Well, I never really started bulking up until I got anorexic. Before my Eating disorder, I was 5'8 115 and I was excelling in distance running, but eventually, I believed I could get even better by losing more weight and so I did, slowly, but surely, I reached 5'9 100 lb and ran a 5:14 mile at my best shape. I decided to keep going and trained hard during the Summer for XC. Once XC came, after a week or so, we had the Miracle Mile where we timed for a mile and ran a 5:21. Curious as how I got slower, but I ignored it and kept going. I trained hard and eventually on the best course out of all the courses, I ran an 18:46 and started questioning how I ran an 18:46. I was confident that I could run at minimum a sub 18 considering my 5k pace shouldn't be that much different from my 1 mile pace. I kept going, but eventually on a very long run, I got injured and that was a few weeks before the sub-district meet. Mad at myself, I pushed through the pain for a week, but it was just too much and had to sit out for a couple of weeks. When it was time for the sub-district meet, I was nervous as my calf hasn't fully healed and how much endurance I lost. Anyways, I ran hard, and got a 20:13 which was bull crap because I couldn't have lost that much endurance, but I did. After that, I was the worst of my eating disorder, miserable, angry at myself for what I've done and realized anorexia isn't the path that I should've taken and that's when I struggled, but slowly, but surely been bulking up and achieving better results, but still has 15 pounds before I can competitively run again.
Love achieving results and knowing that I'm getting closer to running in a healthy manner again. Still not recovered from my disease, but I do hope some time in my next year of XC, that I can surpass that 5:14 mile that I achieved, but now's not the time.