Start to run into the trees.

Easy days, working on the synopsis. It's always good for me to have a little project.

I find myself just staring past the birch trees, at the water. Standing, sitting. Like I owe it to someone to be doing that. It's not normal for me, to sit passively like that. Maybe I'm missing something. Maybe I am meditating and don't realize it. I'm certainly not thinking anything.

First Leg

Distance: 2.1 miles

Duration: 19:47
Pace: 9:28

80s Running Alternative Mix
A Forest (Remix Mix) (163 bpm) - The Cure
Idiot Box - Incubus
The Perfect Kiss (Live) - New Order
Fruit Machine (168 bpm) - Ting Tings
Falling to Pieces - Faith No More
Bad Day - R.E.M.
There's a Barbarian in the Back of My Car (166 bpm) - Voice of the Beehive

Route: Martin Point Run 
Temperature: 66°
Climate: overcast & cool
Mood: all right

Last night we all went to the community cabin to play bingo. Entrance to play is that you bring a prize. I brought a dish of blueberry muffins I had baked that morning, and I won a "Property of Shawshank Maine State Prison" T-shirt. Next year I need to remember to bring an Ohio State Reformatory T-shirt to offer.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Absolutely gaining weight on this trip. The notches in my belt don't lie. Not much I can, or want to, do about it right now. There has been a great deal of stress eating. But also, portioning my meals ... which have been fried to a significant extent.

It doesn't help that all the local produce has been scraped up and I am wary of the salad. America today is so fucking stupid. 

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

Stopped to see my brother at the place he is staying, which is conveniently along my route. Saw his wife taking a walk and she asked if I was stopping by for coffee and I whined, "I'm in the middle of a run ..." which is dumb, I'm on vacation and never turn down an invitation for coffee.

Second Leg

Distance: 1.45 miles 

Duration: 13:34
Pace: 9:24

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

Currently, I think we’re in a state of an emergency.

The nation is sick. And by sick I mean dying.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 24:47
Route: rec center
Temperature: 36°
Climate: overcast
Mood: determined

1995 Playlist

The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul - Ruben Blades

Geek Stink Breath - Green Day

Down By the Water - P J Harvey

Jackson Cannery - Ben Folds Five

The Brooklynites- Soul Coughing

Drop - Pharcyde 

Alright- Supergrass

Stutter (172 bpm) - Elastica 

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 162 lbs. (-1.0)

Need to eat more vegetables. Must have more vegetables in the house.

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

You gave your body. You gave your best.

Yes, things are awful. Like, they are pretty bad. What would my father have made of this? People keep seeking saviors, eschewing collective action. What can I do? What am I effective at? Writing. I think that's what I need to do. Writing has saved us where brute force has not. And besides, I am not violent by nature.

Distance: 4 miles
Duration: 39:25
Pace: 9:51

I need to take pain reliever more often. It really helps. Also, I need to run more often. Even when I am not having a running day, and therefore a record, I have been (mostly) mindful about consumption. Portions, snack, etc.

We did go to a ballgame yesterday, where I have been enjoying two beers a game (which is a lot) and shared a thing of chicken tenders & fries, but even that wasn't overwhelming.

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

Baseline: 185 lbs.

Weight: 176 lbs. (+2.0)

Goal: 170 lbs.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream

Lunch: pizza & salad

Writing Hour: GLBCo. Mexican Lager

Dinner: TBA

What’s That Lyric?

Hello - The Cars