From Nought to 42
From Nought to 42 (km)
From Shopaholic to Marathon Runner in 12 months!!
Watch on Run Taiwan or on Youtube……
Meet Luz and her trainer, Mark. Features the initial interview.
Luz goes shopping for sports clothes.
Run Taiwan now features “From Nought to 42″ – a new project where we take an unfit, shopaholic and transform her into marathon runner in 12 months!!
Luz is 26 years old and lives in Taipei. She loves to eat and shop and never exercises. After attempting to run one day and almost collapsing, she was challenged to train for, and complete, a marathon.
With the help of Mark from Run Taiwan, Luz has agreed to take on the challenge.
Follow her journey as we go from 0-42km in 12 months!!
You can follow From Nought to 42 here and on Youtube!!!
© ‘From Nought to 42 ‘ 2011 by Run Taiwan, a Mark Payne project. All rights reserved.
Dee
April 7, 2011
Will you be taking bets?
tlshop
April 7, 2011
I might run a poll, although some others have suggested some kind of betting- many of them betting on the date she quits!!!!
Big John
April 7, 2011
My God, man! That’s quite the goal. I hope she doesn’t hurt herself in the process!
M.Dozier
April 7, 2011
So, you’re training her to run a marathon — sounds like a good way to drive wedge in the relationship!
Wrong Turn
April 7, 2011
Too much, great concept…… i reccon jessie (jumping jackflash) should be on this Mark PAIN training course
homersexal
April 7, 2011
kind of sacrifice
tlshop
April 8, 2011
From Pegleg (too old to figure out how to comment)
“Well I can see she’s started carbo-loading already! and looks like she’s buying flip-flops to run in. Are you sure you’re qualified for this, Mark? There are others around with the miles under their belt and the experience to provide serious 1:1 mentoring and demonstrate the finer points of the physiology of distance running – you know, how marathon runners can do it for longer.”
Period
April 11, 2011
Bull-Sh*t. I did the same thing. I was 29, well over weight and went from Naught to 42 in 8 months. Granted, my time sucked (3:59), and I wanted to die at the end, and couldn’t climb stairs for a solid week, but I finished.
She’s only 26, must weigh all of 40kg, and will have proper (well, somewhat proper) training. The only real question is, does SHE really want to do this?
Period!
tlshop
April 12, 2011
@Period: THIS is the point. I’ve told her that anyone can do this, she is dubious but willing to try. The main trick will be getting her mentality changed – into someone determined to do it. You were not a shopaholic, Vogue reading, foodie…….or were you?