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Running Shmunning
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Learning to run. Trying not to die. Bringing my dog along with me.
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I have arrived at the trailhead. I should get out of my car and make my way up the butte. But my car is warm and the butte is tall… #hiking #runsky
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Judging by the amount of Diet Coke I have left in the house. I’m scheduled to run out by the new year.

Is this a sign that I should get that Diet Coke monkey off my back for the new year?
December 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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“Good job on getting out there and exercising” a man said while I was just walking my dog. Am I that pathetic-looking that a stranger thinks I need big-ups just for being outside?
December 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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2025 was probably the worst year of my life, personally, professionally, emotionally and mentally. I have never been good at resolutions, but if there’s ever been a year I’ve wanted to forget ever happened, it’s this one.

So, I’m ready to start #running again and yelling into the void here again.
December 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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I’m five minutes into one of my 3-mile walks. I just realized I’m not wearing my Apple Watch. So am I really walking at all?
April 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Did it. Slowly, but did it. #5k #running
April 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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As I prepare to “run” a 5k this weekend, I need to find a way to politely indicate to race photographers that I reeeeeeeeeally don’t want my picture taken and put on their site. #running #c25k
April 22, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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I’m barely prepared to walk a 5k next week, never mind run it.
April 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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W3D3 of #c25k is trying to kill me. #running
A stop sign. Caption: I think I might be dying. 1.9 mil, 291 cal, 20:00 min
April 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Finished #running W3D2 of #C25K. I’m now caught up to when I dropped off 2-3 months ago.

Hooray, I guess.
Mazzy the mastiff in front of white flowers. Caption: two weeks ‘til my 5k. I’m screwed. 1.6 mil, 241 cal, 16:00
April 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Someone had to take a potty break just as the #C25K lady told me to start #running. It wasn’t me. #W3D1
Mazzy the Mastiff, a large black and white dog, sitting in front of a bush of white flowers. I don’t know what kind of flowers, or if it’s technically a bush at all, but it’s bush-like. 1.6 mil, 239 cal, 16:00 min
April 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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W2D3 of #C25k is done. It wouldn’t have been so bad if my #running buddy had been more cooperative.
Mazzy the mastiff, mid-trot, looking at the camera. Stats: 1.8 Miles, 272 Cal, 21:00 min
April 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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#W2D2 of #C25k is complete. Every day I get a little slower. #running?
Mazzy the mastiff in front of a bunch of tulips. 1.7 miles, 252 cals, 18 mins.
April 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Putting Mazzy back on #C25k. It did not go great. #running #w2d1
Mazzy the Mastiff, a black and white dog looking directly into the camera post-run. Caption on pic reads “if my time is unimpressive, blame her.” Stats: 1.7 miles, 260 cals, 18:00 min.
April 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Why must all the #running lessons I learn be food-based?
March 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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My kingdom for exercise pants that will stay up when I run.
March 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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My life imploded and it wouldn’t stop raining, so I stopped #running. Now I’m back where I started, with a 5k only a month away. This won’t go well. #c25k #blugh
A distant butte on a grey day.
March 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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I repeated W3D2 since nothing got logged on my treadmill run last time. Plus, I didn’t want to run at all today. But I did. Kind of. #running #c25k #w3d2
My dog Mazzy, looking sad (because she has that kind of face). My stats: 1.6 mil, 233 cal, 16 min.
January 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Today I learned my C25K app does not register the treadmill very well. On the plus side, I have an excuse to repeat W3D2 without having to admit anything to myself. #running #c25k
A picture of my shirt, which is a uterus flipping two birds. Over it, my W3D2 C25K stats: .3 Mil, 41 cal, 16 min.
January 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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“You’re doing so good, baby” I whisper breathlessly to my dog, who is being surprisingly cooperative. But secretly, I’m talking to myself. #running #c25k
Mazzy the Mastiff, post-run, beneath my stats: 1.7 mil, 278 cal, 16:00 min.
January 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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There are a lot of injustices in the world and one of them is that I quit drinking maybe 3 years ago and I never lost a single pound because of it.
January 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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I did the thing. My calves hurt, my knees hurt, and my pants won’t stay on my weird body, but I did it. #running #runningwhilefat
“Thanks, I hate it” and my running stats: 1.9 miles, 295 cal, 21:00 min all posted over a picture of my dog, Mazzy the Mastiff, not looking like she ran the same amount I did. Or, maybe looking as cool and calm as I would if I were in her youthful shape. But I am old and this is hard.
January 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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I couldn’t bear the idea of #running for the last few days. So we did hella walking instead.

Maybe tomorrow…
My dog, a black and white mastiffy-dog, resting her snoot on a blanket in my lap. She is very content.
January 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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I thought running on softer terrain would hurt less, but it didn’t. #running #C25K #W2D2
A close-up photo of my dog Mazzy, underneath today’s running stats: 1.7 miles, 266 cals 18:00 minutes
January 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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W2D1 complete.

#SlowAndUnsteady #running #c25k
A photo of Mazzy the Mastiff, who has a face that often looks tired, but today in particular embodies how I’m feeling. I posed on top are my C25k stats: 1.7 miles, 18:09 minutes.
January 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM