Wonder why you stopped getting high.

The wife has departed for points west, not to return for almost two weeks. The elder will join me in a day or so, but they have such a busy schedule I will still be largely on my own.

The school year winds to a close, there is so much yet to do. The question is whether I will be able to take advantage of my time alone to be productive, remain focused, and feel satisfied with how I am spending my time.

Distance: 3.2 miles

Duration: 28:35
Pace: 8:55

Prepared my first batch of cannabis brownies last night, yes, a 57 year-old man making the pot brownies. Would I be successful? I was. They hit after about an hour, I wisely took a modest sample because they turned out to be pleasantly potent. For the first time in many days, I slept well and long -- and still woke up before eight am. What a weekend! 

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 68°
Climate: partly cloudy & nice
Mood: mellow

"For the inventive spirit of man there is no Utopia: there is only a Not-yet."

- "Metropolis" by Thea von Harbou

"And if you use crack now ... get help now!"
- Jenny Lewis (1986)

Block Rockin' Weekend - The Current

Charles Bradley:

   Changes

   Heart of Gold

   Stay Away

Hank Williams:

   Your Cheatin' Heart

   Jambalaya on the Bayou (165 BPM)

   Honky Tonk Blues

Jenny Lewis:

   Red Bull & Hennessey

   Heads Gonna Roll

My shins, both of them, have been stressed. No doubt the result of a week spent on my feet, teaching three days of classes in schools. I will take additional ibuprofen and wear some bandages.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 164 lbs. (-1.0)

It's easier to manage my intake when I am alone. I set alarms for meals so I'm not thinking about it. But then I don't have to wonder; when does she get home? Six? Seven? Eight-thirty? We had dinner Friday night after 9 PM, of course I was snacking before then.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

Sweet serotonin rushes.

The old man is not well, his eye is ulcerated and requires medicine and attention. Friday night he woke me up several times, to get under the covers which is nice except when he gets in and out of bed.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 26:44
Pace: 8:37

Also, the new cat likes to get on top of me when I sleep, which is usually pleasant, but if Tiger is under the covers, then that's an issue. Anyway, it was a bad night's sleep. 

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 57°
Climate: overcast & beautiful
Mood: all right

Today, I will travel to Cincinnati to attend a recital/gig. The wife remains at home to care for an old cat.

2017 Playlist

Formidable Cool - Wolf Alice

Waving Through a Window - Ben Platt

On Hold - The xx

Green Light (Chromeo Remix) - Lorde

Serotonin Rushes - Fujiya & Miyagi

We Got the Power - Gorillaz ft. Jehnny Beth

High Ticket Attractions- New Pornographers

Bad Liar- Selena Gomez

Twenty years ago, on April 10, 2006, I was lamenting the fact that, though I had taken a running kit with me to London, I hadn't done any running. By that time in my life, I had gotten used to -- nay, looked forward to -- taking a run in New York City. Not that I had done it a lot, but I did a few times when I was there for the 2004 NY Fringe.

"Ran roughly four miles. Man, Sunday it is a free-for-all, everyone running in every direction. Keep your head up."

Millennium Bridge, 2006

But that was because I was squatting at an apartment two blocks from the Central Park on the Upper East Side. I knew my way around that part of New York. 

What's On Daddy's iPod?
Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie

In spring 2006, we were staying at my brother's place in Battersea. I had not yet started using mapping programs to find my way around unusual places. The next year, when we returned for the I Hate This tour, I took a run in London and another in Plymouth. I had learned how to prepare.

This weekend, I am preparing by running at home on Sunday morning, and then hopefully on Tuesday, so I don't need to run in Cincinnati at all.

Stretches: yes

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

We're eating more junk food! Lot of grazing. And cookies. Time to bear down again.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

But still physically fit.

What will happen?

Distance: 3.2 miles

Duration: 28:21
Pace: 8:51

Snacking on Tuesday, all day. Chocolate, Cheez-Its, extra bowls of granola & yogurt. Watch that shit.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 57°
Climate: sunny & beautiful
Mood: pretty okay

1988 Playlist

VX Gas Attack - Skinny Puppy

All She Wants Is (US Master Mix) - Duran Duran

Awake and Watching - Click Click

I'm Your Pusher/Pusherman - Ice-T

Blind - Talking Heads

Beat of Love - Voice of the Beehive

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 161 lbs. (+1.0)

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

You better move.

