Execution of bitterness.

Jesse & Arnold

Arnold Schwarzenegger was in town last week. having a new aortic valve put in at the Cleveland Clinic. He posted some nice pictures of his time in town, including the stop by the Jesse Owens Statue at West 3rd and Lakeside.

DID YOU KNOW ..? There is a statue of Jesse Owens at West 3rd and Lakeside.

The weather has gotten cool and very wet. I need to keep running, though.

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 28:15
Pace: 9:07
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 50°
Climate: cool!
Mood: all right

I drag my feet to get out the door, but I sure feel better running.

Sweeping Up at Grebe's Playlist

Don't Change - INXS

Little Red Corvette - Prince & the Revolution

Our House - Madness

Cool PLaces - Sparks ft. Jane Wiedlin

Aeiou Sometimes Y - EBN/OZN

I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses

The Fanatic - Felony

Just Got Lucky - Jo Boxers

My heart must just be slowing down.

Wasn't planning on running two days back to back ... I am feeling pain in my abdomen, and other places that usually comes with resuming a regimen. But the weather has been absurdly lovely, and it won't last. It is supposed to thunderstorm in an hour or so and then drop back down to fall weather.

Distance: 4 miles
Duration: 38:25
Pace: 9:36
Route: Forest Hill Loop 
Temperature: 72°
Climate: partly cloudy & humid
Mood: good
Weight: 179 lbs. (+1.0)

Ooh! Hot, humid and wearying. And yet! What a run. Feeling good. Let's keep that up. Even when the rains come.

Sweeping Up at Grebe's Playlist

Fascination (Extended Mix) - Human League

Der Kommissar - Falco

It's a Mistake - Men at Work

The Electric Co. (Live) - U2

Tell Her About It - Billy Joel

I'm Still Standing - Elton John

Come Dancing - The Kinks

Lawyers In Love - Jackson Browne

Modern Love - David Bowie

Whenever You're On My Mind - Marshall Crenshaw

Europa & The Pirate Twins - Thomas Dolby

Who needs to win?

When I do not run for a while, my ass deflates like an unused inner tube. It was hurting for me to sit last week, big time. Now I have resumed pumping those suckers up.

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 29:22
Pace: 9:28
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 61°
Climate: sunny & awesome
Mood: not bad, but not good, either.
Weight: 178 lbs. (-0-)

Sweeping Up at Grebe's Playlist

Safety Dance (Extened Dance Version) - Men Without Hats

Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo

I Love You - YelloDa Da Da (I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me) - Trio

Rockit - Herbie Hancock

I Don't Remember (Live) - Peter Gabriel

Saved By Zero (Extended Version) - The Fixx

He won't be back this way 'til 2010.

October 2019

Yes, let's run every other day. Feels good! Brisk. Perfect weather.

These are depressing days. I had reminders last week about Chicago, which was the hardest thing I have ever done. Harder, perhaps than even New York. Because New York was euphoric. The week before Chicago was spent in a room at University Hospitals with my mom.

Then there are all these remnders of the rest of the year, last year. Her fall. Thanksgiving. The death sentence. Some nights I surprise myself with my feelings. I've also cut the dose, so. Which I don't regret. But here I am.

Keep running. I can keep running, right?

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 29:42
Pace: 9:34
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 48°
Climate: overcast & cool
Mood: determined
Weight: 178 lbs. (-2.0)

Sweeping Up at Grebe's Playlist

Pleasure of Love - Tom Tom Club

Why Me? (Extended Version) - Planet P

Promised You a Miracle (US Remix) - Simple Minds

Pale Shelter (Long Version) - Tears For Fears

Is There Something I Should Know (Monster Mix) - Duran Duran

How do I work this?

Ugh. Cut the dose on my meds, because I assume that has depressing my desire to run. But it's also homework and work work. And the change in temperature. And maybe depression? I mean, I don't feel depressed. But motion, action. that is not something I am movated to do. 

Distance: 2 miles
Duration: 18:20
Pace: 9:10
Route: Two times around the block.
Temperature: 52°
Climate: overcast & cool
Mood: all right?
Weight: 180 lbs. (-0-)

Also, all the junk food in the house. I have been eating cold pizza for three days straight. Yesterday, a little after noon I said, no. This has to stop. The only thing I ate for the rest of the day was two raw carrots. I still feel bloated.

I was doing so, well, too. Good meals, lots of greens, good snacks, when I even had snacks.

This is not the way. 

Can I say, though. This run this morning was good. Look at the stats, 9:10 pace. Listening to music I enjoy. The weather was ideal for a run. I can do this, every day. Every other day. Why not?