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| - My goal is to qualify for the Olympic Trials in the Marathon. Over the past 4 years I literally have given everything to chase this dream. I will stop at nothing.
4 am wake-up calls, 100 mile weeks, tight diet, early nights, endless strength work are all routine for me- - part of my lifestyle - use to the grind - but when injury happens -and it does - it's part of the sport - it no longer becomes how HARD you work - it becomes about getting the BEST team you can together - its about how SMART you work.
If you are reading this you have been there - or are there - -you feel hopeless, empty and at a dead end - - will you ever compete again?
Dr. Thoma ( I call him Dr. J) :) became my hope, my right hand man, and single handedly got me back. I am not going to lie it was not an overnight fix, it was not all peaches and roses -he saw all my ups and downs, and he saw me at my lowest point. But he stuck with it and was devote on the path back. He intervened in my diet, my strength work, my training, my recovery. He knew the WHOLE picture and insisted to be involved in the whole picture. This gave me and my coach confidence he was vested and knew what to do - my coach literally gave him the reigns to make the calls on training for awhile. He did NOT provide a band aid solution, he went right to the root cause, and also worked on all factors influencing healing (diet, environment, mental game, etc).
Crossing the line in 2:43 is everything to me. It is the reason I go to bed at night and wake up in the morning. Dr. J was the only doctor who got that - there is no one CLOSE to him - I have seen many. If you are truly an athlete, you have a definitive goal, and you are committed, you would be silly not to see him. When I cross the line, I am going to do it in part to thank him. Do not look any further, buckle up for the ride and this guy will get you back - better then ever.
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