'If I can do it, so can you.' ❤️
at that point, and the farthest she’d ever run before that was eight miles. Yet, before she knew it, the gun had gone off, and she quickly found herself behind everyone else.At 346 pounds when she weighed in before the race, she didn’t expect to finish with a good time—she just wanted to finish.
When Smith first took up the sport, she struggled. She wanted to go faster, but her body wouldn’t let her. Her first 5K took 90 minutes, but she did it. And each time she lined up for another, her times dropped closer and closer to the hour mark. She was even able to incorporate intermediate running with her walking.
Once she got approval—from Guinness and her doctors—the countdown to race day began, but it was a tough year leading into it. “Training hadn’t gone as planned, as I took on coaching two softball teams this summer, and the longest I was able to run in one go was 8 miles,” Smith said. “All I had on my mind at the start was, ‘I’m crazy. Why am I doing this?’”will take you through everything you need to know to get started, step by step]Those thoughts subsided once the race started. The marathon consisted of a 12-lap course where runners picked up a rubber band each time they finished a lap.
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