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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 20h

Hey, neat, a sellout! Now I don't have to wait to assign bib numbers or print up preregistrant lists, and I won't have to do any data entry on race morning! Of course, if you are a friend of mine and are desperate to get into Greasy-Gooney this year, I may consider it...

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yikes, Greasy-Gooney is unexpectedly popular this year! I'm guessing we'll sell out within the next week. I *may* allow close personal friends and/or people with a lot of previous G-G finishes to weasel their way in after we're sold out, but I'd much rather you sign up now. 🤣

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Somehow I'm still in charge of this thing a couple decades later. Come run or volunteer!

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Had a hitchhiker riding with me this morning! It REALLY wanted to stay there on my windshield wiper. Started getting worried about the poor thing as I was getting up to highway speed, so I wound up pulling over and encouraging it to fly off to safety.

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My first-ever pair of WIDE shoes. How embarrassing. [sad trombone]

Photo of a pair of black Asics Glideride Max 2 running shoes in a size 10 wide

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The number one crime plaguing America today: Reading glasses theft. We must protect our precious reading glasses at all costs!

Photo of a display of reading glasses at a Walmart in Stephens City, Virginia, United States. Most pairs have bulky anti-theft devices attached to them, preventing any customers from actually trying on the glasses as one would actually want to do before purchasing.

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Y'all don't understand the thrill I got out of rolling up in my brown Scion xB behind an identical brown Scion xB in Front Royal today. 😎 It's like meeting another guy named "Karsten"-- it pretty much never happens.

Photo taken from the driver's seat of an "Army Rock Metallic" 2015 Scion xB showing an identical Scion xB stopped just ahead

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It's reassuring to know I'm not eating potato chips made from those fake potatoes I've heard so much about.

Photograph of a bag of Lay's Wavy Original potato chips, which inexplicably features the line "Made with real potatoes" on it, as if any potato chips are made from something other than potatoes

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

IM PRACKSIN MY BITING SO I CAN BITE DADDY REEL HARD!

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

HEY BABY... IT ME MR CUDDLES HOW YOU DOIN

A buff tabby cat in a sexy pose on a blue blanket, with a red Christmas stocking behind him for some reason

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Let's hope so, fortune cookie!

A fortune cookie fortune reading, "Thursday will bring you a sense of peace and tranquility."

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

My kittycat must be acknowledged!

Buff tabby cat curled up on gold striped bedsheets

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Hope to see you at this fun little event in Annapolis! Come see me both co-direct the event and wheeze my way through one of the heats!

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

As co-director of this event, I hereby invite my three human, non-bot Bluesky followers to come run a mile with me in Annapolis on June 27th!

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Big pet peeve of mine, appropriate for Flag Day: Tattered flags. Now, I'm not at all into symbolism, so I don't view flags as being sacred, and I feel like people have the right to treat a flag however they wish. (1/4)

Photo of a tattered U.S. flag flying in front of Warren County Middle School in Front Royal, Virginia, United States on Sunday 14 June 2026

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

DADDY YOUR NEW BLANKET IS TOO NICE SO IMMA GET STARTED SHEDDING ALL OVER IT

Buff tabby cat lying on a crisp new navy blue blanket

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

As I'm inexplicably one of the race directors of this event, I hereby invite you to come run a mile with me in Annapolis on June 27th! Visit RunSignup.com/WallMile for complete race info laid out in my inimitable overly-thorough style. 🤣 We'd also love some volunteer help!

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Annapolis Striders John Wall Memorial One Mile Track Run

The Annapolis Striders John Wall Memorial One Mile Track Run is on Saturday June 27, 2026.

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A few quickie cellphone shots from a very hot Blue Angels rehearsal at the U.S. Naval Academy. 🥵

Four Blue Angels jets fly side by side with a fifth hanging off to the side (possibly filming)

Four Blue Angels jets soar high in a diamond formation while trailing smoke behind them

Three Blue Angels jets fly over the Naval Academy Bridge in Annapolis as onlookers watch from Hospital Point

Five Blue Angels jets fly behind the U.S. Naval Academy

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Greasy-Gooney 10K @gg10k.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Greetings, Greasies! A few of us will be helping out with the Front Royal Kiwanis 5K on Sat. 5/16, and we'd love to see you at this small, fun, low-key, & reasonably-priced run/walk. Head to RunSignup.com/FRKiwanis5K for more info & to register. Proceeds go to the local Special Olympics program!

Photo of runners running up a hilly street, with the text "Front Royal Kiwanis 5K" and "Saturday May 16th 2026" overlaid, along with the web address RunSignup.com/FRKiwanis5K

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Happy 8th REbirthday to the silliest, snuggliest little man, the one and only Mr. Cuddles! 🎂 Possibly as old as ten, Cuddles is slowing down a little these days, but he still has his big personality, persistent playfulness, and loud voice. I'm so lucky he let me grab him eight years ago!

Mr. Cuddles the buff tabby cat sits on a blanket with his daddy's arm around him

Buff tabby cat Mr. Cuddles looks out a window with interest

Buff tabby cat Mr. Cuddles stretches out a paw while lying on a blanket in a sunbeam

Playful-looking buff tabby cat Mr. Cuddles peers out of a hole in a cat tree

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Mmm, fancy Neapolitan pizza! 🍕 Pupatella in Columbia, Maryland. Very tasty!

Photo of two Neapolitan pizzas on a table, along with beverages and garlic zeppoli balls

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

My first sighting of this silly man was on this date eight years ago! ❤️

Photo of a buff tabby cat looking out from a hole in a carpeted cat tree as a rainbow-colored string toy is waved in front of him

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We did it, everybody! 🥂 I'd like to thank the Academy, my agent, my sister for taking me on my first run way back in the 1980s, National Running Center for selling these to me, and most of all my cat, with whom all things are possible!

