The Time I Ran A Marathon Wearing Too Tight Sneakers

Janice M. Flanders
4 min readFeb 4, 2022

Dumb s*** I did when I was younger.

Photo by Zachary Nelson on Unsplash

Who among us has gone out in cold weather without a coat or jacket because you wanted everyone to see your cute outfit?
In hindsight, this is a dumb move, but such is the exuberance of youth.

In my early 20s, my sister and I participated in a walk-a-thon to raise money for a children’s…

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Janice M. Flanders

Writer/Journalist. Artist. Environmental Justice Advocate. Social Media Analyst. Friend to the Planet and it’s creatures. I love words, birds, and nerds.