Some of you may hearken back to a story we did at the Springfield News-Leader on Tammey Burns, a woman who has now lost over 400 pounds. We caught up with Tammey at the end of last summer during the Sunshine Run, where she racewalked the entire course — a whopping ten kilometers. Six miles for those of you wondering.
If you don’t remember, I’ll provide the video after the jump, because it autoplays…
Here are some photos of Tammey’s workouts and the race from Jerome Nakagawa and Steve Liang. Pretty cool stuff if you ask me.
Fast forward to 2009, where Tammey has lost additional weight since the video. NBC caught wind of their efforts (Jelly3 was interviewing her locally last week), and they inducted Tammey into the Joy Fit Club. They have a good video piece, and Tammey was in the studio at 30 Rock to talk to Matt Lauer and Joy Bauer about the entire thing. Check it out:
That is so wonderful, and I wish Tammey nothing but the best and God’s blessings as she continues her journey to stay fit. We could all learn a lesson from her!
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