Ariana DiBiasio

Why I Run

Saturday 28th Jun The Great Walt Disney once said, "it's kind of fun to do the impossible" and with every run/race I complete, I am doing just that. Living with asthma my whole life I struggled with endurance - whether it was gym class, my attempt at soccer, or attempt at a stress-relieving jog in college I was suffering and would call it quits early but always thought it was just because I was out of shape. It was until a conscious effort to slowly train and build up to running a 5K that I discovered my lungs would completely give out before the first mile. I discussed it with my doctor who so matter-of-factly told me some people have physical limitations and asthma made over exertion mine and it's nothing to be concerned about, my asthma was otherwise under control. I still attempted 5K races, walking most of them, and completely collapsing at the end but I did not like the idea of accepting not being able to do something seemingly most others could. Share