# @aliontherun1 on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BxlHX1xlgeM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14492966-aliontherun1-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/ce44350101.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-05-17T22:10:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ali Feller (@AliOnTheRun1) — https://gondola.cc/AliOnTheRun1

## Caption

Tomorrow, I’ll run the #PopularBKHalf for the fifth time.

The first time I ran it, in 2011, it marked the first time (of SO MANY) I had to make a bathroom stop mid-race! Monumental stuff.

The second, in 2015, I was hoping to go sub-1:50. But I was over-trained, and crashed by mile four. I missed my goal time by about eight minutes. I decided that running to Coney Island was stupid and I would never do it again.

But I lied. Because in 2016, I got redemption en route to Coney Island! I ran a 1:46 and felt amazing and HAPPY the entire time. So OK. I love Brooklyn after all.

Then, in 2017, I had trained hard and was feeling fast — but a Crohn’s flare popped back up just in time for the race. I made something like eight bathroom stops within those 13.1 miles. I still had some fun, somehow, but it was a depleting day, to say the least.

This year, I’m just out to have some fun and maybe run some sweet positive splits! Maybe hit a few bathrooms along the way. I don’t know. I love this running community and can’t say no to an early morning on my feet. See you all bright and early in Brooklyn! Have the race of your dreams and kick it on the boardwalk!

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