What Would Jacob Do?
That’s a good question. But before I tell you what he would do, let me first explain to you who, exactly, Jacob is. Jacob is a “438-Pound beekeeper from Wisconsin,” who plans on doing what most people his weight—and to a great extent, people in fair physical shape— might have a heart-attack just thinking about. In approximately 20 days, on the 16th of April, Jacob will run the Boston Marathon.
You read right: a 400 pound man will run the Boston Marathon. You would think he would stop there, but this behemoth of a man is not just doing it for himself, but for a few good causes, as well: here, here, and here. For somebody who is rarely impressed/inspired by individuals who taken upon themselves to change their lives for the better, let me say just say that the method by which Jacob intends on doing it, takes the cake—the whole cake (a slight pun intended).
Jacob dressed as Rosie O’Donnell on Halloween.
A little over two months ago, Jacob decide that he had had enough with his lifestyle, and decided to take on one of the most physically demanding endeavors anyone could ever hope to achieve (On my list of things to do before I turn 30, so the obvious bias). As to the reasons why Jacob is doing what he’s doing? Well, he attributes some of the following factors to his life changing decision:
- Have you ever had little kids point at you and laugh while you’re walking down the street?
- Have to weigh yourself on a commercial-grade scale at the local meat-packing plant?
- Worry about if the chair you’re sitting in is going to collapse at a restaurant?
- Watch in disgust when skinny girls like Tyra Banks strap on the ol’ fat suit for an afternoon and then break down in tears because they know “what it’s like?”
- Drinking your misery away at the bar because love obviously isn’t finding you tonight or any night for that matter.
Pretty shitty stuff, if you ask me. Tyra Banks is off of her fucking gourd, though, so I would never take anything she ever said/did too seriously. Well, anyway, if you go to Jacob’s site, you come to find out that he’s kept a pretty good sense of humor through it all (including some pretty harsh hate mail), as made evident by one of his training videos:
If you feel like finding out more about Jacob, head on over to http://whatwouldjacobdo.com , where you can find some of his training videos, blog, some vicious hate mail, and links to the charities that are sponsoring him.
