The first mile, Riverwalk

Six weeks of walk a minute, run a minute, until one morning it is just running.

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Weekly runs

Distance
1 to 2 miles
When
Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:30 a.m.
Who it's for
People who have never run
Since
2013

The flattest, quietest route in the city, done in short pieces. Most people arrive convinced they cannot run and spend the first two weeks proving it to me. By week six they run a mile without stopping and I take their photograph at the bench.

All Where we run
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Walk a minute, run a minute
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Stretching, reluctantly
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Water and a sit down
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Bridge number two
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Somebody's first mile
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Four of them, week five
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Along the water
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The bench where the photograph gets taken
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The quiet end
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The evening version