If you’re like me and you like to run but you hate Crohn’s disease, consider the CCFA 5k Run/Walk. It lets you fight Crohn’s in two ways – by raising money for research, and by keeping your own body as healthy as you can.
The NJ 5k is Aug. 19. Details can be found on the CCFA chapter website.
Yesterday I hit level four of the Chubby Jones podcast, which meant I got up to five minutes of non-stop running. I am so proud of me. Last week I took a few photos of my sleepy little town at 5:30 a.m. as I cooled down.
I love seeing the colors that the sunrise makes.
I was interested to know how I’d be clocked, but I didn’t even register. Soooo slooooow.
Watch this inspiring TED talk. Imagine not having any regrets on your death bed – what an amazing life that would be.
I’m on week 3 of couch to 5k with Chubby Jones. I’m so slow it takes me a week and a half to do each week. I’m so slow it takes me 45 minutes to do a 20 minute session. I’m so slow that I walk faster than I run.
But, my tummy is just about flat again. And I RAN THREE MINUTES STRAIGHT today. TWICE! Holy frijoles, anyone who knows me knows that’s nothing short of a miracle.
At the beginning of my run I was feeling some very negative thoughts, mostly centering around that I wasn’t sure if I could do it, and also that I wasn’t sure I’d be able to keep this up ongoing. What about winter, when it’s cold and icy outside, how will I run then? Will I ever even be able to do a 5k? And so on. My first 90-second run was horrible. I was panting and couldn’t catch my breath. And it was all because of the negativity. So during the next 90 seconds as I walked, I gave myself a pep talk. It went something like this: “Actually, I can do this, because I thought I couldn’t before I even started and look at me now. And you know what? F**k that miscarriage. F**k Crohn’s. F**k it all, I’m going to do this, and I’m going to ace it.”
And I’m not kidding – I aced that three minute run.
I was slow. But I did it.
