Friday, May 01, 2026

Don't you run away now.

Twenty years ago, on May 1, 2006, I described how our elder child was "in training" in preparation for for a one mile run that weekend. They were three. Whose idea was it for them to train? I have a feeling it was theirs.
Playlist:
Every Day Is Exactly the Same - Nine Inch Nails
Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 27:48
Pace: 8:58

Fifty years ago, we were celebrating the Bicentennial.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 44°
Climate: brisk & beautiful
Mood: okay!

1976 Playlist
Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers
Knowing Me, Knowing You - ABBA
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead - Warren Zevon
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti
Squonk (170 bpm)  - Genesis
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy
Pinball Number Count (164 BPM) - The Pointer Sisters

Stretches: yes
Water: yes 
Weight: 165 lbs. (+4.0)

Ow. Cold air made my ears hurt.

Planks: TBA 
Push-ups: TBA
Sit-Ups: TBA