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Thursday evening, I ran the Kaiser Permanente 5K Corporate Challenge in Downtown Atlanta.  The race started and ended at Turner Field.  I ran with my son Michael and some of his co-workers at Porter Novelli, and thousands of others.  Talk about jockeying for position! There were a couple of challenging hills, especially near the end of the race.  But the weather was great and it was a lot of fun.  My goal was to run the whole way and I accomplished that.  I improved my time from my first 5K in April by about 30 seconds so that made me feel good.  Michael told me later that one of his co-workers was surprised that I looked so fit for a 57 year old man.  He had never seen the previous version of me.  Michael told him about my health journey and he was even more amazed.  It’s a good story if I do say so myself.  In December of 2009, I weighed 245 pounds and was about to start another weight loss program.  But this time, I was ready, and I had a Health Coach to guide me through the process and hold me accountable.  And now, I have lost 85 pounds and have become a runner.  Do you believe in miracles?  I do.

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