Sumo wrestler becomes heaviest man to ever finish LA Marathon

We hear all the excuses, I can't motivate myself to exercise because I'm ...

Too big, too fat, too this, too that ... well I could understand the being big part, because in early 2010 I was - BIG that is. Not huge you understand, just bigger than I had ever been in a very long time and I made the decision then to do something about it. And I have ... after starting to make changes to my lifestyle back in May 2010, I have really pushed the scale downwards in 2011 and I am still going. My motivation - I want to be fitter than I have ever been in my life - and that is saying something.

What will it take to motivate you to exercise? Need another reason?

Sumo wrestler becomes heaviest man to ever finish marathon - Fourth-Place Medal - Olympics Blog - Yahoo! Sports

Gneiting, a three-time U.S. sumo champion, tipped the scales at 400 pounds when he began Sunday's Los Angeles Marathon. Nine hours, 48 minutes, 52 seconds later he crossed the finish line and set the Guinness World Record for being the heaviest person to ever complete the 26.2-mile race.

The 400-pound American jogged the first eight miles of the race and walked the last 18, often stopping at intersections and stoplights because he was well behind the 13-minute-per-mile pace set by race organizers. He says he became delirious after mile 10 and only realized he hit the 15-mile mark when a friend gave him a clean pair of socks.

"I was really struggling in the last five miles," he told the Los Angeles Times, "but I said to myself, 'If I have to crawl, I will.'"