I really miss hanging on each other's words.

Crazy, there's six first-run movies at the Cedar Lee this weekend that I have already seen.

Muggy days, rain and heat. I hope the fall is cool and long.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:09
Pace: 9:04

We had a power outage last night (always hated that word, "outage") which I managed by reading with a flashlight on the side porch. We have a gas stove so I was able to make ramen.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 70°
Climate: clammy
Mood: surprisingly focused

New For 2026 Playlist

Gas Station - Slayyyter

Cruising to Self Soothe - Ecca Vandal

Automatic - Jessie Ware

We Should Talk - Bleachers

Gotta Keep the Funk Alive - Minneapolis Funk All Stars

Dance ... - Slayyyter

One Step Away - Madonna

Danceteria - Soft Cell

This is how I remain young at heart.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 165 lbs. (+3.0)

No, no idea. I would like to purchase a new digital scale, the one we have now is an old school spring activated version, which changes your weight depending on whether you are leaning forward or back, and I'd like something consistent.

Yesterday, I was exhausted, all day. Just not enough sleep. I tried to keep myself awake by drinking a lot of water (which necessitated many more trips to the toilet) and obsessing about snacks, and though I did have a small snack in the morning (a tiny bag of graham crackers) and one in the afternoon (one packet of fruit snacks) that was it and the rest of my meals were normal.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

It is September. Rehearsals begin in earnest next Tuesday. A lonely three-day weekend. A friend did ask me out for dinner tomorrow night, which was very thoughtful and I am looking forward to that.

It's T-minus eight.

Come running at the drop of a hat.

And did we complete fifteen runs in August? Yes, we did.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:04
Pace: 9:22
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 77°
Climate: warm & humid
Mood: a tad weary

New For 2026 Playlist

My Dead Astronaut- Robyn Hitchcock

the feeling - Steve Lacy

American Cars - Noah Kahan

In The Stars - The Rolling Stones

I Won't Be Home Tonight - Tony Carey

Sun and Moon - Danielle Ponder

Lonely in the Future - The Strokes

Supersize - Megasound ft. Bad Bad Hats & Party Nails 

Seriously, Stones? How did you do that? Eighty year olds produce a stone cold banger.

Had to look up Tony Carey, I thought that got on by mistake. Sounds like 1983. But he's old, too. So is Robyn Hitchcock. We're all old guys.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 162 lbs. (-2.0)

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

Like a perp frozen in your headlights who forgot to run.

"Comedy of Errors"
Cleveland Shakespeare Festival

Big month for the writing. Progress on a new work, a reading today at Clague Playhouse, and a new publication!

Distance: 5.75 miles

Duration: 52:18
Pace: 9:05

Good habits. I still take the stairs, always. And I have incorporated a glass of water into my morning routine, every day.

Route: Forest Hill-Cain Park Run
Temperature: 74°→76°
Climate: hot!
Mood: good

... but a little headachy. Allergies? Slept too warm? This has happened twice recently. Don't care for it.

Still, awesome run. Juneteenth celebration starting up at Cain Park. People on the streets. And yes, a longer run -- I get IDEAS. I need to jot them down, but they are very helpful.  

New 2026 Playlist

Situation - Johnny Blue Skies

Switch Up - Mike D

Be Great - Jill Scott ft. Trombone Shorty

Hoes - LIzzo ft. Sexyy Red

Going Shopping - The Strokes

mangetout (the Dare remix) - Wet Leg

The Deal Pt. 2 - Aaron Tveit, Nicholas Christopher & the company of "Chess"

Riptides - Death Cab for Cutie

Victim of Luck - Metric

Somewhere Else - Tomora ft. Aurora & Tom Rowlands

Fabulous - Meek

Universal Soldier - Depeche Mode

Talk to Me - Robyn

Ready, Steady, Go! - Harry Styles

Maybe I'm the Reason - Dev Lemons

I have been writing, consistently, for two weeks. It has been a while since I have been or have had the capacity (i.e. time) to keep a consistent schedule of creation. Mostly it's been journaling, which I have to remind myself is also a good thing to do, but I also need to storyboard, to think about the world of the play, to create a backstory that makes the narrative make sense. Today I made progress on a very important scene, one which will be original to this adaptation, and provide a history to certain characters whose past is shrouded in myth in the original.

