run

or

The Time a

Fat Girl Tried

to Run

a 5K

A documented experimentation in movement, willpower, and stupidity

by Ally Bonino

  • Two Steps Forward…..You Know The Rest

    Week Four, Day 2 Thursday, August 3rd, 2023 Content warning: discussion of eating disorders. POST-RUN MORTUM Running Time: 30:31 minutes Distance Achieved: 2.27 miles  Tunage: Mylo Xyloto again because it soothes me  No fucking part of me wanted to do that run. Not a single atom in the deepest reaches of my anatomy wanted to…

  • Life’s A Beach, And I Maybe Am Kenough???

    Week Four, Day 1 Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 Ok. Nobody panic. Everybody remain calm. But I think, after many botched attempts and false starts, it’s finally happening. I, Allyson Marie Bonino, am going to the beach. I know. I know. I’ve said it before, and now I’ve lost your trust in this respect, but it…

  • There Are Wolves On Wall Street

    Week Three, Day 3 Saturday, July 29th, 2023 I am on the train.  The 1 train, to be precise, which is my favorite train on my favorite line; the red line. People like to give it shit, and honestly, I do not know why. She is reliable, even on the weekends, and serves as an…

  • It’s Official….

    A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT  Friday, July 28th, 2023  Ok, it happened. I signed up for an actual 5K. Now, I know you might be thinking, but Ally, the whole point of this was for you to run a 5K; what do you mean you only just signed up for one, and yes, I mean just that!…

  • Clapping Back At Stats

    Thursday, July 27th, 2023 Y’all.  I stepped on a bug glue trap on my way out again.  I just. Y’all, I just….just oof.  POST-RUN MORTUM Running Time: 28 Minutes  Distance Achieved: 1.93 miles  Tunage: Guilty Pleasures Podcast Outside Temperature: 95,000° Dew Point: A Billion  Air Quality: I think it’s more quantity over quality at this…