![]() “We went all-out for the finish, and crossed the line, and it was an overwhelming experience,” he said. With about a quarter-mile to go, Trepkowski asked Orosco if he had anything “left in the tank,” and – upon being informed he did – she told him it was time to empty it. “Miles 23 through 26 were definitely better than 20 through 22,” he said. She and Orosco took turns carrying it as he sipped from it over the next couple of miles, at which point, combined with some food another friend provided him at mile 21, he felt better. ![]() The surgery Orosco went through left him with another issue: he wasn’t always able to keep down the cups of water offered to him along the route.Īt around mile 20, he “started not to feel too well,” so Trepkowski ran ahead and corralled a gallon jug of water from an aid station. Sure enough, “the 18-through-22 monster jumped up and got me,” Orosco said, recalling how he began to experience symptoms of dehydration, including blurry vision and feeling lightheaded. Katelyn Trepkowski, an experienced runner and friend, helped Orosco make it to the finish line, an act he described as “incredibly selfless.” The longest Orosco had run in training was 18 miles, and he was worried about how he might fare once he pushed past that distance. “It was the most difficult – mentally, physically, emotionally – thing that I have ever done in my life,” Orosco said of the Detroit marathon, which he completed in an official time of 6 hours, 31 minutes and 14 seconds. In October 2018, Orosco ran his first half-marathon, and he completed his fifth two weeks ago as a tune up for the full 26.2 miles at the Detroit Free Press/TCF Bank Marathon on Sunday. “It was a great thing to be a part of, and that’s really what got me hooked on it.”ĥK races turned into 10Ks, and then 10-milers. “It was the first time I had been around that kind of atmosphere – the post-race, prerace, just how supportive all of the participants and everybody out there watching were,” he told The Post. And Orosco “fell in love” with what he experienced. Then, in September 2017, he ran his first 5K race, to honor a close family friend who had died. “Everything I was doing,” he said, “I cut out.”įollowing the surgery, Orosco continued his regimen of walking and eating healthy foods, and he steadily lost weight until he “plateaued,” as he said on the “Today” show earlier this year, at approximately 350 pounds. Orosco went “cold turkey” by eliminating fast foods, fried foods, alcohol and carbonated beverages. The first step was to lose approximately 100 pounds before having a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in December 2016.
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