How did this place come to be? And how, in such a relatively short period of time? Why here, and now?

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 163 lbs. (-2.0)

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

The most alive I've ever been.

Friends and neighbors ... 60 Playlists for 60 Years.

2026 Playlist

The Arbiter - Bryce Pinkham and the Company of CHESS

NUEVAYoL (Live at Super Bowl LX) - Bad Bunny

The Great Divide - Noah Kahan

drop dead - Olivia Rodrigo

Dopamine - Robyn

Dry Spell - Kasey Musgraves

Dance No More - Harry Styles

Stampede - Genesis Owusu

Punk Rocky - A$AP Rocky

Yep, we saw Chess on Broadway at the end of last year and it was a good time, but most of what I really loved about it is not to be found on the original cast recording. Pinkham is a gas but he's not the best singer which is evidenced in this recording. The thing is, on stage that's part of the joke -- Me? The Narrator? I get a song? Oh, my!

I'd really like them to make available the single The Arbiter (I Know the Score) performed by Björn Skifs, a re-recording of the concept album version that includes a third verse:

As you settle down behind your pawns, power passes to me

You can play like Fischer, Karpov, Euwe, and Tal combined

I won't mind; please feel free

They all thought they were "the big fromage", but they don't have my clout

I control the match; I start it, I can call it off

Kasparov found that out

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 27:20
Pace: 8:49

Audition month. End of season. Beginning of new things. One day we will move beyond oh who am I kidding, that day will never come. Rather, let us embrace the generosity of now. My family, our home, our cats. Health, privilege, time.

And I can still run. This will not always be so.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 58°
Climate: just beautiful 
Mood: all right

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 165 lbs. (-0-)

It takes 1/3 of a year to do the annual playlists, so "this year's list" doesn't represent the entire year, and yet. Pretty hot, right?

Also, I heard Olivia Rodrigo's new single drop dead for the first time on SNL just last night.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

What's next?

You should feel invincible.

Maybe next time,
I'll be lucky.

On Wednesday, I received the announcement from the NYC Marathon that I did not make the lottery. I will not be going to New York this fall, at least, not to run in the marathon. There will be no 20 year celebration of my first marathon, I will not be attempting a fifth race, not this year.

Distance: 4.5 miles

Duration: 40:45
Pace: 9:03

I also resisted the temptation to sign up for a fund raising team. I told myself, if I do not get in, I am not going. Fund raising for Chicago made me culpable. Days before the race I knew it would not go well, but I felt responsible to the people who had donated, I had to run the race. I never want that to happen again, if I don't feel up to the race, I won't race.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 66°
Climate: beautiful, man. just beautiful
Mood: apprehensive

Because I have a show that weekend, Halloween weekend. When I signed up for New York, that was when I learned there would be a conflict. A November 1st race? Uh, okay. I'll put my foot in. We'll see what happens. It didn't happen. And that's fine.

2020 Playlist

On Division St - Nation of Language

Murphy's Law - Róisín Murphy

Compression - Monica LaPlante

It Might Be Time - Tame Impala

Heart of Glass (Live from the iHeart Festival) - Miley Cyrus

Dying to Believe - The Beths

Energy - Disclosure

Strange Times - Gorillaz ft. Robert Smith

Hollywood - Car Seat Headrest

Model Village - Idles

BandAid - Nur-D

Having said all that, I need to remember why I run. If I am not training, what am I running to? What am I running for? The running is its own reward. I remain fit. Noom helped me get to 160, and I have stayed there, it is the best weight for me to be. And since I quite the app (it does cost some money) I have maintained my eating habits, drinking water, and the exercise. And more exercise, the sit-ups, the push-ups -- not a lot, I'll never be muscular, and I don't need to be. But maintenance. Remaining fit.

And I enjoy the music.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 160 lbs. (-0-)

I wanted to run yesterday. It was a beautiful day, but I had to work later than usual, and by the time I got home it was sundown. I no longer run outdoors after dark, it's just not safe. And by that, I mean I could trip or at the very least, run tentatively, afraid of running into something, and that can cause strained muscles and sore knees. Better not to.

