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"Doing is the distractive enemy of anxiety, and by advancing these trails I systematically shed shells of self that held fears finagled across decades of dreams"

So many excellent bits to this article, much more fun to read than to run. I am so impressed by you, Sasquatch in an A's cap, can't wait to see what the next goal brings.

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...i am going to strategically rescue the Oakland A's from the clutches of the evil dastard John Fischer, and bring them back to where they belong, on a field in our backyard in West Oakland...

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Okay, well, THIS was an experience too.

I have no idea what this stuff is, but I do wonder how one survives on such a meal

"I have consumed 2 gel packets, 3 hydration salt pours, six gummy goo squares..."

And this is simply good strategy, noted:

"I knew this run would be difficult so I told myself it would be easy.  I knew this run would hurt so I told myself I don’t feel pain."

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...it worked though i am laid out on a couch at 2:33AM nursing the pain of a back thrown out by overused hamstrings...whoever invented running should have slowed down a bit...

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"As we crossed a creek into the second park I told myself more lies." Good lies seem often to be the mother of achievement. And you've got to do the hiking comedy tour. You could have a tour bus with the guests riding alongside you, enjoying the wet bar while you sweat and make up puns about chafing.

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...reminds me of one of my favorite comedy geniuses...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvbL_5rH1QQ

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hilarious

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You’re making me miss the east bay trails so so much. 2020 was also my biggest year of mileage in those beloved parks and I totally dreamed of doing the “rim” trail through the parks like you did!!! I love the name “east bay seis” -- thank you for the walk down memory lane!!

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...you ever make it back this way we'll go hit some dirt...

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Nov 30, 2023
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...something so darn beautiful aout instruments living free in nature...and also stove stop stuffing freed from the stove...totally agree with your sentiment on nature...it offers us so much freedom...

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...me too Mitchell, me too...just got around to watching Poker Face which is kind of like a new age Columbo or Murder She Wrote...great show if you haven't watched it yet...

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