Re: was 3 now running

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Dawn,

You have a great attitude! I wish my brain operated more like yours. I consider

you a true runner, someone who is out there just for the enjoyment of the sport.

That's totally awesome that you feel like running helps you! And it sounds like

you're really good about listening to your body which is probably key.

Trail running always sounded pretty fun. I have a good friend who does trail

ultras- 50 milers, and she loves them for the reason you said. It's totally

different in that you don't care about pace or time. Too funny about pooing in

the woods!! I've only run on the trails out here once, but it was a lot of fun,

and the time goes by faster than on the road. Though you couldn't pay me enough

to do an ultra marathon, pre or post Crohns!

I agree, I think distance evens would be challenging with the SCD. Definitely

doable, but not as easy as people who can just rely on Gatorade which is what I

did when I was running. Sounds like you have a good plan though.

And you're so right about leaving the Garmin at home. Man, all this talk about

running is really making me miss it. I guess mostly because now I feel like

that's what my life was before Crohn's. It would be nice if I could get some of

it back. We'll see.

When you get back into it, run a few miles for me!

Amber

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> > Hi Dawn,

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> > First of all, congrats on your pregnancy!

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> > Anyways, thanks for the inspiration! I'm glad to hear you can run

successfully! Earlier on this board, there was discussion of running making you

flare. I got a bit worried about it affecting me.

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> > After my initial diagnosis I got better enough and started running again.

But then I would have my symptoms act up, so I would back off. It got to the

point where I hated to have to start over each time with running, since it's one

of those things you really have to build on slowly. I'm really bad about pushing

myself too hard with running, because I check my pace too much. I'd probably be

OK if I just ran comfortably...maybe. But realistically I don't think I'll ever

be able to do another marathon without suffering serious consequences. And I

definitely don't think I could put in as much training as I would need to be

even close to the times I was at before. I don't know, never say never, I guess,

but I'm trying to be realistic.

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> > Did you find your UC affected how much you could train as compared to

before you got sick? When you upped your mileage, did you notice any increase in

your UC symptoms?

> >

> > Good for you for not letting the disease take it away from you! I'm just

trying to find what works for me. Realistically I could probably run for fun,

but I don't ever expect myself to be able to run the pace I did before I got

sick.

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> > Amber

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