy of 7 miles. As a kid I used to volunteer at the race, handing out water bottles etc. I was never a very good runner, when I was on the track teams in junior high I did field events like the shot put and the discus. My goal is going to be to run in that event. It wont happen this year, but if I keep losing weight and start jogging, I think I could do it in 2011. I am quite capable of [I]walking[/I] 7 miles...during hunting season I do it all the time, and that is with a backpack and a rifle. But right now I am not able to run any distance at all due to my weight. I plan on changing that. I went to the same high school that Pre did. I walked by his house every day on my way to school, and his sister babysat for me and my little sister when we were toddlers. My dad was a track coach at the local junior college and competed at the University of Oregon a few years before Pre did, so as a child growing up I saw Pre run many times at historic Hayward Field. I saw him run in the last race he ever ran, a few hours before his death. He was truly an amazing athlete. So my goal is to get to where I am capable of running a 10K without collapsing or puking. I dont care how competitive my time might be, I just want to be able to finish and say I did it. It would be quite an accomplishment for me to go from being 300 lbs with a stress fracture, to running in a 10K a year and a half later. [/QUOTE]

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