tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207007932024-03-18T18:24:32.379-04:00Daddy Runs FastPlaywright. Father. Quinquagenarian runner.pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2323125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-23119352385237403372024-03-17T12:30:00.006-04:002024-03-17T20:14:38.923-04:00Floating through the void.You will know us by our head.So, the March Mildness thing isn't as much of a "kick" as it was last year, but I'm still glad I'm in it. Probably because of the pain in my knees, which comes and goes. I have to remember to take pain reliever before bed or it can be uncomfortable.I always scorned St. Patrick's Day when I was a teenager, the mixed messages irritated me. The Irish don't want to be pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-74762501097820367372024-03-16T14:00:00.005-04:002024-03-16T20:14:08.534-04:00I'm a new superhero.OATMEAL!!!!Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 29:47
Pace: 9:362018 Playlist Anpanman - BTSThe Spot - Your Smith5 Out of 6 - DessaYou Wouldn't Like Me - The BethsEverybody's Coming to My House - David ByrneI Like It - Cardi B ft. Bad Bunny & J BalvinHow Did This Happen? - BodegaNew Rules - Dua LipaMake Me Feel - Janelle MonáeEvery 1's a Winner pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-37301439310749837592024-03-14T08:00:00.007-04:002024-03-15T08:24:34.127-04:00I'm going to fly from side to side.Two weeks dry. First bad night's sleep all month, but it was entirely circumstantial, work-related worrying. Nice night last night, hanging out with our son who is home for spring break.Distance: 1 mile
Duration: 9:34
1969 PlaylistI Want To Take You Higher - Sly & the Family StoneWhat Goes On - The Velvet Underground
Route: Neighborhood Loop
Temperature: 62°
Climate: overcast pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-49002895918723229882024-03-13T08:00:00.010-04:002024-03-13T21:18:42.523-04:00Got my eyes wide open and I see the signs.Four years ago, the world shut down. For a time. I think today would be a fine one for a morning run.Nine days in a row. Keep pushing.Distance: 2 miles
Duration: 19:34
Pace: 9:46Not sure what to do about my knees, except for to stop running. But that's silly. A day off would be helpful, but the weather is so nice. Maybe another day soon.1979 PlaylistDay Tripper (154 BPM) - Yellow Magic pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-71268279114438017202024-03-12T15:00:00.005-04:002024-03-13T09:32:01.209-04:00Things are going to get easier.Distance: 4 miles
Duration: 39:43
Pace: 9:56"New" music from De La. Our reliance on streaming services means that we do not have ready access to all of our twelve inches, extended remixes and B-sides. I am grateful that De La Soul has continued to roll out non-LP tracks from the past1989 PlaylistFreedom of Speak (We Got Three Minutes) (164 BPM) - De La SoulEye Know - De La SoulSin - Nine pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-39647336443691709782024-03-11T17:30:00.004-04:002024-03-11T22:23:34.756-04:00Muscular, but thin like springs, but not steel.And it's spring again. We're all going to die.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 30:13
Pace: 9:441999 Playlist Deceptacon (161 BPM) - Le TigreBruce Lee - UnderworldA Tab for the Holiday - LilysYour Redneck Past - Ben Folds FiveLet Forever Be - The Chemical BrothersLullaby of Clubland - Everything But the GirlWalk Like a Panther - The All Seeing ILivin' La pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-34597118829313000272024-03-10T17:00:00.003-04:002024-03-10T23:27:19.766-04:00I may be bad, but I'm perfectly good at it.Saturday had a twist, I invited a friend over for lunch. Made lunch for them and we sat around and talked, like friends. That was new.Nine days without toxicants. Both weekend mornings I woke with a minor head pain, the result of sleeping late (I am accustomed to caffeine nolater than six) and also being overwarm. However, unlike most weekends, pain reliever works a charm, and fast.I woke once pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-58329104148210483232024-03-09T17:00:00.010-05:002024-03-10T13:18:46.923-04:00Too long a breath between.Distance: 3.1 milesDuration: 30:23Pace: 9:48All through with the 2020s. But then, aren't we all?2019 PlaylistNo One's Easy to Love (167 bpm) - Sharon Van EttenBlackout (acoustic) - Frank Turnerthank u, next - Ariana GrandeFeel For You - Bat For LashesFunny Business - Alice Mertonyou should see me in a crown (150 bpm) - Billie EilishCruel Summer (170 bpm) - Taylor pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-24771057046115280952024-03-08T17:00:00.002-05:002024-03-09T18:47:12.851-05:00My feet are so heavy.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 30:28
