I Gained 25 lbs to Run the Eau Claire Marathon 2026. This Is the Full Documentary.

After marathon #6 in July 2025, I made a decision nobody around me understood. Instead of staying lean and training through, I bulked. Hard. 25 pounds. All the way up to 200 lbs. The goal was to iron plate my legs to prepare for the hills in Eau Claire. Then January 1st, 2026, I started the cut. Standing in a snowstorm in Milwaukee. 4 degrees. Day 1 of 122 days of marathon training. Lifting heavy and running through a full Wisconsin winter, trying to show up at that start line lean, strong, and ready to race. This is the full documentary. Every hard week. Every long run. What the bulk actually did to my legs on race day. And what happened when I crossed the finish line at the Eau Claire Marathon on May 3rd, 2026. WLR - Work. Lift. Run. #marathontraining #EauClaireMarathon #MarathonDocumentary #HybridAthlete #Running #runningdocumentary #documentary