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Hello All, I had my vsg done on 01-17-11 so a mere 9 months ago and my new years resolution at the beginning of this year was to complete a half marathon. Yes running 13.1 miles on purpose is my goal for 2011. Well its official i finish my first half marathon today in Long Beach California. My official time was 2:25:35 which is a 11:07 average minute mile. My goal was to be under 2:30 and I made it with over 4 minutes to spare. I have always been envious of runners and my entire life I have wanted to be one. Never in my wildest bdream would I ever imagine that I would be running marathons (or should I say half marathons). I have never been this proud of my self ever and now I know that I am unstoppable once I put my mind to something. My next goal is getting to my personal goal weight which is 149 which is only about 11-12 pounds away, I am hoping to hit before my 1 year anniversary on January 17th. After that I want to conquer a full marathon which is 26.2 miles, I am thinking of Maui Hawaii in September 2012. If I believe it and I can see it then I can do it. I attached a couple of pictures from today.

Thanks,

Jenn

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Wow that's so inspirational! You look fantastic

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Well, I have three things to say about this...

1, I am well envoius of the location.

2, I am very envious of your achievement

and

3, I am proper envious of your figure.... you look AMAZIN'!!

Congratulations on a fantastic NSV... you'll do the full marathon no problems... can't wait to read that post, well I will probably hear the excitment from over the podn...lol =]

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WOW. What a motivational post! Congratulations on achieving your goals--I know you'll be blasting out the remaining few pounds before your surgiversary, if that's what you want--you clearly have the discipline and the drive to do whatever you feel like doing! Way to go!!

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CONGRATS! That is amazing! By the way Creativeteach was there as well and finished too :)

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WHOOOHOOOO!!!! CONGRATS!!!! That's a HUGE milestone!!! Best wishes on your Marathon!!! :)

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WOW!!!

Congratulations!!! I am so happy for you! We had our surgery 2 weeks apart. I started on a softball league. It is just flat out amazing the stuff we can do that seemed impossible just 9 months ago!!!

YAY!!!!

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WOW! Outstanding great NSV moment.

Hello All, I had my vsg done on 01-17-11 so a mere 9 months ago and my new years resolution at the beginning of this year was to complete a half marathon. Yes running 13.1 miles on purpose is my goal for 2011. Well its official i finish my first half marathon today in Long Beach California. My official time was 2:25:35 which is a 11:07 average minute mile. My goal was to be under 2:30 and I made it with over 4 minutes to spare. I have always been envious of runners and my entire life I have wanted to be one. Never in my wildest bdream would I ever imagine that I would be running marathons (or should I say half marathons). I have never been this proud of my self ever and now I know that I am unstoppable once I put my mind to something. My next goal is getting to my personal goal weight which is 149 which is only about 11-12 pounds away, I am hoping to hit before my 1 year anniversary on January 17th. After that I want to conquer a full marathon which is 26.2 miles, I am thinking of Maui Hawaii in September 2012. If I believe it and I can see it then I can do it. I attached a couple of pictures from today.

Thanks,

Jenn

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Wow! Congrats! You truly are and inspiration. I'm gonna get up off my butt and be a half marathon runner too!

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That's awesome. I hope I can do the same next year at the Disney Half Marathon. That is such an amazing NSV. Congrats!

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You inspire me; I have always wanted to complete a marathon. I have my surgery Nov. 9 and hopefully this time next year I will be doing the same thing. Thank you so much for sharing and being an inspiration. You look amazing and congratulations.

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THAT IS AWESOME!!! Congrats on your finish too- that aint no joke!

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