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Month: June 2020

Wait, Wait, Peter, Don’t Run From Me

Mission: To promote driving less so all may live more.

This post offers some quotes from Peter Sagal’s The Incomplete Book of Running (2018), a confessional book, both humorous and insightful.

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Author Louis BurkhardtPosted on June 17, 2020December 23, 2020Categories bicycle, health, running, terrorismLeave a comment on Wait, Wait, Peter, Don’t Run From Me
Quotes & Notes
This (Feb 3, 2019) was the third Car Free Day held in Ethiopia to promote healthy living, and to reduce pollution on roads usually clogged with traffic. (See the web page, filled with encouraging photos) (BBC News)

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