We are in weather insanity season. Sixty degrees and rain, thirty degrees and snow, fifty degrees and high winds, twenty degrees and cold. I hate it.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 27:53
Pace: 8:59

At the same time, I am also tired of running in circles indoors.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 33°
Climate: sunny & cool
Mood: not bad

1990 Playlist

Enjoy the Silence (Hands & Feet Mix) - Depeche Mode

My Friend Goo - Sonic Youth

U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer

Mama Said Knock You Out (12" Remix) - LL Cool J

From This Moment On - Jimmy Somerville

The Power (12" Version)  - SNAP!

Stretches: yes 
Water: yes
Weight: 160 lbs.

Maintaining. The past two days I have had a lot of restaurant produced foods, from Sushi En, McDonalds, Stone Oven, XYZ, Provence at the CMA. And snacking, a milkshake, Twizzlers. Not good.

But this is why: I have not been cooking. There are few leftovers, which is good, because we have been eating them and not letting them go bad. But I need to make a dinner. Tonight, for example! I will make dinner tonight. It's an at-home day. Lots of writing and housework to do.

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

See you tomorrow. Yes, tomorrow. It's going to be seventy degrees. See?

I’ll run all night. Don’t let me.

Winters are supposed to be cold. And things going the way they have been, we deserve even more days off. It's difficult being a water-based organism in this climate. 

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 25:43

We continue, undaunted. Controlling your diet when you are copped up is a challenge ... it helps when you haven't been to the grocery store and your house is no longer full of snacks.

Route: rec center
Temperature: 6°
Climate: bright & freezing
Mood: getting it

2014 Playlist

212 - Azealia Banks ft. Lazy Jay

Here Lies Love (Curtain Call) - Ruthie Ann Miles

Rather Be - Clean Bandit ft. Jess Gylnne

Boom Clap - Charli xcx 

Barbra Streisand - Duck Sauce ft. A-Trak & Armand Van Helden 

Girls Chase Boys (170 bpm) - Ingrid Michaelson

Time - Jungle

After the Disco - Broken Bells ft. Danger Mouse & James Mercer

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

Still sneezy. Still not ill.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

Time to deliver.

Running retreats to the rear of my imagination. This happens, it's not unusual. There are a weight of obligations at the front of my imagination, which makes me unhappy. It shouldn't, being un-occupied is much worse. But I hate being responsible for anything.

Anyway, I have made a little list. Let's see how much I can accomplish today ... and tomorrow!

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 24:43
Route: rec center
Temperature: 30
Climate: cloudy
Mood: stressed

It's the 90s!

Mama Told Me Not to Come - Wolfgang Press

Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) - C+C Music Factory ft. Martha Wash

Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers 

Season of the Witch - Luna

Nothing ‘Bout Me (Remix) - Sting

The Last of the Famous International Playboys - Morrissey

Guitarist Breeze (6000km to Amsterdam) - John Beltran

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

Timing. What I eat and when I eat. 

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

¡Que no pare la fiesta!

The holidays begin. Last Wednesday I was inspired, and picked up a tree. Did not consult a soul, just did it. The tree is trimmed -- for the month -- the nutcrackers and other decorations are out, and we have started feeling festive. 

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 24:57

Track running for the time being. And me trying not to scarf the snacks. Yeah, I made a pie on Saturday night. You have a pumpkin, you make pie. 

Short trip to Cincy to hear some live, holiday jazz. Can you blame us?

Route: rec center
Temperature: 29°
Climate: cloudy & cold
Mood: determined

On the 10s Playlist

Running Up That Hill - Meg Myers

Don't Stop the Party - Pitbull ft. TJR

Harvest Moon - Poolside

Only Girl (In the World) - Rihanna

Surrender Under Protest - Drive-By Truckers

Blackout - Frank Turner

Doncamatic - Gorillaz ft. Daley

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 163 lbs.

Tweaked my ankle after the race, I have found ankle rolls to be very effective at alleviating the pain. Run today was good and swift.

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

Good Lord, is it me? Am I the jerk? I'm just trying to run here, people, read the signs.

Two steps ahead of everyone.

How odd. By the end of the day on Wednesday, I was feeling poor, like I was getting a cold. I noticed during my run that I felt rather weak. Not weak enough not to run, and maybe that was it. I was using a BPM playlist and perhaps pushing myself harder than I should have been.

