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Ray Mitchell
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Marketing Consultant. Author, Magical Websites for Coaches.

Granddaddy of the absolute best Grandson. Fight me.
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Do something productive this weekend. Watch the @cerromerussell.blacksky.app comedy special.

#blacksky
Screenshot of YouTube screen showing the Cerrome Russell comedy special, "Cerrome Russell: Son of Sumpter" available for rent or purchase
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Went grocery shopping at my favorite, local Asian-African-Latino-Indo-Caribbean grocery store.

Things sure have changed since Trump came into office.

We used to live in a proper country, where you could afford oxtail and brown people weren't afraid to shop.
Signs on supermarket door stating no pets, ICE or CBP allowed. A photo of a package of 4 oxtail bones with a price of $16.24 or $12.99/lb.
November 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Did a two-fer. First a "Just Run 0 to 5K by @jupli.com" session with a friend that's just starting out, then went for a longer run.

#blackskyfitness
#oldmanrunning
Photo of an uphill road in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The road is wet with leaves along the shoulders. The photo is captioned with the words Winston-Salem running, the distance 5.77 miles. the amount of time that the run - took 1 hour, 19 minutes, 48 seconds and the pace at 13:50 minutes per mile.
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Do people understand what kind of doctor they will get when they have to start price-shopping their health care?
Image of Florida teen who pretended to be a physician with an MD and PhD who pled guilty to practicing without a license.
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Did you notice that your profile shows "Invalid Handle"? Did you make a change?
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Where is Sarah Kendzior's account and why aren't authors, journalists, commentators, and other accounts with higher influence asking that question?
Screenshot of Sarah Kendzior's Wikipedia page
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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What's that like? Asking for a friend.
AI rendering of Columbia University's Alma Mater statue, bowing it's head and covering its face as though it is ashamed.
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Yes. My wife says the watch rules my life. Today is better, but I'll still probably take it easy.
Screenshot from Garmin Connect showing Training Readiness score. The training readiness considers sleep, recovery time, heart rate variability (the amount of time between heartbeats), prior training load, sleep history, and assumed stress (respiration, pulse considering activity). The calculated score is 14 out of 100, considered poor.
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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I didn't know this score was possible. I should probably save the coroner's number to my phone.

#blackskyfitness
The face of a Garmin fénix 7 fitness smartwatch. The screen displays a training readiness score of 1. Training Readiness scores range from 1 to 100.
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Just crushed the Mayberry Half-marathon (well...we crushed each other). 13.1 mi. at 13:09 pace. A little slower than planned, but it's done

#blackskyfitness
#blackskyrunners
#oldmanrunning
Ray with finisher's medal for Mayberry Half-marathon Starting area at the Mayberry Half-marathon Ray with Mayberry Sheriff's vehicle 🚨 Ray and Otis the Drunk at Mayberry Half-marathon
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Ignore the 4:30AM fit. Last recovery run before tomorrow's half-marathon.

#blackskyfitness #blackskyrunners
#oldmanrunning
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Did the run, but almost didn't live to tell about it.

#blackskyfitness
Strava screenshot of a 7-mile run. Text on the screenshot says Morning Run- NRC Recovery Run. Below the headline, the text reads: Almost ended before it started. Took three steps then ran in front of a car. I was lucky the driver had quick reflexes. Be Careful.
November 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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If you see this, post a concert pic you took
Stevie Wonder, Greensboro, NC October 2024
November 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Wet, rainy speed workout. My shoes had a touch of rabies.

Apparently, I must not have gotten all of the cleaner out.

#blackskyfitness
Post NRC Speed Run photo of Ray Mitchell. It is a cold, rainy evening and the street is wet.
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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I'm not Catholic, but I went to Catholic school as a kid. There was a song with the refrain:

..And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love. They will know we are Christians by our love.

I'm not sure about his faith tradition is, but I sure know what he believes.
In a Twitter reply to @thehill, Mike Davis, former clerk to Brett Kavanaugh, wrote: We should only help people who can't help themselves. It's outrageous 40MM people get food stamps. Get off your fat, ghetto asses. Get a job. Stop reproducing. Change your shitty culture. Stop giving food stamps to immigrants. We don't want you here, if you won't work.
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Two weeks to go before the Mayberry Half. 🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♂️ #blackskyfitness
Screenshot of Strava running workout map. 5.04 mi at 13:22 pace.
October 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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While you donate money to food banks, billionaires and Wall Street donate to destroy the White House.
Image of the demolished White House East Wing with a listing of contributing individuals and companies that donated to the effort. Altria Group Inc. Amazon Apple Inc. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. Caterpillar Inc. Coinbase Global Comcast Corp. Hard Rock International Google HP Inc. Lockheed Martin Corp. Meta Platforms Inc. Micron Technology Inc. Microsoft Corp. NextEra Energy Inc. Palantir Technologies Inc. Ripple Reynolds American Inc T-Mobile US Inc. Tether Union Pacific Railroad J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul Adelson Family Foundation Stefan E. Brodie Betty Wold Johnson Foundation Charles and Marissa Cascarilla Edward and Shari Glazer Harold Hamm Benjamin Leon, Jr. The Lutnick Family The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundati Stephen A. Schwarzman Konstantin Sokolov Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher Paolo Tiramani Cameron Winklevoss Tyler Winklevoss
October 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Some old person needs this laugh. I did.
High School Reunion Have you ever been guilty of looking at someone your own age and thinking, "Surely I can't look that old?" You'll love this one. My name is Alice Smith and I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist. I noticed his DDS diploma, which showed his full name. Suddenly, I remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name who had been in my high school class some 40-odd years ago. Could this be the same guy that I had a secret crush on, way back then? Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This balding, gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old to have been my classmate. After he examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended Morgan Park High School. "Yes. Yes, I did. I'm a Mustang," he beamed with pride. "When did you graduate?" I asked. He answered, "In 1959. Why do you ask?" "You were in my class!" I exclaimed. He looked at me closely. Then, that ugly, old, bald wrinkled, fat, gray, decrepit son-of-a-gun asked, "What did you teach?"
October 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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First 10K in the books. Half marathon on deck. #blackskyfitness
October 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Forget Waldo! Where is George W Bush in the face of facism? Why is he staying silent?
AI generated image of former US President George W Bush dressed as the character Waldo from the "Where's Waldo" books, wearing a striped sweater and cap
October 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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A ten mile run might have had something to do with it.

#blackskyfitness
Screenshot from Garmin connect showing 28,197 steps taken compared to the goal of 12,670, which is 222% of the goal amount. A total of 13.6 miles is the distance of the steps taken.
October 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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I am now scheduling a food tour of Wilson, NC. Did you check the profiles of the other restaurants on the page?
October 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Alladis, but in the dark. #blackskyfitness
October 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Old Man Running.

Never too late to start, but start before you need to... and start before you can't.

#blackskyfitness
Old Black man after finishing Mission 5K. He completed the 3.1 mile course at a 10:41 pace. His finishing time of 33:38 was his personal best.
October 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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They need to build a museum for these "tributes."
Horrible Ronaldo bust
September 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM