run

or

The Time a

Fat Girl Tried

to Run

a 5K


A documented experimentation in movement, willpower, and stupidity

by Ally Bonino

  • A Show Ass™️ For The Ages

    Week Nine, Day 2 Tuesday, September 7th, 2023 It is 95 thousand degrees again. Good golly, but it is hot outside. I’m looking forward to it though, I don’t mind running in the heat,  she said, sitting in the comfort of her apartment with a giant thermos of ice water and the AC running in…

  • Got To Admit, It’s Getting Better

    Week Nine, Day 1 Tuesday, September 5th, 2023 WEEK NINE, Y’ALL! Ugh, we made it. Did you think we’d make it here? Because I gotta tell you, I wasn’t sure! Who am I kidding, of course I knew we’d make it here, but now we are here!! Wow. When this started back in July, week…

  • Just Rag Doll It To The Ground

    Week Eight, Day 3 Thursday, August 31st, 2023 POST-RUN MORTUM Time Running: 38 minutes  Distance Achieved: 2.6 miles  Tunage: Don’t make me say it again. Ugh, fine, Hadestown I CANNOT GET PAST 2.6 MILES JESUS CHRIST WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME. It happened again today, that moment where I was like, I know this is…

  • POWER TEN LET’S GO

    Week Eight, Day 2 Thursday, August 31st, 2023 POST-RUN MORTUM Time Running: 38 minutes  Distance Achieved: 2.61 miles  Tunage: Hadestown, I’m seeing it next week, alright, so get off my back already For the first time on FatGirl5K, I bring you, a conversation with Colby Moore:  Ally Bo, AKA Fat Girl 5K: Colby Moore!Colby Moore:…

  • Life, Lemons, And The Pursuit Of Porcelain Warthogs

    Week Eight, Day 1 Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 We have entered the penultimate week of training before the ever-elusive “free-run” portion of our chaos kicks in—week eight. I kind of can’t believe that we are here. I, for sure, have never made it this far into the app before, so there is something exciting and…