I thought I would wake up Thursday completely sick, but that did not happen. I am grateful. I don't want to be sick.

Still, in my torpor I polished off a bag of Peanut M&M's and what was left of a bag of Doritos from Sunday night. Illness as an excuse.  

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 26:01

I'd really love a brief uptick in the weather, for one more run in the woods. Committing to the rec center so soon is a drag. The fact is, I run faster in the rec center; it's flat, level, no dips or possible places to trip. I sometimes torture myself with images of losing my feet and going forehead-first into an I-beam.

But I can't tell if I'm the asshole or if it is everyone else. I know you are enjoying your time at the gym, but I am sick of people walking four abreast. They know there is a runner on the track, but they just chat and try to pay attention to when I come around but it's not that wide of a track. I come around in less than a minute.

I think they think I should just use the treadmill, but Jesus Christ, so could they.

Route: rec center
Temperature: 38
Climate: overcast & cold
Mood: driven

Best thing about the track is that I pause, briefly, after every mile and have a big healthy drink of water. That’s extremely helpful.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 165 lbs.

We're failing sugar season. Time to tighten up. But I did make this amazing pizza last night, using the marinara pasta with Romanesco as a topping.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

The Best of Everything But the Girl (2025)

Missing (Terry Todd Radio Edit)

Nothing Left to Lose

Tracey in My Room (Lazy Dog Bootleg Vocal Mix)

Walking Wounded (159 BPM)

Single

Corcovado (157 BPM)

This singles collection was released today, November 14, 2025. Most of the tracks I listened to today are from 1994-1996, so there's a lot of guilt and shame in there. My God, what would I have done without Tracey and Ben?

It'd be safest if you ran.

In 2007, the Death Clock said I will die Monday, October 7, 2047.

Now it says I will die Wednesday, May 7, 2042.

What the fuck, Death Clock?

I don't want to die on a Wednesday.

Seriously, though, and to paraphrase Logan 5, "Do I get my five years back?"

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:09
Pace: 9:04

Now avoiding all the pre-Halloween Halloween candy in the office. And yet, at home I have started just putting things into my mouth. When it's the other half of the banana I had as part of breakfast, okay, I guess. When you are putting away the leftovers and decide, at the end of the night, to have another "little" bowl of pasta and sauce, that is not okay, that is weirdly compulsive.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 50°
Climate: overcast & cool
Mood: all right

He's got legs.
He knows how to use them.

Capsule review: FRANKENSTEIN (2025)
Given the essential subject matter and also popular trends in gothic horror this film featured a surprising lack of dong.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 161 lbs. (-9.0)

It's cool and damp, but the sun is shining so brightly. An indoor run would be a crime.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

Spooky Workout Mix

Rasputin (Club Mix) - Boney M. ft. G. Mart

Mother - Danzig

Sick, Sick, Sick - Queens of the Stone Age

Blood in the Cut - K.Flay

Into The Void - Nine Inch Nails

Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Revolting Cocks

Tooth - Lady Gaga

Shit, got some new ideas for the Monster Bash Mix.

This race is all but run.

The weather has finally, truly turned. Depressing headache yesterday, as the clouds came in and the temperature dropped. It's rained for about a day, we're bringing the plants inside, I'm starting to close the windows, the heat is on.

And it is time to hit the rec center.

Distance: 3 miles 

Duration: 25:42

A few years ago, when I was having trouble turning a small idea into a big idea, I started to go on longer and longer runs. The urge was to make a metaphorical idea come true; by tracing a bigger area with my feet, perhaps I could trace a bigger idea with my mind.

-  by Ben Ratliff, "Run the Song"

Route: rec center
Temperature: 45°
Climate: rain
Mood: irritated

Just a few days ago, it was my Noomaversary. Surprised they didn't let me know, but that might run counter to their programming, drawing attention to the passage of time. Or maybe a lot of people quit after one year.

