wedding, but Turlington said, "[Bono] was there, of course, but I gave myself away. I mean, I was 25 weeks pregnant at the time. Eddie met me halfway down the aisle." Burns and Turlington have two children, born in 2003 and 2006 respectively. Turlington's sister Kelly is married to Edward's brother Brian Burns. Turlington began smoking at 13 and was smoking a pack a day by age 16. At age 26, she quit smoking. In 2000 at age 31, when undergoing a lung scan to raise awareness about current technology, she was diagnosed with early-stage emphysema. Yoga Turlington is a practitioner of yoga, specifically a type of yoga known as Jivamukti. Turlington has practiced yoga since 1987. Within an article published April 15, 2001, she stated she practiced three times a week, during the morning time. She credits yoga with bringing her closer to her Catholic faith. She is the author of the book Living Yoga: Creating A Life Practice, first published in 2002, is now within a third edition (2002, 2003, 2005). The 2002 text has a foreword by Robert Thurman. Turlington was involved in the editing of the January–February 2001 edition of Yoga Journal. Running She has run four marathons during her life (through the end of 2021), including the London Marathon, her personal best is 3 hours and 46 minutes. Her first marathon was run during 2011 within New York City. Overall, she has completed three NYC Marathons to date in 2011, 2013, and 2021. Part of her training for the London Marathon, which she ran during 2015, was a half-marathon run, within Tanzania. She trained using the Apple Watch during 2015 (prior to the public release of the watch). Prior to her first marathon, Turlington was running distances of 3 to 5 miles a day, "a few times a week", a pattern of running typical for her for periods throughout her life. References Citations Sources External links Christy Turlington and Cedella Marley for Every Mother Counts Christy Turlington Burns Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America 1969 births American people of Salvadoran descent Hispanic and Latino American female models New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study alumni People from the San Francisco Bay Area Female models from California American female models People from Danville, California Anti-smoking activists Living people American health activists Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health alumni Articles containing video clips