Pace: 9:501970 Playlist
Green-Eyed Lady - SugarloafMama Told Me Not To Come - Randy NewmanCold Turkey - John Lennon & the Plastic Ono BandInstant Karma (We All Shine On) - John Lennon & the Plastic Ono BandMoondance - Van MorrisonThe Knife - GenesisLet Go *Canta De Ossanha) - Astrud GilbertoGimme Shelter&pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-58113882531575933222024-03-07T18:00:00.007-05:002024-03-09T18:47:21.093-05:00I'll never be the same.Another very good night of sleep. The weather fluctuates, cool then warm, trying to ride the warm moments. Distance: 1 mile
Duration: 9:16Woof. Almost talked myself out of a run. Gray and cold. But not too cold? Anyway, wearing long pants, fuck the thermometer. Evening one-mile.1980 Playlist Tell That Girl To Shut Up - Holly & The ItaliansYou Make My Dreams (Come True)&pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-40503241240621677832024-03-06T08:00:00.014-05:002024-03-13T09:33:15.452-04:00Take a breath and go for yours.Weather! Am I right? So, it was beautiful yesterday morning, then the clouds rolled in just after lunch. Rain, rainy, rainy March day. The way it should be! And yet. Love a beautiful spring day.Distance: 2 miles
Duration: 18:53
Pace: 9:27No toxicants for five days. Resting better than usual. No melatonin no Benadryl. Just lying down and crashing to sleep.1990 PlaylistCandy - Iggy Pop ft. pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-67805292537088656262024-03-05T08:00:00.006-05:002024-03-05T18:57:29.255-05:00I looked up at the tallest building, felt it falling down.Paul Atreidies is a bitch.First bad sleep in days, but that was due to it being a Monday. they usually call off on Mondays (or Tuesdays). It's a fact. So I drowse but not doze. Anyway, March Mildness is an opportunity to take stock of how much alcohol occupies my imagination. Like social media, it is a thing I rely on as a distraction. "Alcohol will relax/inspire/entertain me."The beer pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-45933728910897139012024-03-03T15:30:00.002-05:002024-03-04T08:36:04.072-05:00Take it up a notch.Day three. The thing about drinking, I can come in from outside and think, what will I drink? And then I remind myself -- oh, nothing! Then I don't have to think about it.I also think of snacks, until I remind myself that I'm not having snacks, and I think of something else.I'm not saying any of this is easy. What I'm saying is I think these things. It's amazing how much I think about snacking orpengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-68524775840198050282024-03-02T13:00:00.015-05:002024-03-02T21:59:50.277-05:00Feels good to make your body move.Friday was a bigger day than I realized. This morning I woke and my keister was sore, on the left side. It was from all of the dagger fights and death scenes.Slept eight hours, no melatonin, no Benadryl. No alcohol, no weed. Just Zoloft and caffeine this morning. I have a dry cough, which I contribute to dehydration and a lot of talking yesterday. I have to get on that.Distance: 3.5 miles
pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-25072709985646710582024-03-01T17:00:00.002-05:002024-03-03T16:00:26.474-05:00March Mildness IIOkay, we're doing this. March Mildness Part Two.
For the next thirty-one days I will not receive alcohol. I will refrain from snacking, paying special attention to what I eat for each meal, portion control. No dessert, little added sugar."No, thank you," shall be the whole of the law.Distance: 1 mile
Duration: 9:36
Hopefully, I will also run once a day six days out of seven.
