NAME: Brian Jones
Age: fifty-eight
Chapter/City: Baltimore
Years w/BMR: two
Can you tell us about your running journey and how you got started?
My running journey started in 2016 as a means of recovering from surgery to remove prostate cancer from my body. At that time, I weighed 308 pounds with uncontrolled type two diabetes.
What keeps you motivated? I am motivated by the drastic changes that I have experienced with taking control of my health and knowing that a healthy diet and exercise can assist me with maintaining in remission from cancer. I am also grateful to have another day to run even thought I have three sets of titanium rods and hardware that fuses my cervical spine after three spinal fusion operations.
What is your favorite race distance? The 5k is my favorite distance for now.
Toughest race you ever completed? The Tropical Miami 5K
What is your approach to nutrition and recovery? As far as nutrition I follow a vegetarian diet and drink a lot of water with freshly squeed citrus fruit juices. For recovery I use compression boots, massage therapy, stretching and CBD/THC Relief balm.
Funniest thing to happen to you during a race? Running with my son (Jordan) who takes off quickly then when I catch up to him, he takes off again, but he never lets me out of his sight.
What is something without which you cannot run? My Power Beats Pro (playing my smooth jazz playlist)
Best part about being a member of BMR? The strong brotherhood, the leadership and being a part of an organization that promotes health initiatives, unity and serving our community.
