After greater than a decade, the primary two phrases that come to thoughts when Sean Hennessy needs to explain himself are “runner” and “sober.” Hennessy, now 37 and dwelling in Toms River, New Jersey, is a former Division One lacrosse participant. On the age of 16, he started abusing medication and alcohol; solely a decade later, when he was 26, did he give them up. Since then, he’s been sober, and he’s turn into a runner—throughout this yr’s New York Metropolis Marathon, he’ll be celebrating 11 years sober.
Hennessy had performed sports activities for so long as he may keep in mind, however he wasn’t a runner. He began early, with soccer, then moved into lacrosse, which took him to school on a scholarship. Working was instrumental, a strategy to maintain him in form whereas he pursued the sports activities that have been his actual ardour. He solely began operating longer distances when he took up boxing and wanted to chop weight earlier than a combat.
