He did it… Samir Becic ran the entire Chevron Houston Marathon with great success! He ran the marathon (26.2 miles) with his compressed weighted vest and compressed weight shorts equaling 73.5 lbs (bringing his total weight to a living body 330 lbs) with a time of 5:52:48!
We at Health Fitness Revolution want to congratulate Samir on such a phenomenal achievement. To read about how it went step by step, click here.
Here you can watch Samir successfully cross the finish line as the Houston Marathon emcee congratulates him on running a marathon and raising obesity awareness:
But it’s not over yet! Samir is planning on running 8 marathons in 8 weeks, with the next one being the Urban Ultra marathon in Dallas on January 20th. Keep checking in on HFR’s magazine to see what marathons Samir is doing next, and get updates on all of his new challenges!