Route: Neighborhood pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-54996535836264448732024-02-27T17:00:00.000-05:002024-02-27T17:00:00.150-05:00Pull up to the bumper, baby."... on the other hand, jars."Once upon a time, it would snow in February.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 30:45
Pace: 9:551981 Playlist Predictable - The Kinks
Secret Journey - The PoliceThe Voice (152 bpm) - Moody BluesGuilty (154 bpm) - Classix NouveauxThrough Being Cool (156 bpm) - DevoJust Too Easy (158 bpm) - Romeo VoidPull Up to The Bumper - Gracepengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-3695520603222324432024-02-26T16:30:00.004-05:002024-02-26T16:50:30.276-05:00It's ninety-one son, so something's got to change.Epic Cleveland night last night. Standing around the atrium of the CMA (iykyk) sipping drinks, waiting for entrance to the 680-seat Gartner Auditorium for a unique performance from Jon Batiste.Just before the performance began, I had to enquire of my spouse about the handsome young man seated next to her."Are you sitting next to the Mayor of Cleveland?" I whispered. She quietly assured me that pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-88422185949668616402024-02-25T17:00:00.000-05:002024-02-25T17:10:24.686-05:00You're such a delicate boy.Fuck, yes.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 30:40
Pace: 9:53
2001 PlaylistCherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) - GarbageFreaks - Stephen Trask ft. Girls Against BoysHarder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Daft PunkAugust Day Song - Bebel GilbertoSmoke - CorneliusHella Good - No DoubtSparkling Diamonds from "Moulin Rouge" (OST)In the Waiting Line - Zero 7 ft. Sophie Barker
Route: pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-39214493803024722362024-02-24T14:00:00.004-05:002024-02-24T23:09:08.659-05:00¿Dices que soy imperfecta?Lying awake Thursday night, legs, knees, aching. I’m not sure how to be more careful or prepared. Pain reliever after each three mile run, I guess.I have not run more than seven times in the month of February since 2018. So that's good. But it's below freezing today, so that sucks. I was intimidated by a playwright on Threads who said he ran in the the cold today so I'm like, oh fuck pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-44848362416869927202024-02-21T18:00:00.001-05:002024-02-21T18:28:34.545-05:00All I can feel is vertigo.No, no. It's the weather. I can run when it's like this, I hate running when it's cold. Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 29:17
Pace: 9:262021 Playlist Chaise Lounge - Wet LegThe Gathering - Frank Turnerbrutal - Olivia RodrigoI Need Some of That - WeezerHo Not To Drown - CHVRCHES ft. Robert SmithStrong Feelings - Dry CleaningVertigo - Alice pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-78569242734895932262024-02-19T15:30:00.002-05:002024-02-19T17:44:17.856-05:00It's bleak in the 1970's sun.Happy Presidents Day. Got another stye. Another one. I am sick of this. It's in the corner of my eye, makes me feel like I have a headache. Sick of it. Happy Presidents Day. Fuck.Distance: 1 mile
Duration: 10:25God. That was a delirious prelude, and a delirious run. Beautiful weather, I overdressed.My belly is too big for this. I can breathe well at this weight.1972 PlaylistHocus Pocus - pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-32834807783170484512024-02-17T17:00:00.001-05:002024-02-17T17:21:08.635-05:00I can't stop myself.What a mess am I. Saturday headache, not at the start but building over the afternoon. Pain reliever, getting out, taking a nap, more pain reliever, late afternoon coffee. And God, my diet. Really, it's a bad habit -- that I am just eating it all before March. That's not how it is supposed to work.Got to run, we're seeing Brecht tonight. Last chance to clear my head. Snow on the ground, short runpengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-16896596056491419472024-02-10T16:06:00.003-05:002024-02-10T16:06:33.513-05:00Drop to your knees.Three days in a row -- in February! How odd. I may have taken a break, but tomorrow is pretty booked so I that will be my break. The goal is to get back up to speed, with my lungs and legs at capacity by March.Still need to get that additional knee brace. Got to put that on the list. If it's not on the list, I forget. And the list is so important on a Saturday. My Saturdays are for ..? pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-35288183757942116712024-02-09T08:00:00.001-05:002024-02-10T17:21:25.477-05:00Writing your tragedy.A four-mile run may be followed by a much shorter run. That is entirely acceptable, if it means moving on. There is nothing particularly notable about the year 2002 that warrants a longer playlist, just this banger which I didn't even know existed until a certain movie was released late last year.Distance: 2 miles
Duration: 19:30
Pace: 9:45
2002 PlaylistMurder on the Dancefloor - Sophie pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-44960420389798930802024-02-08T16:30:00.004-05:002024-02-08T17:33:37.016-05:00Stripping down to dirty socks.Earbuds!(with visible acne scarring)Had to sub today, left me exhausted. Thought I might nap after I got home, but it's fifty-seven fucking degrees out.Distance: 4 miles
Duration: 39:38
Pace: 9:54
2012 PlaylistLet's Have a Kiki - Scissor Sisters22 (Taylor's Version) - Taylor SwiftGood Time - Owl City ft. Carly Rae JepsenPaddling Out - Miike SnowFive Seconds - Twin ShadowCall pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0