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Keeping promises to myself

Keeping promises to myself

5K at a time

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Leslie Kern
Jul 01, 2024
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On December 31, 2023, I woke up and did something I hadn’t done for many years: ran 5K on my treadmill. Since then, I’ve done a 5K every two weeks; as of writing I’m up to 13 and by the time you read this, 14.

I know there’s nothing particularly impressive about that distance, or frequency. Certainly not my speed, which …

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