Peter Sagal has run 14 marathons, but the waitwait host lost 40 lbs running as a young boy because he disliked his body. His turning point? Focusing on getting faster. 'Instead of abasing and erasing yourself, you’re improving yourself,' Sagal says.
"I don't think anybody's ever looked at me and said, ‘Woah, that guy's a long-distance runner,’"Peter Sagal, host of NPR's, jokes."They might say, ‘That guy probably moonlights as a fireplug.’ Or, ‘If that guy was wearing a skirt, he'd look a little bit like a Dalek from Dr. Who.’ I get that."
Sagal was born in 1965 and grew up in suburban New Jersey. His father got caught up in the running boom of the 1970s. He’d wake up early to run before work "And I remember I put on my Keds. I remember they were Keds because that's the brand we all had back in the ’70s. I have this vague memory of them being orange, but I can’t assure you that’s true. And what imprints on memory is trauma, so I really vividly remember trying to follow my father out our suburban street and then up a mild hill — and, really, just dying. My lungs were on fire. My head was swimming. We got about a half mile and I said, ‘I'm done. I can't do it.
So Sagal started training for the Chicago Marathon. He says his colleagues put up with his new project. "Much to my amazement, instead of saying to myself, ‘Wow, that was great — now I guess I'll go hike in Nepal or something,’ I said, ‘I wonder if I can do that faster.’"Peter Sagal considers this to be a turning point. His motivation changed: Instead of running to exercise or to lose weight, he started running to improve his time.
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