Familiar\nwith living a sedentary lifestyle, Faustenia Morrow shied away from engaging in\nany activity that required exercise, even walking a short distance. Inspired to\nmake a change in her unhealthy habits, Faustenia participated in her first race\never at the 2015 Gospel Run 5K!\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI vividly\nremember the day of the 2015 Gospel Run 5K because it was pouring rain in\nChicago that morning. I had declared that I was NOT running in the rain. \u00a0I weighed 322 lbs and I barely liked climbing\na flight of stairs. I remembered thinking \u2018Big Girls like me don\u2019t run!\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I got to the\nGospel Run 5K and the rain stopped. I started the race and I was feeling good\nbecause I prepared using the Couch25K app.\u00a0 As I was running along, I saw\na woman with a walker participating in the Gospel Run.\u00a0 I was blown away\nand humbled because I knew if she could do it, I had no excuse! I will never\nforget that moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gospel Run\nhas greatly impacted my life because I have never been this active ever.\u00a0\nI wake up with the desire to move my body and go for a walk.\u00a0 I have\nincorporated walking\/running into my daily routine.\u00a0 I joined a FitBit\ngroup to track my daily steps and as a result, I know that approximately 7,500\nsteps = 3.4 miles.\u00a0 Lastly, because of this experience I lost 30 lbs while\ntraining for the 5K and 4 years later I\u2019ve lost over 50 lbs. I feel AMAZING!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Faustenia\nencourages first-time participants and sedentary populations interested in\nGospel Run to get up and get going! Since joining Gospel Run in 2015, she has\nbecome more physically and mentally fit and continues to incorporate healthy\nroutines into her daily life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor\nsedentary participants, I have been where you are. I would often count my steps\nand spend a lot of effort trying to limit my exercise.\u00a0If someone said\nthat 4 years later I would be intentionally walking over 3 miles a day or that\nparticipating in the Gospel Run 5K would stimulate the desire to eat healthy and\nmake better lifestyle choices I would have said, \u2018You are crazy. Big GIRLS like\nme don\u2019t RUN!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, I am a\nliving witness! I am even considering training for an International Triathlon\nin 2020!\u00a0 I give God the glory for my \u2018Butterfly Transformation.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Faustenia\nMorrow, 2015 Gospel Run Participant<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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