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Sunday, February 22, 2026

medium: Instagram Close Friends Stories

desc: a live update story across the course of 5 hours of a traverse across the least-walkable walkable city.

Google Maps walking directions screenshot estimating a 4 hr 55 min, 13 mile walk, with a caption reading 'I don't really have anything going on tomorrow.' Story screenshot at 00:17:55 — pace 3.2, 1.00 mi, 23 steps. Caption: dogs: 6, awkward passes: 2. Story screenshot at 00:35:57 — pace 3.1, 2.00 mi, 42 steps. Caption: 3rd streets: 1, Mogged by busses: 1. Story screenshot at 00:54:21 — pace 3.7, 3.04 mi, 42 steps, photo of a coffee cup. Caption: coffee: 1, doctors: 0. Story screenshot at 01:13:48 — pace 2.3, 4.06 mi, 42 steps. Caption: babies cheerfully clapping at a squirrel: 1. Story screenshot at 01:30:56 — pace 1.6, 5.01 mi, 42 steps. Caption: the next two mile updates will be huuuuge. Photo of a 'Best Hospitals — Making progress together' banner over a street. Caption: ^^ kinda us rn. Story screenshot at 01:48:11 — pace 4.4, 6.01 mi, 112 steps. Caption: holy. Story screenshot at 02:05:23 — pace 3.5, 7.00 mi, 157 steps. Caption: shit. A plane or blimp flying across a clear blue sky. Caption: rejoice! He has blessed this auspicious day. Story screenshot at 02:22:49 — pace 2.8, 8.00 mi, 169 steps. Caption: din tai fung? Photo of a takeout container of dumplings held in hand. Story screenshot at 02:38:30 — pace 1.5, 9.00 mi, 199 steps. Caption: dumplings: 10, sore feet: 2, bathroom breaks: 1. Story screenshot at 02:57:29 — pace 3.1, 10.02 mi, 239 steps, street photo along a palm-tree-lined road. Story screenshot at 03:13:21 — pace 3.2, 11.00 mi, 265 steps. Caption: this was a fucking terrible decision. Story screenshot at 03:31:10 — pace 2.2, 12.00 mi, 265 steps. Caption: dudes who look like Santa Claus: 1, dudes who suck at driving: 2. Story screenshot at 03:49:00 — pace 2.6, 13.00 mi, 265 steps. Caption: the soreness has worked its way up to my lower back. Story screenshot at 04:07:31 — pace 3.2, 14.00 mi, 265 steps. Caption: water bottles refilled: 1, blocks to go: 14. Story screenshot at 04:26:18 — pace 3.5, 15.01 mi, 265 steps. Caption: lucky penny's: 1. Map screenshot showing the finished walk route over water, with the caption 'done.' A 'listened to' collage of album covers from the walk, with a rating caption below. Close-up photo of sunlight sparkling on water. Caption: unsure how to get home. Map screenshot of a Neenah Foundry manhole cover photo verified on a crowdsourced map, with an NF-CD sticker overlay. Caption: I also got to add 2 new Neenah Foundry works into the Neenah foundry crowdsourced database.