My recreation center membership renews in December. That's how late I signed up, how long I ran in the cold and rain before taking that step. Now, I just need to prepare in the morning, and I go. It's not a big deal.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 170 lbs. (+10)

How do you jump ten pounds in two days? It was surprising to me, but not too surprising. The fact is, the past two days, yesterday especially, were not "mindful." They were, in fact, ordinary. The headache compounded my desire, I sat in a classroom in Aurora, miserable, taking notes, and thinking how much better life would be with sugar and caffeine. I made a beeline to the nearest Starb*cks and got not only a PSL, my first, and hopefully only of the season, and why not, a slice of banana bread.

That banana bread is 380 calories, all by itself. This was after having had my traditional breakfast.

Lunch was packed, which was good. But it is sugar season and there is candy all over the office, I had one, two, I mean, they're so small, three pieces of candy. Two of them were chocolate.

Last night I was on my own and I made dinner. Leftover mac and cheese, but I did not measure it, and so it was closer to two cups, not just one. In that way I could just empty the container. Why not? And I grazed on pretzel sticks as I air fried sweet potatoes.

Later, watching TV eating dinner and having a beer, I decided not to let the honey mustard I made go to waste and fetched two unmeasured handfuls of pretzel sticks, but also made additional honey mustard to go with it.

Unregulated, unmeasured, unrecorded, unmindful. This describes what used to be a normal day for me. Just, eating whatever.

There is a lot of produce in the fridge, but I could not be bothered to make something good for just me, which is unfortunate. But there you go, ten pounds in two days. A lot of that weight is probably just working its way through me, waiting to get out. But some will remain.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: TBA

What’s That Lyric?

It’s Not Over (‘Til It’s over and Done) - Bleu McAuley

Is anyone else hot?

Maintaining weight is easier than losing it. I need to return to basic steps (having fresh food in the house, making dinners instead of purchasing them, always packing lunch) but also, training my body not to need.

Thursday, I did a fine job of only eating at mealtime. The meals were bigger than they needed to be, but there was no snacking, no grazing. However, by dinner my system was, I don't know. Empty? I have gotten used to always having something to digest. I developed an uncomfortable case of gas, not in my bowels, in my stomach. It was distressing, uncomfortable, painful. This is a thing that happens sometimes when I eat less.

And then there's the kind of hunger that is disorienting, making me confused, irritable, difficult to concentrate. There is a way through this, but like I said, it takes work. And since the middle of the summer, I have either been on vacation, where the rules are different, or very busy and away from home.

Home makes for good eating habits. I never thought of it like that before.

Distance: 4 miles
Duration: 37:09
Pace: 9:17

Great run. Hot, yes -- it's noon! But I felt good, warmed up, no tightness, no pain (okay, slight pain) good posture, nice pace. Felt great!

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 84° 
Climate: hot!
Mood: good

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 165 lbs. (+2.0)

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-ups: TBA

It's Hot! Playlist

HOT TO GO! - Chappell Roan

Hot For Teacher - Van Halen

Hot N Cold - Katy Perry

Hot In Herre - Nelly

Hot Stuff - Donna Summer

Warm - Haim ft. Charlie XCX

Hot Blooded - Foreigner

Gonna Make You Sweat - C + C Music Factory ft. Martha Wash

Warm Leatherette - The Normal

Send My Love (To Your New Lover) - Adele

Own heart beating.

Exhausting myself this week. Long days, long nights, and the heat. I don't like to complain about heat, I much prefer it to the cold. It truly has had an effect upon me. 

I really should never go out after Dark Room. Socializing is fun, but going to bed at midnight is no longer a practical option for me, not ever. Bed by ten is ideal. But not on Tuesday. Nor on Wednesday. Nor on Thursday, or Friday. Not this week. 

And yet, I run.

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 29:15
Pace: 9:25

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 72°
Climate: sunny & bright
Mood: bit angsty

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 163 lbs. (+1.0)

Man bytes dog.

Much of the current weight fluctuation relates to circumstance. Went to a ball game last night. We are also going to be eating out tonight -- and another ball game tomorrow night. It's a lot.

Planks: yes
Pushups: yes

155-164 BPM Playlist

Make Your Move - Kenny Loggins

Beat On the Brat - The Ramones

The Long Hair of Death - Stereolab

No Love Lost - LCD Soundsystem

Don't Fence Me In (The Bachelor Remix) - David Byrne

Leaving Las Vegas - Sheryl Crow

Thank You For Hearing Me - Sinéad O'Connor

Open up the door.

We reach the end of another stay in the Barnstable. And what have we learned? Why, nothing. Nothing at all.

