On a cold day last February, Jim MacWhinnie—personal fitness trainer and veteran of Ironman triathlons and marathons—put on his running gear and stepped outside with one very simple goal in mind—run, without stopping, for five minutes.
Upon reaching the five-minute mark, MacWhinnie felt strong enough to keep going and when, after glancing at his Garmin navigation device, he realized he had finished the better part of a mile, he set a new goal of finishing that mile.
Thirteen long minutes later, he returned to his parents’ house in Southampton and collapsed in an exhausted but satisfied heap on a chair.
MacWhinnie, 36, finished that milestone run just two months after a freak accident that nearly killed him. While helping his father move a 300-gallon oil tank into the basement of his father’s... more
Upon reaching the five-minute mark, MacWhinnie felt strong enough to keep going and when, after glancing at his Garmin navigation device, he realized he had finished the better part of a mile, he set a new goal of finishing that mile.
Thirteen long minutes later, he returned to his parents’ house in Southampton and collapsed in an exhausted but satisfied heap on a chair.
MacWhinnie, 36, finished that milestone run just two months after a freak accident that nearly killed him. While helping his father move a 300-gallon oil tank into the basement of his father’s... more
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