There is an incredible new trend in 2012 of couch potatoes converting into Marathoners!
And a leader in this conversion process is an organization called Marathon Makeover that is launching its ninth season of its 40-week wellness program on January 21, 2012. Their program is designed for the person who has always wanted to complete a marathon or for those who have been sedentary and are looking to experience a more active, healthy lifestyle.
Marathon Makeover founders Mark and Robin Simpson who founded Marathon Makeover in 2004 in Jackson, Mississippi with twenty-two participants and has since trained more than three thousand people, many of whom could barely walk a mile, to finish a half or full marathon. Today Marathon Makeover has programs in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, and Oregon.
In addition to the local training teams, Marathon Makeover now has an online training program and has trained couch potatoes from as far away as Japan. It’s been said, “I know how to spell Mississippi but I don’t know when to stop.” The same might be said about the annual consumption of food per person in the Magnolia state because it currently has the dubious distinction of being the fattest state in America—but not for long with the Simpsons cracking the health whip!
For the first ten weeks, online members will participate in informative, online educational meetings that teach them how to get started and train for a marathon. Special attention is paid to helping everyone connect with others online and develop a support team of other highly motivated people. The meetings will be followed by a training time of running and/ or walking that gradually increases each week. A daily training schedule is provided and online support is available to guide them through the entire process. After the first ten weeks, participants will continue to meet online for support and ongoing education and motivation.
Through experienced training, positive motivation, accountability with other trainees and the friendly online-group experience of Marathon Makeover, people from all walks of life and ages will achieve something many of us only dream. In many cases this fun and social-oriented team approach will be life-changing and life-saving.
“It’s exciting to see the transformation in people’s lives,” says Robin Simpson, Co-Creator of Marathon Makeover, LLC. “People get in tip-top shape, make incredible life-changing friendships, and lose their self-limiting beliefs. It’s a major life makeover!”
For more information visit www.marathonmakeover.com 888-64START
ABOUT MARK AND ROBIN SIMPSON…
Mark and Robin Simpson STARTED THE MARATHON Makeover program in 2004 when challenged to run their first marathon.
IN JANUARY OF 2004, THEY BEGAN THEIR TRAINING with 20 others with their goal of completing the Chicago Marathon. For the next 8 months, they trained at an intense level and made it to the starting line of the Chicago Marathon. Everyone who started the marathon finished.
It was an amazing experience for all and by the time they returned home, they were getting requests to do it again.
WITH A REVAMPED, MORE MODERATE TRAINING schedule and an organized system, Mark and Robin launched into the second year of training couch potatoes and took 54 to Chicago in 2005, and once again they succeeded. It was at this point they realized that Marathon Makeover wasn’t a fluke. They had a successful program that could really transform couch potatoes into marathoners.
TO DATE, MARATHON MAKEOVER HAS HELPED OVER 3,000 people go from couch potato to marathoner and is continuing to extend its impact by licensing operations to other parts of the country. In 2012, there will be training teams in Oregon, Texas, Louisiana and across the state of Mississippi.
Mark is a Professional & Personal Life Coach and has directed a vibrant practice for over twenty years, served as professor of counseling, and is a frequent
conference and motivational speaker on subjects ranging from marriage and parenting to personal motivation and fitness. He has finished multiple marathons and half marathons.
Robin partners with Mark in the leadership and management of Marathon Makeover. As co-director, she oversees many of the organizational aspects of the program and writes much of the participant and team leader training materials.
Robin is a 3-time finisher of the Chicago Marathon and multiple half marathons. Mark and Robin both continue to train with their local teams and provide leadership for the Team Leaders across the country.
Mark and Robin’s dream is to see 50,000 couch potatoes from across the country get up, get moving and achieve their own marathon success through the training and support offered by each local Marathon Makeover program.
Date Recorded: 01/11/2012
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