This monumental story was submitted by Monumental Ambassador Jennifer Geisenhaver littlemissj15. You can submit your own for a chance to be featured at forms.gle/8vLaRggPFXJMCj2D6: This year will be my 8th running if Monumental. And if someone would have told me 9 years ago that I would become a runner, have run countless 5ks and half’s, and even have 4 marathons under my belt (all at Monumental, woo!), I wouldn’t have called them crazy. I was obese for most of my life. I have distinct memories of walking into clothing stores and not bothering to look at pants because the store didn’t carry sizes big enough for me. I can recall crying in dressing rooms because I hated looking at my body in the mirror and hated the way most clothes would (or would not) fit. And then I discovered running, which truly changed my life. After having friends in grad school that were runners, I decided to use the summer after I graduated grad school to train for my hometown 5k. I can still remember...