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Just Do It (Anyway)

Running a 10K when I didn't really want to

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Robert R. Fike
Dec 04, 2023
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I ran a 10K. That’s 6 miles in ‘Merican. I don’t think I wanted to though. I didn’t train like I did for the half marathon earlier this year1. I haven’t been eating right. I wasn’t running consistently.

But I ran a 10K. It wasn’t grueling. It took me 1 hour 7 minutes, and I did it.

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