Jonathan Sets New Personal Record in Potomac River Running Twilight

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Jonathan has lost over 155 pounds in 3 ½ years. He started the first year with changing his diet and lost 50 pounds. Jonathan ate 5 small meals during the day consisting of less than 200 calories each. He used nutrition shakes and bars with fresh fruit and yogurt. Starting year 2 he began to mountain bike 3 times a week and lost another 50 pounds, for a total of 100 pounds lost. Then in the beginning of the third year Jonathan broke his collarbone biking and needed to find another form of exercise. Jonathan prefers to exercise outdoors and does not typically use the gym which led him to take up running. Needing to find a way to set a long term goal for his weight loss, Jonathan began to race in Triathlons.

This has allowed him to reach his target weight of 200 pounds. Jonathan now shares his story of a healthy and active lifestyle through fitness and nutrition with others.

Leesburg, VA, 20176
United States

Jonathan Sets New Personal Record in Potomac River Running Twilight

posted on July 9, 2009 by JonathanFit

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In addition to a top ten finish and setting a new personal record, it was a chance to run with some greats friends and family.
Left to right - Casey, Elizabeth, Christina, Johnathan, Tyler, me, and Crystal.
This was my second year running in the Potomac River Running Twilight 4 miler. After a year of grinding the miles out, my running game had improved and this was an opportunity to gauge how much.
Saucony had sent me a fresh pair of my favorite shoes the Triumph 6, of course in Silver/Black and Red to go with my black socks. It is important to run faster but to look good while doing it.
2008 Finish: 32:44, Age Group 24 of 86
2009 Finish: 28:00, Age Group 9 of 89
2009 twilight

I used my Suunto t6c with Foot POD to stay on pace and to run 7:00 minutes per mile. It was important for me to run my pace and not push it too soon. You can see from my training log, I hit my 188 Max Heart Rate and 57 VO2 max on the finish line sprint.
After a year of training, I improved my 4 mile time by 4:44 and moved my finishing position up 15 slots, and in my Age Group to 9 of 89.