Biggest Winner Team Raring to Go

This years 2012 Covenant Health Biggest Winner Team is raring and fired up early on!

We had the kick off at Fort Sanders Fitness Center and Covenant Weight Management Center.  They were poked (blood work) weighed on CWM scales and body fat machine and put through a "jillion" media poses, tips from former team members and coaches.   Former 2011 team member Scott Bolin who completed the full marathon last year while losing 25+ pounds gave the crew a pep talk followed by very good training tips from Phil Bevins. He is at Covenant Therapy Center where the team will go thru a Runners/walkers eval test by a Physical Therapist soon. Manager Tonya Stoutt Brown and myself "Coach Kane" told them little more about training and what is expected of them. Stacey Smith (Cov Wt management) and Beth Lafontaine from Center for community health also helped with the first day testing and check in.    Professional  photog David Luttrell and camera man (wbir) Jerrry Owens then put the team thru 100 fun poses, runs, walks, lifts and more for the camera. Chris OHearn a trainer for Fort Sanders Health and Fitness will be their strength coach and he also met with the group.    Next Day we all met at the Buddy's Race Against Cancer for more photos and meeting and greeting old and new members of the Biggest Winner teams.  They seemed to bond quickly and encouraged each other along the 2 mile course.  Fast Phil Kaplan our media guy from The News Sentinel ran the 5k in a fast under 24 minute pace. But our 2 mile crew were happy to get their first race under their belt and happy to finish the 2 mile without any problems.  Stay tuned as they are blogging and ready to improve their health, fitness, and weight while training for an event in the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon.  ANd I bet they will inspire others along their journey too!  Stay tuned and also check them out on www.covenanthealth.com/biggestwinner page