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From couch potato to running my first 5K at 42
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Kevin T.New Dad
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Three years ago I was 280 pounds, couldn't walk up stairs without getting winded, and my doctor told me I was heading for a heart attack. My kids were embarrassed that I couldn't play with them. Something just snapped and I decided to change. Started with walks around the block, then got into running. It took over a year to run my first 5K without stopping. Now I'm actually the active dad I wanted to be. I do park workouts with my kids, we go hiking on weekends. My knees still hurt sometimes and the weight loss is slower than I'd like, but I'm present and capable and my kids see that dad can do hard things.
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This is the kind of transformation that gives me hope. 280 to running a 5K is not just a fitness thing, that's a whole mindset shift. At 42 that takes some serious dedication.