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Cake day: June 1st, 2023

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  • I think I probably ran consistently for at least 3 years before signing up for a race ever occured to me, haha. I think I eventually signed up for a Thanksgiving 10k, and while I was very comfortable with the distance, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing in terms of race day logistics. I was home from college at the time and I had forgotten my running shorts so I ended up running in my brother’s sweatpants which were A) pants and B) much too large for me. Additionally, I had not put together that I wouldn’t have a place to store anything and had brought a drawstring bag with me from the car so I ran the whole race with that bouncing around behind me, pants billowing in the wind 😂


  • As someone with not a ton of exposure to this topic, it’s heartbreaking to hear about the environment that these people grow up in, and how life they are robbed of by an institution of fear and control. I cannot imagine how difficult it must be to break free of the cycle when everything and everyone you’ve ever known is working against you do hard. I’m glad that their children are thriving in school and showing them that all that effort and grief was for a reason.