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LETTER of THE MONTH

OCTOGENARIAN WALKER

On Christmas Eve I completed my second Walkl200 challenge.

It was even better than the first one. I treated it as a progressive challenge and made new goals as I knocked off each one.

Here's how it progressed:

Started recording on Christmas Day 2022.

Turned 88 on 13 February 2023.

Recorded 1200km on 18 June.

Recorded 1510km to better what I achieved in the previous challenge.

Recorded 1610km on 16 August.

Recorded 2000km on 24 September.

Recorded 2415km (on 7 November.

Recorded 2800km on 24 December.

On this day, the last day of my 12

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