Before the race

November 13^th Race day, as I sit here on the streets it’s a little after 5am, and very few people out here yet. I love getting here early, sitting in the street waiting, and watching as 25,000 people appear to come from out of nowhere. This is such a surreal moment. It’s almost unbelievable that just 3 years ago I was a man weighing in close to 450lbs. I was a man hurting, not from my weight but from my life. I was miserable, things where falling down all around me, and all seemed hopeless. Then shortly before Christmas I turned to God, and said I can’t do it myself, I need You. I had no idea that the road I started down at that point would result with me toeing the line to run a marathon less than 3 years later. With God truly all things are possible.