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   Jay (whitecattamer@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 09-Sep-2024 01:22:11 JST Jay

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   But you know what?

   My goal was to finish the race at all, and I -did-, while never walking. And I’m down 45 pounds from January and no longer prediabetic.

   I’m an abysmal runner, and probably always will be; my favorite exercise is weight lifting, not so much cardio.

   So despite the race turning out to be way more physically challenging for me than I expected, what I’m focusing on is that I’m doing way better than old me.

   It helps that people were so encouraging and nice, even as I was dying.

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     mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 09-Sep-2024 01:22:11 JST mark

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     @WhiteCatTamer finishing is awesome. Great job

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     Jay (whitecattamer@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 09-Sep-2024 01:22:12 JST Jay

     So I just finished my first 5k (apparently actually almost 6k).

     I have only ever run on treadmills before, and this was trail running. Longest I’ve ever run in my life is 9 km.

     If you’ve ever seen my body type, throw words like “ectomorph” or “endomorph” out the window: my proper classification is “brick with legs”.

     I gasped and panted through the entire thing, got outpaced by the 10k runners on their second lap, and finished dead last. I think I was told “a quarter mile left!” three times.