About this episode

Daniel Berk shares his journey from being overweight to becoming a runner and discusses insights that newer runners have that veterans may overlook.

Daniel Berk was 32 years old, about 50 pounds overweight, and hadn't sprinted since college when he posted a tweet saying he was going to become a runner. He didn't know what he was doing. His first 5K took 50 minutes. He described himself as a blubber...

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Levitt

Guest: Daniel Berk

Topics covered

• new runners
• veteran runners
• running journey
• fitness transformation
• 5K running

Keywords

• running
• 5K
• fitness
• transformation
• new runners
• veteran runners
• health

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