It is also beautiful today.

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

Yeah. I may run tomorrow, too.

One day that’ll be your forehead I’m kissing.

"This hasn't happened to me since M!"

Wednesday night I was on my own, the wife at a dinner, the elder at their internship. It has been a while since I have been on my own with nothing to do myself. And since the kids have graduated high school, I have tried to take advantage of opportunities like these to do things I always told myself I wanted to -- like to watch movies on my own.

I have also been affected by the use of screens, the inability to focus on one story from beginning to end. It's easier at the cinema. On Monday I treated myself to The Testament of Ann Lee. I went out, had a beer, got popcorn, and watched a flick, all by my lonesome.

Wednesday night, I took time to make a list of possible selections. I chose M, Fritz Lang's 1931 psychological thriller which introduced the world to Peter Lorre.

Goodness. Isn't that film timely.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:11
Pace: 9:05

Ten years ago yesterday, my life changed forever. Maybe it is too facile to think that only the death of someone close to me defines my existence, but upon reflection it certainly seems that way. When Calvin was born in 2001, I became a different person, suddenly, and then gradually. I thought differently, looked at the world and the people in it differently.

When my father died of a massive heart attack on the morning of February 19, 2016, my world shifted again, and I moved into this new phase of my life with uncertainty, but also a new purpose. 

With the deaths of Bowie and Prince at around the same time, it became a meme that year, "Everyone is dying! Put a ring around Betty White!" Yeah, well. As George St. Geegland put it, "When a famous person dies, blame the year and make it about you." My father died in 2016, it wasn't part of a curse, it was thing that happened. It was going to happen, fathers die.

As will I, some day. Most mornings these days I say farewell to our elder child as they head off to the openings shift at a local bakery and coffee shop. I am their father. As he was to me, I am to them. I hope I live so long. Longer, though. When did my father stop running? Why did he stop running? I feel like it was something he did for a short while, starting later than I did, and stopping before this. I do not recall.

The exercise keeps me healthy, and fit. Will it extend my existence?

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 52°
Climate: sunny & damp
Mood: sad

I am so sick of some people.

2021 Playlist

Be Sweet - Japanese Breakfast

Security - Amyl & The Sniffers

The Overload - Yard Act

Now I'm In It - Haim

Wet Dream - Wet Leg

Freedom - Jon Batiste

Russian Doll - Gully Boys

The Gathering - Frank Turner

Spit of You - Sam Fender

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 162 lbs. (+2.0)

We watched the USA Gold match yesterday. I had fried pickles, mozzarella moons and onion rings. Then I didn't eat anything for the rest of the day.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

Must keep up with the upper body exercises.

Charge me up now.

March 2006
(That's a dye job.)

With the life I am currently living, it makes sense that I completely forgot to acknowledge the fact that this blog is twenty years old. "Daddy Runs Fast" began on January 10, 2006. My first run of the new year. I was 37 years old. I was about 170 lbs. I was complaining about belly fat. I had plantar warts. I had a lingering hamstring pull. I would soon develop shin splints. I thought myself old.

I am glad that at that time, I considered 170 lbs. to be "10 pounds overweight." That I knew then what my ideal weight is — which is where I am now. A thing to be proud of. On that date, I ran two miles, and that it was hard. I would run a marathon that November.

January 10, 2006 Playlist

Holiday - Green Day

Mirror In the Bathroom - The Beat

I Don't Want Your Love - Duran Duran

Tear You Apart - She Wants Revenge

Not much changes. I imagine I am no older now than I was then.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 25:15

I currently have back pain. This began last month, when I participated in stage combat choreography and lasted through the holidays. It went away but recurred this week, I believe because I tried doing some bicycles instead of sit-ups.

Route: rec center
Temperature: 12°
Climate: sunny & cold
Mood: all right

2022 Playlist

Selfish Soul - Sudan Archives

Down - Hot Chip

Snap (170 bpm) - Rosa Linn

Dashstar*-VIP - Knock2

Good Ones - Charli xcx

Lost Track (162 bpm) - Haim

Stabilise - Nilüfer Yanya 

Power Station - Cory Wong

Circuit Board - Raveena 

Take Me to the Good Times - The Suffers

"Twenty Twenty-Two?" Was that actually a year? A year that happened? That's silly.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 160 lbs.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

Moving ‘til my feet get sore.

