5K

So, yesterday me and my fellow genetic counseling students (and our program director too!) participated in a 5k run/walk to raise money for Huntington's disease. For those who don't know, it's a genetic disorder that is similar to ALS in its manifestations. Anyway, they raised a lot of money for the organization so that was cool, but it also opened a world that i have, by choice, never explored: running.

For anyone who has known me long, you know that i HATE running. i will walk fast. i will do elliptical machines, etc. but i hate to run. well...that's kind of changing.

i'm going to try to be a runner. this morning i woke up early and jogged around Hermann Park, this awesomely fabulously huge city park right by my house with lots of fun trails. i wanna keep this up.

i want to be healthy, to have a strong body, to DO something. It's so weird how the thing you used to hate is now the thing you desire. I guess that can be a good or a bad thing. :)

so here's to running. let's see how this pans out.