Jelly Roll began training for an upcoming 5K race, saying, “Every morning I’m in the woods walking.”
The musician, 39, shared the post on Instagram on Thursday while going for one of his morning walks, saying he decided to work on the 5K after appearing on Full send podcast this week.
Podcast host Kyle Forgeard “turned me on,” Jelly Roll says, to join forces with comics Bert Kreischer and Tom Segura, who are recruiting participants for the upcoming 5K in May.
“That’s our New Year’s resolution,” Kreischer said of his and Segura’s 2 Bear 1 Cave podcast. “Let’s prepare for it. Let’s train for it.”
They enlisted fellow comics like Michelle Wolf, who said “I could get fit for a 5K” and Stavros Halkias, who said “I want to get back in the zone.” I will be healthy.”
They also secured a conditional — and apparently disingenuous — yes from Louis CK, who said “I’ll tell you I’ll do it and then I definitely won’t,” calling the 5K “this is Watch Bert Die.'”
However, Jelly Roll is 100% committed to the upcoming challenge, saying that “Kyle from [comedy troupe] Nelk Boys convinced me that if I put my mind to it, I could make it to the 5K by May.”
“I trust him,” Jelly added. “I believe in myself.”
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Jelly also seems to have inspired fellow country star Zach Bryan to join the 5K challenge.
“We’re all here with you bro! If I’m not playing, I’ll be there!” Bryan commented on the post.
Jelly cheered on the comics organizing the 5K, saying, “Bert, I love you, Bubba. Tom, I don’t know you, but I love you too and I can’t wait to meet you. I’ll be there baby!”
For the “Son of a Sinner” singer — real name Jason DeFord — the road to the limelight was a circuitous one, including years in prison, drug addiction and alcohol abuse.
He also struggled, and continues to struggle, with his mental health — which he called “the biggest demon in my life” in his documentary Jelly Roll: Save me. He has long been open with fans about how he has turned his life around after his past fights.
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Today, Jelly tells PEOPLE that his life is not a life without a daily struggle. His latest addiction is to “the pantry,” he says, but he can only deal with quitting “one addiction at a time.”
“I’m a man who gets it,” he says. “A man who comes from a place where no one understood.”
He continued, “As for today, I don’t know about tomorrow, but I can tell you, today, right now, I’m happy.”
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