Screengrab of a Garmin Connect page with data about a pair of Asics running shoes the author has been wearing for the past three months, showing that the shoes have passed the thousand-mile mark

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

SLUGGO’S CATSATURDAY

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Reviving an oldie but a goodie— in honor of my speedy sister running Boston on Monday!

A weary and cold Ned Stark stands with an enormous sword, with a caption reading "BRACE YOURSELVES, ENDLESS POSTS ABOUT THE BOSTON MARATHON ARE COMING"

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Annapolis Striders @annapolisstriders.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Over 1,800 photos from Sunday's Cherry Pit 10 Mile Race (4/12) are now up! Visit KarstenBrown.Smugmug.com/CherryPit2026 to check 'em out. Free to download for personal use! And if you missed our last post, head to RunSignup.com/Race/Results/Overview/108538 to peruse the full Cherry Pit results.

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Annapolis Striders Cherry Pit 10 Miler 2026 - Karsten Brown

Photos taken by Annapolis Striders volunteer photographer Karsten Brown at the 47th annual Cherry Pit 10 Mile Race, held in Edgewater, Maryland on Sunday 12 April 2026. These photos are made available...

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

You know things are bad when he finally might be starting to lose deep red America.

Photo of a gas pump in Front Royal, Virginia, with a sticker on it showing Donald Trump pointing up along with the caption "I did that!"

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

My sister says these Temptations treats are different colors...?!?

A buff tabby cat sniffs at six Temptations cat treats held in a person's hand. Allegedly these treats are not all the same color.

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Kristen @kristenrapp.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

today we remember the one who willingly suffered and died before the glorious celebration of the day he was raised from the dead, heralding his victory over death 😔

A photo of our lord and savior, S'chn T'gai Spock, sacrificing himself in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" to save the USS Enterprise and its crew from a radiation leak

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Cuddles was graced by a visit from clinic cat Dan at Warren County Veterinary Clinic! 😸 Dan is super cool.

Black cat named Dan stands in front of a cat carrier containing a very unhappy buff tabby cat.

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Officially finished running all the roads within the town limits of Berryville, Virginia! Not too difficult; only took 4 runs, 71.2 miles total including some overlap. Saw & learned a lot! Completed Boyce, Marshall, and Maurertown last year... Not sure what's next. I do NOT want to do Winchester! 😬

OpenStreetMap map of the town of Berryville, Virginia, United States, with GPS tracks from four different runs shown in four different colors; a dotted line shows the town boundary, and areas outside of the boundary are slightly darkened.

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Photographed the RRCA 10 Mile Club Challenge (2/22/26) with Denise Hyde once again on behalf of the Annapolis Striders (@annapolisstriders.bsky.social)! Head to karstenbrown.smugmug.com/RRCA10Mile2026 to check 'em out. Full-resolution downloads are free for personal use!

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RRCA 10 Mile Club Challenge 2026

Photos taken by Annapolis Striders volunteer photographers Denise Hyde & Karsten Brown at the RRCA 10 Mile Club Challenge, held in Columbia, Maryland on Sunday 22 February 2026. These photos are made ...

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

For the love of all that's holy, can we STOP making charging indicators that are color-dependent? Arrgghhh! I have NO idea if this is amber (charging) or green (charged). I HAVE A DISABILITY!!!

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

First time in 12 years running the SVR's Heart & Soles 5K! And I've gotten a little slower. That 17:04 at age 39 is roughly equivalent to an 18:43 finish at 51, so it's apparent how much vocal cord dysfunction is killing my performance now. Wonder if I can have my vocal cords surgically removed... 🤣

Screengrabs from the Garmin Connect app showing data from two runnings of the SVR Heart & Soles 5K twelve years apart, with a 17:04 finish time in 2014 and a 21:02 finish time in 2026

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This is pretty cool... The snowmelt has revealed footprint fossils! 👣 These are from when I headed out to run on the snowy AM of 25 Jan.... Sleet subsequently fell & froze on top of my footprints, & these hardened areas are now melting more slowly than the surrounding snow & ice. Science! 🤓

Photo of foot-shaped chunks of hardened snow/ice on a grass surface, with snow around them melting away more quickly

More little foot-shaped chunks of icy snow on grass

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

My god... There's grass under there! 😲

Photo of a snow-covered field with grass peeking through some of the melting snow

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I have recently learned that the full official name of Portugal's second-largest city is "The Ancient, Very Noble, Ever Loyal and Undefeated City of Porto". Just wanted to let you know!

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Porto - Wikipedia

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Heard during my run through Front Royal today: "Homie runnin' in the snow in booty shorts?! You better WORK!"

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Cuddles was NOT happy about visiting the vet-- nor about office cat Dan claiming my lap in the waiting area! 🤣 I, on the other hand, was honored that Dan chose me.

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

All set for the coming week! 🔥

Photo of a bulk-sized box of HotHands chemical hand warmers, containing 40 pairs

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

"If you start playing [song/movie] at 11:5[#:##] PM..." Yeah, right, like I'm not gonna be in bed by 9:30! 🎉

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Huzzah, made it to the end of 2025 with roughly 2,639 miles of running, managing an average of 50 miles a week again & topping last year by about 15 miles! Unfortunately I just keep getting slower & slower despite the mileage, thanks to worsening airway issues. Whaddya gonna do. 🤷‍♂️ I'm still tryin'!

Graphic created via RunningAhead.com showing my 2025 mileage goal and actual mileage, along with last year's goal & mileage, along with a chart displaying this year's monthly mileage

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Can there be a better Christmas tree topper?

Ornament hand-painted in the likeness of buff tabby cat Mr. Cuddles, tied to the top branch of a colorful plastic Christmas tree

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