From 230 Pound Couch Potato to 1-18 Half Marathon with Simon Ong
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.5 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2018
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Simon Ong talks about his past health issues and how he changed his life through running. He shares details of his training cycles, from workouts to nutrition and how he went from couch potato to sub 6 minute miles in a half marathon. His story is one of inspiration and passion for running; the enthusiasm for life clearly in his voice.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | I see running as a second chance in life actually. |
| 0:09.0 | Without running I wouldn't get to where I am right now. Through running I get to meet so many |
| 0:16.8 | great friends and some of these friends turn to family members so running is very important to me. |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome to the Run to the Top podcast from Runners Connect |
| 0:29.0 | where it's all about learning from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:35.0 | Together, we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community. |
| 0:41.0 | Now here's your host, Stephanie Kay Atwood. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome, this is Stephanie K Atwood, Boston Marathon Qualifier and host for the Run |
| 0:51.2 | to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:53.4 | On today's podcast, meet Simon Ong, |
| 0:56.0 | who at his heaviest weighed in at 230 pounds. |
| 1:00.5 | In 2011, Simon started running as part of a weight loss program and in 2018 he finished the |
| 1:06.7 | Seattle Rock and Roll Half Marathon in one hour and 18 minutes, breaking the 80 minute barrier for the first time himself and |
| 1:15.5 | finishing first Canadian overall and third place in the 25 to 29 male age |
| 1:21.6 | division. We'll have a chance to learn how he lost 60 pounds, actually more |
| 1:26.1 | than 60 pounds, learned to love running and got much faster as well as what future plans he has as a dedicated runner and racer. |
| 1:35.0 | Welcome Simon Ong, welcome to Run to the Top. |
| 1:39.0 | Yeah, thank you, Stephanie, for having me today. |
| 1:42.0 | Yeah, I'm really excited that I learned about you because you are, you are sort of the example |
| 1:49.1 | of what so many of us like to think of as our, you know, as ourselves as runners being able to move from something that really just |
| 1:56.9 | wasn't the way our life should have been to something that is so special with |
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