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Jeremiah Godby (born July 6, 1993 (pronounced god-bee), is an American ultramarathon runner, who ran 3,103 miles across the United States of America (coast to coast). Jeremiah is regarded across the country as, "an inspirational figure amongst young teens." ==Overview== Jeremiah was born and raised in, Portland, Oregon - the son of Dennis and Wilma Godby. He has one older brother, Isaiah, who often, throughout their lives, challenged Jeremiah in sports that was critically important in fueling his competitiveness. But as Jeremiah grew up, he had a love for food that kept him overweight until the beginning of his senior year in high school. Jeremiah didn't start running until his senior year in high school. He weighed nearly 210 pounds when he played football as a junior on his high school football team. But, his senior year Jeremiah elected to not play football again and to give running a try. He decided to run on his Davis Senior High School cross country team. For the first several races, he placed towards the end of the pack, since he didn't run prior to the season starting, and carried about 40 extra pounds more than most of the other runners. He continued to train, his teammates and his dad, also an avid lifelong runner, kept on encouraging Jeremiah, he began to make drastic improvements in his conditioning and overall times.〔http://www.therun.org/about-the-run/launch-stories/jeremiah-godbys-story/〕 In four months, he lost 40 pounds, while discovering running was his main passion. Jeremiah began to like running so much, that he reportedly became obsessive with it, and he decided to join up with his dad and brother on a run across America. Jeremiah is a 2011 graduate of Cleveland High School 〔http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/articleid/457928/newspaperid/532/Taking_the_Natural_Path_Across_America.aspx〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeremiah Godby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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