Alex Pretti

This country is just so fucked.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 26:06
Route: rec center
Temperature: 17°
Climate: continual snow
Mood: not happy

2023 Playlist

A Real Thing (160 bpm) - The Beths

Hot In It - Tiësto ft. Charlie xcx 

The One That Got Away - Muna

Loving You - Cannons

Fireworks (173 bpm) - Joseph

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - The Dandy Warhols

Daily News (160 bpm) - Bartees Strange

Echolalia - Yves Tumor

Stretches: sort of
Water:  yes
Weight: 162 lbs.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

I’ll never run out on you.

Shit is getting done. Spending a long week at the (kids') alma mater, hoping things ease off slightly next week. But why should they? They didn't last fall. And yet. Shit is getting done.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 25:26
Route: rec center
Temperature: 40
Climate: cool
Mood: driven

2024 Playlist

Drive - "Stereophonic" (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Ayayay - Noga Erez ft. Dillom

Night Owl - Auntie Hammy

Dirty Work - King Princess

Oh no! - The Decemberists

Ultraviolet - Clover County

Baddest (Badder) - Joey Valence & Brae dt. Ayesha Erotica

Hotstepper - Trinix ft. Blvk H3ro

Have you seen Stereophonic? It's really good. But I have questions.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 160 lbs. (-5)

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

See you Friday.

Run for the hills. Run for the trees.

I had a fantasy about running the LES while we were out of town, but I also wanted to sleep in, to go with whatever the plan might be. Also, the forecast was for cold. It had snowed several inches the day before we arrived and the sidewalks and streets were sludgy and slippery.

I made the right decision by not bringing my kit, and I did not regret that one moment. Sometimes you have to surrender to the reality of the situation. 

Distance: 4 miles

Duration: 34:51

Now it is the new year, with new plans, new promises. For example, I promised I would remain 160 lbs. And I would also like to lean get it) into losing another five. 

Route: rec center
Temperature: 21°
Climate: overcast
Mood: resolved

Friends and family ... 60 Playlists for 60 Years.

2025 Playlist

Wild Horses - Wolf Alice

Ring Ring Ring - Tyler, the Creator

Pussy Palace - Lily Allen

Cops & Robbers - Sammy Virji ft. Skepta

My Old Ways - Tame Impala

Tambourine - The Dare

Love in Real Life - Lizzo

Swoon - Peter Murphy 

The Human Race - The Vapors

I Lied to You - Miles Caton

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 165 lbs.

Goal: 155 lbs. 

We resume with new dedication.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

Music and love have magnetic properties.

Yes, glad I did the Turkey Trot. My fastest five mile was in the 36 minute range, and that was a very long time ago. But we do not need to go fast. This is the only official race photo they got of me, I'm trying to turn on IG so I can record a few moments by the Guardians of Traffic and I look up and there's the photographer and even then I thought, well that's going to be the dumbest picture ever.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 24:34

Route: rec center
Temperature: 32°
Climate: cold
Mood: all right

Roaring Twenties Playlist

White Horses - Wolf Alice

Mutante (Gui Boratto Rework) - Rita Lee & Roberto De Carvalho

Bean Fields - Shannon & The Clams

Fortnight (BLOND:ISH Remix) - Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone

The Loop *  - Toro y Moi

Open Relations - Heart Bones

The song "White Horses" popped up on The Current a month or so ago and I was playing it so loud and it filled my entire soul and I couldn't stop moving to it and now it's my favorite song of the year.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 161 lbs.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

Soon it's a race, it's a rush and a high.

It is such a joy to discover that a theatre somewhere in the United States is producing one of my plays. Of course, we are producing one much closer to home, and there is much to celebrate in that.

The weather is not unbearable, though we do have air conditioning. What will happen when we do not?

The sleeps have been good, I have been trying not to use assistance in falling asleep these past several nights, and it is mostly successful. On occasion we knock ourselves out, it seemed kind of bleary for a while.

The real issue this weekend is allergies. I use drops, but my eyes were all red yesterday, all day. I have resumed taking OTC allergy meds today, I hope that shows results. 

