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Apr 12Liked by Dia Becker

The pictures are gorgeous!!!! What a beautiful time in your life, I love all of this for you. ❤️‍🔥

I'm so sorry you got so sick. Life is such a troll sometimes. REST AGGRESSIVELY, please.

Very much looking forward to those two essays 😍

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Apr 12Liked by Dia Becker

congrats on the new job and congrats again on the wedding!! some unsolicited advice regarding the running/health thorn below, feel feee to skip if you don’t want to read:

your symptoms sound very consistent with mine when i had covid last spring — obviously i’m not you and i cannot say what happened, but i’m going to give you the advice my community gave me when i had covid just in case that is what happened

- don’t exercise at all (literally at all) for at least 4 weeks until after you feel fully recovered to prevent overworking your heart while it recovers (i know this one is already a foregone conclusion)

- when getting back to exercise, go as slow as you can in terms of ramping it up. i mean start from where you’d start as if you were running for the first time ever. doing too much too quickly increases your risk of developing long covid

- watch for any new extreme changes in blood pressure/HR when changing position (sitting to standing, laying to sitting, etc)

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I love that question: what are your roses and thorns. Let me not follow my extended metaphor rabbit this time but it’s good to keep perspective on the highs and lows of your situation. Things will just suck and that’s part of it too. Good to hear not only about the bad but the good. We’re both.

Congrats on your wedding and new job! I’m sure the house will come at some point but best of luck with the limerence in the meantime. Good to hear from you. May your thorns be puny.

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SNACKS!!!!

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Congrats on the new job and wedding. I don’t know a thing about running but I can feel what it means to be consumed.

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NO ONE HAS EVER LOOKED BETTER 🔥🤍

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Yay wedding and new job! Boo housing prices and marathon setbacks. You weren’t asking for my opinion but I have faith you’ll qualify! Those weeks of training weren’t for nothing and you’ll get back to your pre sickness pace (but sadly maybe not by the end of the month…and you’ll have to shell out cash to sign up for a different marathon…maybe fly to one of the notoriously easy/all downhill courses?) I’m parasocially invested and believe in you!!

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Apr 12Liked by Dia Becker

You both look so gorgeous and sexy! Rest up and feel better soon.

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I love ALL OF THIS for you!!!! Except not feeling well. But all the rest, and the wedding photos?? So amazing. Congratulations (And I hope you feel better...long Covid is hell).

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Ok. Just wanted to ask. All the reasons.

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Delightful pictures lovey. Running. Some might suggest something so distressing might not be the healthiest. Question for clarity: Have running marathons and the included details been your goal for a long time or since when?

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