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Boston!
Age: 46
Current Weight: 72.6 kg
Goal Weight: 70.3 kg
Location: Cortland, New York
Why I started running: 
I started running in March of 2007 after a friend asked me if I wanted to run the 3.5mile Chase Corp. Challenge in June of '07. I enjoyed the training and the race and stuck with it after the event. I began to set goals and trained a little too hard for them and paid the price. I battled shin-splints for most of 2008, but stuck with running. I decided in November of 2008 that I was going to do a marathon. I chose Lake Placid as my first marathon and I began training for it the following spring. I enjoyed the training and the marathon experience so much that I decided right after the race that I wanted (like every runner) to qualify for Boston. I chose Philadelphia as my BQ, mainly because it fell on my birthday in 2009 and I thought that would make it cooler. I trained for 18 weeks and BQ'd at Philly with a time of 3:09:26. I learned a lot about myself during that race and I will cherish that experience for the rest of my life. Now that I am Boston bound I am setting new goals!