WNTD

SXSWi 2010

*JUST. DO. IT.

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After

Claire ran the Helvetia Half-Marathon on Saturday, along with 4,000 other people who aren't lazy. Let me give you a little background here. About 2 years ago, Claire smoked about 40 cigarettes a day. When we worked at W+K, someone had the great idea to bring in an acupuncturist who specialized in smoking cessation and agreed to pay half the cost for anyone who was interested. Claire completely quit smoking. Then she started eating. And eating. Then she started running. And running. And Pilates. Running. Swimming. Running. Biking. More running. And she's lost 30 lbs. (Which is like over 2 stone!) Last week, she announced she might try to run this half-marathon in a few days, even though her longest distance was 9.5 miles. She didn't think she could do it, but leave it to Claire to give it a try. 

She ran 13.1 miles in just over 2 hours on Saturday. This strong, determined, focused, inspirational woman literally couldn't run one block 8 months ago. 

Claire, we think you KICK ASS! 

*If you're Tim Reynolds, Claire's husband and employee of adidas for 17 years, please replace above title to Impossible Is Nothing.