My Running Story
It seems that once you begin to train for a serious race like a marathon- everyone wants to know your story. So how did I, Johanna Smith Eppley, decide to complete 26.2 miles? In 2012, after being married for a year my husband and I decided it was time to start trying to plan for a family. I weighed about 285 pounds and knew that I had to change to have a healthy pregnancy. I started exercising and lost about 60 pounds, then decided to sign up for a 5k just to see what would happen. I was NOT a runner. I don't really even know why I decided to do it honestly - I had never really run before. I didn't really know how to train properly, but in December of 2012 I did my first ever 5k. I walked most of it. I finished in about 48 minutes. One week later we found out we were pregnant. SO instead of continuing to run I let the stress and exhaustion take over and I quit working out and started indulging my food cravings. Fast forward to my daughters first birthday. I ha