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:21
Pace: 9:28

Roaring Twenties Playlist

Levitating - Dua Lipa

Caution - The Killers

Some Dreams (Extended Version) - Flock of Seagulls

Too Late Now (156 BPM) - Wet Leg

Exhausting Lover - Ben Folds

Sexy Villain - Remi Wolf

Lost Track (162 BPM) - Haim

Just the Once - Metric

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 79°
Climate: sunny & bright
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes!

Weight: 160 lbs.

Everywhere I run, I'm always running to you.

My right calf has been a bit stiff, and that ankle. Also, I either pulled a muscle or pinched a nerve in my right arm last week, and the irritation has not abated. I have been wearing a wrist brace, not sure if it helps or does nothing. I really do not want to see a physical therapist about this. 

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 34:29
Pace: 11:02

The elder child suggested we run to Lorde's latest album, and I suggested we run to the park, not drive to it and they agreed. Muggy, overcast, a couple of walks, entirely successful.  

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 75°
Climate: overcast & humid
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: ope

Weight: 160 lbs.

Virgin - Lorde (2025)

Hammer

What Was That

Shapeshifter

Man of the Year

Favourite Daughter

Current Affairs

Clearblue

GRWM

Broken Glass

If She Could See Me Now

David

There are some running keepers here.

We've been running in the human race.

Friends and neighbors ... 59 Playlists for 59 Years.

2025 Playlist

Anxiety - Doechii

Who Laughs Last (160 BPM) - Lord Huron ft. Kristen Stewart

Basic Being Basic - Djo

catch these fists - Wet Leg

What Was That - Lorde

Swoon (164 BPM) - Peter Murphy

The Human Race - The Vapors

Love In Real Life - Lizzo

Got home from Europe, yanked out a crown. Oh well, better here than on the road, right?

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 27:45
Pace: 8:57

Stayed up too late last night, trashed the morning. I would like to declare this vacation finally over, please. Restorative run, though. Just what I needed to pull myself together. Banger playlist, too. There is still good music being made.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 58°
Climate: overcast & cool
Mood: eh.
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

I feel anxious when I'm high.

Temperatures rise. Good news yesterday, very good news. It's about the summer. Can't share, not yet. But soon.

It's happening, Reg! Something's actually happening, Reg!

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 27:32
Pace: 8:53

Yesterday was Shakespeare's birthday (by tradition) and I was surprised to learn that I have only performed in eight full productions of his works, which is not too bad. But you'd think it were more.

Actually, that seems like a lot. I don't know. I've also directed seven. Two overlap.  

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 58°
Climate: sunny & gorgeous
Mood: okay
Stretches: yes
Water: not really

Weight: 160 lbs.

So, we've been watching sport. The Cavs are in the playoffs, and we are watching. Then there's all the baseball. It was the best of times, it was the blurst of time.

2020 Playlist

Jerk - Olive Tree

Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan

Compression - Monica LaPlante

Yucky Blucky Fruitcake - Doechii

Caution - The Killers

Dynamite - BTS

Intrasport - King Gizzard & Th Lizard Wizard

Your Love (Déjà Vu) - Glass Animals

I can go all night.

We reach the end of another week. All of us, together. I will be on my own this weekend, what to do? Think I may attend the Hands Off protest at Market Square tomorrow.

There are also household projects to be done, in preparation for the summer. Sanding, scrubbing and staining at the fore. Yes, I have plenty to do and all weekend to do it.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 27:58
Pace: 9:01

Dinner at Arthur Treacher's, baby. Five stars. No notes. And, like, a thousand calories, but that's okay. I can manage that once in a while.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 54°
Climate: overcast & cool
Mood: all right, full of fish
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

2021 Playlist

Witchoo - Durand Jones & the Indications ft. Aaron Frazer

Sexy Villain - Remi Wolf

Special Thing - Gilligan Moss

Big Energy - Latto

Chaise Longue - Wet Leg

Security - Amyl & the Sniffers

transparentsoul  - Willow ft. Travis Barker

Once Twice Melody (168 BPM)  - Beach House

Wake Me Up - Foals

Damn. Four years ago, already? Damn.

You got me running through the turnstile.

