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Rediscovering my city by walking every street

50K in 50 States by 50 Years Old

7 min readApr 26, 2022

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Rediscovering my city by walking every street

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50in50by50: The Rules of the Road

50K in 50 States by 50 Years Old

3 min readDec 20, 2021

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50in50by50: The Rules of the Road

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50K in 50 States by 50 Years Old? A Starting Point

Walking as Refuge and Rebellion

8 min readDec 20, 2021

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50K in 50 States by 50 Years Old? A Starting Point

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Working hard to be awful at something

Watching the backs of all the other runners disappear off to faster finish times and trying to be OK with it

7 min readApr 18, 2024

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Working hard to be awful at something

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All runs are just training runs

But sometimes you pay a fee and awesome volunteers feed you and give you a medal at the end

8 min readJan 7, 2024

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All runs are just training runs

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50in50by50 State #20: North Carolina

50K in 50 States by 50 Years Old

4 min readMar 26, 2023

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50in50by50 State #20: North Carolina

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50in50by50 State #19: South Carolina

50K in 50 States by 50 Years Old

6 min readMar 25, 2023

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50in50by50 State #19: South Carolina

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Rewiring my brain in middle age by walking an absurd amount

50K in 50 States by my 50th year: Personal Reflections After a Year of Lots of Walking

10 min readDec 30, 2022

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An animated image showing each state the author has completed this year.

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50in50by50 State #18: Texas

50K in 50 States by 50 Years Old

4 min readDec 27, 2022

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Endangered whooping cranes and a pair of sandhills stand in front of a Texas home in Rockport, TX. Photo by author December 2022.

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50in50by50 State #17: Vermont

50K in 50 States by 50 Years Old

4 min readDec 17, 2022

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50in50by50 State #17: Vermont

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J Taylor

Exploring and documenting 50K in 50 states by my 50th. We walk on stolen land. Doing my best to amplify Indigenous voices wherever I go.

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