Courtesy of Jay Kleener
A group of four Lake Norman High School football coaches in Mooresville, North Carolina, have collectively lost over 350 pounds through running since July 2020.
And together, they call themselves the Thick Boys Running Club.
The four coaches are all former college football players who struggled with weight after their playing days were over; they said they had wanted to lose weight for years. When the pandemic hit and their coaching and teaching went virtual, they found themselves with some extra time.
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Jay Keener, 40, the school’s athletic director and football coach, was the first to make a move.
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Courtesy of Tom Green
As Tom Green, 70, crossed the Conquer the Wall Endurance Challenge finish line on March 12 in Williamson, West Virginia, he reached a rare milestone in ultrarunning that only a few people have: completing a 100 miler in a fifth decade of life.
This adds to Green’s storied career in ultrarunning that includes being the first person to run the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning (Old Dominion 100, Western States, Leadville, and Wasatch Front 100) in 1986 and being dubbed the “grandfather of ultrarunning.” Since then, he’s been to the top of the sport, and as he got older, faded to the back of the pack where he finds people are having the same, if not more, fun.
Courtesy Linda D Amato
In the D’Amato household, trash-talking is an art. In one corner, you have Anthony, who channels the grizzly talent of “Macho Man” Randy Savage on the mic. In the other corner, you have Keira, a hard-nosed grinder who lets her performances on the road do most of her trash-talking but she also receives some WWE-based assistance when necessary. Related Story
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time at home and the absence of races amidst the pandemic stirred a fire inside each of them that they wanted to funnel into a competition. Enter: the Great American 5000, a virtual cross-country relay race created by Sports Backers to fill the race void during the pandemic.