Matthew Abitbol

I lost 90 lbs, from 255 to 165 between November of 2005 and September 2006. Since then I have been muscle training and weight lifting and just started running for fun in May 2008. I ran my first organized race, a 5K in Chicago- The JPMorganChase Corporate Challenge. I came in a little over 31 minutes. I've been running daily since and ran a 5K- The Elvis is Alive event August 7th, 2008 and came in at 22:30, nearly 9 minutes better. Since then I have knocked minutes off of my 5Ks and I have them down to 18:42 with my best mile at 5:35. I'm still shooting to have a sub 5 minute mile and a 17:30 pace before the end of the racing season in 2009. I am also running in the Chicago Marathon, Las Vegas Marathon and Walt Disney World Marathon this upcoming season in an attempt to qualify for the Boston Marathon 2010.