Distance: maybe 2.5 miles
Route: Cain Park Loop
Temperature: 59°
Climate: overcast & cool

The boy and I went out, his ankles were hurting him so we walked the rest of the four mile distance.

Could you go and run into me?

Really pleasant spring day. 3.3 million might apply for unemployment on a day like this.

Distance: 2 miles
Duration: 18:22
Pace: 9:11
Route: Out Monticello & back.
Temperature: 64°
Climate: warm & nice
Mood: okay

The boy is getting faster.

What's That Lyric?
Lasso - Phoenix

Don't give up the game.

Difficult day. I mean, it's been okay. Conference call lunch with the office staff was nice, I miss them. Watched a tutorial on playwriting which was also cool. Tree guys came and trimmed the giant silver maple, and I watched them do it.

But I am sore and out of sorts, squirrely. I want to get out into the air. And so that is what I will do.

Distance: 2.5 miles
Duration: 23:48
Pace: 9:31
Route: Forest Hill Pond
Temperature: 46°
Climate: nice
Mood: squirrely

Teenage Kicks 3/21/2020
Maniac - Michael Sembello (Flashdance, 1983)
Call Me - Blondie (American Gigolo, 1980)
Let's Do It - Paul Westerberg & Joan Jett (Tank Girl, 1995)
Shell Shock - New Order (Pretty In Pink, 1986)
Army of Me - Bjork (Tank Girl, 1995)
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel (Say Anything, 1989)

Distance: 2.3 miles
Duration: 23:05
Pace: 10:04
Route: Horizon Loop
Temperature: 41°
Climate: overcast & cool
Mood: good

This ain't no party. This ain't no disco.

For one week, I have had a pain in my neck. a neck strain. I looked up COVID-19 symptoms, which include, of course, muscle soreness. But that is the extent of my symptoms, so I take it to be stress-related. But it has been a week, and there is still a pain in my neck.

Distance: 3 miles
Duration: 28:55
Pace: 9:38
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 43°
Climate: bright, sunny
Mood: i'm all right

Yesterday, The Current played a fine selection of 1980s soundtrack music on Teenage Kicks, from which I created a playlist. I created this playlist to inspire me to run.

Teenage Kicks 3/21/2020
The Power of Love - Huey Lewis and the News (Back to the Future, 1985)
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor (Rocky III, 1982)
Holiday Road - Lindsey Buckingham (Vacation, 1983)
Join the Professionals * - The Professionals (Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains, 1982)
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - The Ramones (Spider-Man: Far From Home, 2019)
Time Warp - Various Artists (Fame, 1980)
Moving In Stereo - The Cars (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 1982)
I'm Alright - Kenny Loggins (Caddyshack, 1980)
Life During Wartime (Live) - Talking Heads (Stop Making Sense, 1984)

That felt so good. I may yet be a runner.

Distance: 1 mile
Duration: 9:44

Horizon Two Mile Loop

We are in self-quarantine. Regardless, there is nowhere to go. The gym is closed, everything is closed. There is a pandemic. Who knew I would write these words? But here we are. The Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020.

We are well, I think. The wife shows cold symptoms. I was exhausted one week ago, spent the day home from work. It concerned me. I was not in any kind of pain or discomfort. Just weary. The next day I was fine.

Sunday I woke with pain in my neck and shoulders. No symptoms but muscle pain -- which can be a symptom My arms were sore last Thursday and Friday but, duh, I'd been doing weight machines on Wednesday. No other symptoms now, just soreness in my neck. That happens to me when I am under stress. It's not unusual. Is it?

The boy has asked me to run for weeks, but it is he who cannot, because he pulled a muscle in his chest. But today we run.

Distance: 2.3 miles
Duration: 24:32
Pace: 10:39
Route: Horizon Loop
Temperature: 42°
Climate: overcast & cool
Mood: good

He's gotten so much stronger, so much endurance. He wants to do good work. My ankle barked with pain after about a quarter mile, but I walked through it and kept going and it subsided. I do not trust this ankle.

We ran in pace, my son and I. It is a blessing.

Distance: 3 miles
Route: Rec Center
Mood: all right

Beautiful day. Maybe run?

Distance: 3 miles
Duration: 29:56
Pace: 9:58
Route: Forest Hill Run
Temperature: 45°
Climate: sunny & cool
Mood: all right

Ran two miles, had to walk parts of the third. It's a long road back.