My name is Michelle Ebbs, I’m 31 and I am from Dublin. On the 2^nd of January 2014 I started a weight loss journey which has seen me lose up to 9 stone (126 lbs). 

I rarely exercised during my 20’s and following an introduction to Siobhan O’Flaherty in August 2014, she started training with me before work in the Phoenix Park at 7am, 3 times a week. As I became stronger a little more fitter – Siobhan asked me to set a goal of running a 5K without stopping. I thought she was nuts as I had never ran in my life but we continued to train and built up my ability to run and in November 2014, I completed the Run in the Dark in Dublin City – WITHOUT STOPPING! It took me 46 minutes but the completion meant so much more to me! 

I then caught the running bug and continued with weight train with Siobhan over the next couple of years – She always told me to set goals and SMASH them… I was never a person to set goals so this was all new to me!

My 2016 goal was to run a Half Marathon which I completed in June 2016. I also then completed another Half Marathon in Dublin in August 2016 (Siobhan met me at the finish line and as always was so supportive).

In January 2017 we set ourselves a goal to run a marathon. Both of us had always said we would we like to complete ONE marathon in our lifetime so why not do one together.
But not any marathon …. The NEW YORK CITY Marathon! 

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