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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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Every time I start to get my life on track, and start #running (or some other thing) in earnest, my life implodes on me. You can see it in the gaps in my feed.

I’m back at it again. Be fucking nice, universe.
April 30, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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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