Who Inspired Me To Enter My First Marathon?

July 15, 2011 by
Filed under: Las Vegas Marathon 

In October of 2010 a great friend, Stu Mclaren called me from his home in Canada and said he was running the Las Vegas Marathon December 5, 2010 and wanted to know if I wanted to join him. Stu was well aware of my journey at Shades of Hope and my desire to turn my life around. He also knew I was going to the gym 5 days a week.

I asked him how far a marathon was, because I had no idea. Stu replied, “This one is 26 miles” . I said, “Are you nuts? I’d have a heart attach!” He then said, “I bet you could do the half marathon.” I asked how far a half marathon is ? Stu repsonded, “13 miles.” He said,  ”Come on Robby, you could do 13 miles. Just try.”

There you have it! That was the beginning of my training to participate in the Las Vegas Marathon on the Las Vegas Strip! 

I’ll be posting more about the marathon and how I trained for it. The photo at the beginning of this post is from the day I registered for the marathon and got my number.

Keep Being Brilliant,
Robby LeBlanc

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