I did it – today I ran (okay, jogged. Okay, slowly jogged) 5km!
I have two weeks to continue to train for the 5K run for Crohn’s and colitis research, so I hope to be able to run it a few more times and find it easier each time. 
I have been thin. I have been of “normal” weight. I’m currently 5-10 lbs overweight (depending on my fluctuations), and given the choice, I would much rather have my current body, capable of running 5km, than be thin and refusing to feed my body what it needs to move like this. 
May 26, 2008 at 12:52 pm |
bravo! That’s wonderful…and it looks like it only took a few days for you to move from 3K to finishing a 5K. Yay! And exactly 5K more than I have run all week
May 26, 2008 at 2:38 pm |
Thanks! I’m hurting a bit today, but still feeling really good and proud and accomplished.
May 27, 2008 at 8:10 am |
Don’t call it jogging. I think people use that term to minimize their own participation, as in, “Well, I run. Sorta. I mean, I jog [because I'm wicked slow or a beginner or whatever].”
A 5k run is a big accomplishment, runner! Good job!
May 27, 2008 at 1:30 pm |
Can you hear the thunder-like racket coming in from across the Atlantic? That’s my clapping. Congratulations, Julia. You’re one super cool chick and *so* my hero
May 27, 2008 at 2:35 pm |
ilookgood: Okay, fair enough. I run!
Bee: You are fantastically awesome. I mean, you’re practically my personal cheering section in the blogosphere.
May 30, 2008 at 12:23 pm |
Woo! Congrats, and I definitely agree with the sentiment – feed the body, always. I’ve done the reverse, trying to restrict diet WAY too much and then over exerting myself with exercise and all that happens is you crash and experience vast diminishing returns, having less and less energy until you lose the battle. Nothing is worth that. I just got back into running myself now that my knees have (for the most part) recovered – did 2.5 km yesterday and it still hurt, but getting back up there fast!