A Passion for Fitness - Greg Adams

Our own Greg Adams, Manager of the Pizza Hut restaurant in town, shared with audience members today that ever since he started to exercise, his life has changed for the better! I know I for one was caught by surprise when Greg admitted that he was 250 pounds at one time, sought counseling for a bipolar condition and was on constant medication for this and other conditions.

 

Now, the picture of health, Greg said that he gets really pumped when he exercises. The “exercise” he spoke about involves running full marathons, half marathons, 5K and 10K runs, participating in Iron Men events, extreme bicycling/swimming/running! Whew! Greg said that he’s run in over 150 races with 15 of them in this year alone! He shared with us that only about 1% of the population run marathons while .001% participate in Iron Men’s Contests!

 

He recounted the time he was in the hospital for a 7-day stay, was on heavy medication and sought counseling from Community Mental Health. But, he said, that’s all changed thanks to the passion he has to exercise. He covered the exercise schedule he followed recently in just a one week time period: 90 minutes of swimming, 37 miles on bike, 12 mile run, 1 hour of swimming, another 16 mile bike ride, a 31 mile bike ride, another hour of swimming, another 100 mile bike ride, a 24 mile bike ride and a 14 mile run!!

 

He said he weighed about 180 pounds in high school and 150 pounds today! He is an inspiration to us all!