Liz has never been much of a runner… until now. 01:11 - Training Begins 02:55 - First Roadblock 04:27 - Getting Back Into It 05:45 - Yet Another Roadblock 06:40 - Back At It! 07:48 - LOL JK 09:12 - Longest, fastest run ever! 11:44 - Race Day! 14:30 - Reflections 15:11 - Epilogue I would often speak about how much I hate running all throughout my life. Then, I hit my 30s, and that itch to train up to something started growing. And with so many of my loved ones signing up for their own races, I felt inspired to try. From March until May of 2026, I trained up for the inaugural Centre LGBT+ Pride 5k: Love on Display. I figured it would be a good first for me, as it was the first 5k Centre LGBT+ has ever done as well. Training didn’t go as smoothly as I thought or planned, but I tried my best and even did better than I ever thought possible. Here are more of my reflections on my whole 5k training experience, on Substack: liztries.substack.com/p/liz-tries-running-a-5k ======...