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Hey there,

I told you I'd let you know where I decided to document my parkour coaching journey.

Here it is:

>>> Door County Traceur blog

I decided it would be a good excuse to try Beehiiv since they let you have a public blog and I always wondered how it compared to Kit.

I'm only using it as a blog. No emails. Not sure how notifications work for it but if you want to know what's happening, check back for updates.

Cheers,

Steven

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