I've been overweight and not athletic for my entire life. I skirted exercise, hated gym, and never ran more than about a 1/4 way 'round the track ever.

Since 2009 I've lost about 60lbs, putting me about 40lb from my goal. I've been stuck here for about two years.

I started c25k back in May, and have taking each week slowly, repeating days and weeks until I was satisfied enough with my progress to move on. I've been focusing on time, rather than distance, figuring I would work towards distance once I could run 30 minutes in a row without stopping. In June, I added a gym membership and started weight training four days a week. Before June, I'd never even been in a gym outside of high school, from which I graduated back when reality TV was televised surgery on The Learning Channel.

I finished W8D3 on Monday, running about 2.5 miles in 28 minutes. Last night, I was set to run for 30 minutes. But about halfway through my run I decided I was going to run until I had completed a 5k - distance over time. It wasn't easy, but I pushed through and at the end I had completed a 3.1 mile run in 38:05!

Long story short, I ran longer and farther than I ever have in my life. I still can't believe that this body - one that has never known muscle definition or strength or any of it - is capable of this and so much more. Thanks for reading!