Thursday morning I started getting this low-grade anger as I drove across town and I was like, nah. I'm getting that prescription back.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 25:05

For around twenty days I have been consistently 160 pounds -- and I mean consistently. Usually, my weight fluctuates from day to day. This consistency is, I believe, the result of not eating after dinner. That is where the matter comes into my system and stays overnight. It's never something particularly healthy, nothing "green" but always "orange."  

Route: Rec Center
Mood: maintaining
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

We're back on track (heh) running every other day. We are well again.

2022 Playlist

Power Station - Cory Wong

Here to Forever - Death Cab for Cutie

Wild Child - Black Keys

Postman - Toro y Moi

Welcome to My Island - That Freaky White Girl

Hi-Fidelity - Lava la Rue ft. Biig Piig 

Telluride - Jordan Conrath

Music for a Sushi Restaurant - Harry Styles

Shatter - Maggie Rogers 

My heart runs on gasoline vapors.

Saw PARADE on Tuesday night. I have thoughts.

Those cats. My familiar is not doing well, and sleeps with me, without moving, every night. Just an old man cat. And the little one won't leave us alone. I haven't had unbroken sleep in I don't know when. 

Just keep running.

Distance: 3 miles 

Duration: 26:31

160 is really the sweet spot. I feel so much better. At the same time, I also feel as though my bones appreciated the additional padding.  

Route: Rec Center
Mood: all things considered …
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

To the threes.

2023 Playlist

There You Are (Beautiful) - Kiss The Tiger

Hot To Go! - Chappell Roan

The Smoke - Nabaté Isles

An Arrow in the Wall - Death Cab for Cutie

Personal Jesus - Iggy Pop ft. Trevor Horn & Lambrini Girls

Girls Talk - Tegan & Sara

$20 - Boy Genius

Lipstick Lover - Janelle Monáe

I'm moving so fast, no time to process.

Thank you for your service.

It didn't feel as though I took a break from running, because I was in a show, one which involved a great many trips up and down four flights of stairs. And the dressing room participated in group push ups before every show. 

But then there was the illness, some kind of virus which first struck my wife, and then me, rendering me weak and woozy the last few days of the year.

Running has been patiently waiting for me. It always does.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 26:06

Did I really run that fast, or did I miscount a lap? Regardless, good to get back on my feet. Happy new year.

How President Jimmy Carter Brought Running to the White House

He caught the bug during the 1970s running boom, and he often ran up to 7 miles at a time.

by Roger Robinson, Runner's World 12/29/2024

Route: Rec Center
Mood: good
Stretches: a little
Water: yes

Weight: 162.5 lbs.

Friends and family, it's that time ... 59 Playlists for 59 Years.

2024 Playlist

Death Valley High - Orville Peck ft. Beck

APT. - Rose ft. Bruno Mars

A Fragile Thing- The Cure

Denial Is a River - Doechii

Starburster - Fontaines D.C.

Survive the Night (from The Warriors) - Company

Oh No! - The Decemberists

Cinderella - Remi Wolf

You ran away, that's touch and go (?)

Made a motherfucking quiche.

It is amusing to me that I ran more in November than in October. It may be due to a colder October and a warmer November. Or I was busy? Or who knows? Anyway, I say I am amused. Amused, I say.

Failed to mention, I walked 3.2 miles on Monday night. Just, needed to get those steps in, walked the large block, from Noble to Mayfield to Taylor and home. It was a little brisk, but a lovely evening. Not sure how long it took, maybe 45 minutes?

Three point two, maybe. I could just run that.

Distance: 3.1 miles 

Duration: 28:23
Pace: 9:09

The cold, and also, the wind. We approach winter.  Weather good for a run, though.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 56°
Climate: cloudy & cool
Mood: all right
Stretches: no
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: TBD

Wait. How did I get a headache during that run? Maybe it is because I am exhausted. I will go into that soon.

The Twenties (So Far)

Apple - Charlie XCX

Vertigo - Griff

The American Dream is Killing Me - Green Day

Buttermilk - Remi Wolf

Slugs of Love * - Little Dragon

Here to Forever *  - Death Cab for Cutie

Girls - The Dare

Chapstick - Coin

Next to Normal - Lucius

Wake Me Up - Foals