Oh and PS- GO, STEVE!!!
How pigheaded of me- I can’t believe I almost waltzed off to ski camp tomorrow without posting about the most important thing!!
GOOD LUCK to my friend Steve who is running his first 100 miler this weekend in Texas.
GO STEVE!!!
He’s running 100 freaking miles!! Can you believe it?
You will be even more impressed when I tell you that Steve, like myself, has had many ups and downs in weight battles over the past few years and is an unabashed food enthusiast such myself. 
I forget Steve’s highest weight, and as he is in NY it is far too late at night for me to call him up and ask (darn West Coast time change), but I believe it was over 400lbs. He set out to change his life, and although it hasn’t been easy (I recall a few setbacks around the 300# mark), he’s down to 280ish and out doing ultras now on a regular basis. Not only has Steve made incredible gains (losses? ha) on the weight front- and is still shedding- but has most importantly acquired incredible experiences, confidence, and friends through ultrarunning.
Steve, I’m so proud of and inspired by your journey and I am so, SO excited to hear how it goes this weekend. I’ll be thinking of you plodding along on those 100 miles this weekend while I’m skiing and getting yelled at by Gordy. Please join me in wishing Steve good luck here.
Just for fun, here is a photo montage of some Steve pics. I’ll start off with my favorite one of him EVER, from him pond-jumping at Killington. I crack up every time I see this:
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When friends dragged us to a horrible bar in TIMES SQUARE (ugh)
L-R: Don, Tracey, Scott, Matt, Steve, Nils, myself
horrible Times Square bar
a little dark and too many peeps to name, but here we are at Ullrfest, the annual burning ski woods party in VT. Steve is on top left and I am in center middle next to Nils.
Ullrfest at Terri's ski house
at a sad event: the memorial for our close friend Nils, who sadly passed away that fall from melanoma
L-R: Terri, Steve, Tracey, myself, Mike
Nils Memorial Bike Ride
Finally, with his lovely family, wife Alex and son Joey, who I met at the top of Bear Mountain. I rode there on my bike from NYC and Steve ran up it. We had a picnic lunch at the top!
Steve's fam @ Bear Mountain
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Awesome post! I’ve been wanting to say, Ceej, that its inspiring to me to read posts by a normal size runner who is obviously in awesome shape. I used to think I couldn’t ever learn to run any distance because I wasn’t “built” for it since I’m not a tiny, flat chested string bean. I’m so excited to see that I can get strong and fit and participate in any activity I choose. Thanks for sharing so much of yourself with others!
Yes — GO STEVE!!!!