Six runs in Maine! Every other day. Do you imagine I will run on Sunday evening?

Distance: 3.5 miles
Duration: 32:18
Pace: 9:14

Yesterday we went on a puffin sighting cruise. Cool day, overcast, occasional, very light rain. Ideal.

I have been enjoying the fried things, yesterday I even had a lobster Reuben, which is just what it sounds like. Breakfast of fruit, granola, and yogurt keeps me honest.

Route: Martin Point Run
Temperature: 69°
Climate: sunny & beautiful
Mood: very good

We drive home tomorrow, a two-day journey for which I plan to do a lot of mental prep work for our teacher workshops on Monday and Tuesday. This happens far too often, I have to hit the ground running (as they say) the morning after I return from a vacation or expedition.

Stretches: 
Water: yes
Planks: yes
Pushups: yes

We have taken many vacations and expeditions over the past two years; the Southwestern train and desert trip, a transatlantic cruise, our journey across Spain, with jaunts to NYC and of course, right here in the cove.

And I'll tell you why. Because my mother died. Because there was a pandemic. Because our children are grown and we are celebrating them and also ourselves. And because we couldn't, and now we can.

It won't continue like this, it can't is is unsustainable, and we aren't getting any younger. But I am trying to remain young and alive, and treasuring the world while I am on it is going to be a big part of that.

BorderLight | Fringe Unleashed Playlist

World, Hold On - Bob Sinclar ft. Steve Edwards

You're the One - Kaytranada ft. Syd

Intimidated  - Kaytranada ft. H.E.R.

Back on 74- Jungle

Chihro - Billie Eilish

Another Night - Claptone

... and scene. "See you in the Heights."

Out of time on the highway to never.

I think I said something.

The second week. Different guests. different vibe. The weather remains ideal. Things are different this year, and by that I mean I am different. I seem to remember being a bit irritated by little things last time; that chairs that weren't pushed in, the glasses and cans that were left about.

Sometimes people take care of these things themselves if you leave them alone for a little. Sometimes you just take care of them yourself and that's okay, too.  

Seriously, these recent memories of times ten years ago have had a profound effect on me, on my appreciating the way things are for us now.

Distance: 3.5 miles
Duration: 32:19
Pace: 9:14

How is my diet? Good, I think. I am trying not to think too hard about what I am eating, nor how much. Certainly there are more desserts (dessert is not a usual thing most days) but even these are taken in moderation. There are an abundance of Doritos, because it is vacation, and also a lot of alcohol. Is it a lot of alcohol? Moxie & rum is a favorite. 

Route: Martin Point Run
Temperature: 75°
Climate: sunny & humid
Mood: very good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Planks: yes

Pushups: yes

BorderLight | Fringe Unleashed Playlist

Love Come Down (DJ Nipper Remix) - Evelyn "Champagne" King

Love Tonight - Shouse

My House - Purple Disco Machine

Ocean Drive (Purple Disco Machine Extended Mix) - Duke Dumont

On My Mind (Purple Disco Machine Remix) - Diplo ft. Sidepiece

I'm enjoying this playlist a lot.

Physically you’re on the run.

Every couple weeks, Noom offers a “treat day” for which you will not expected to log anything — and receive no prompts to do so. I have backed these “treat days” — I used one for the sci-fi marathon in January, for example. But I have saved more than enough to block out our entire journey.

I will attempt moderation. But that’s the thing, I doing need to think about it.

Distance: 4.1 miles

Duration: 37:19
Pace: 9:20

I run Central Park every couple of years, last time in 2023. It’s taken twenty years of occasional park running before finally executing a perfect loop, without any wrong turns or doubling back, even entering and exiting the park at the same place.

Route: Central Park Loop
Temperature: 56°
Climate: perfect
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

My knees ache already, no surprise. We walked two miles yesterday, just returning to the hotel from Times Square. Worth it, though. The Thayer-Hansens, doing New York.

Dinner at Carmine’s, of all places. We told them the story of the night before I proposed. Not sure how they took that. Anyway, I managed to enjoy without being stuffed.

1975 Playlist

Boogie Shoes - KC & the Sunshine Band

Sweet Transvestite - Rocky Horror Picture Show OSC

Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen 

December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons

Crossword Puzzle - Sly Stone

Stand By Me - John Lennon

Death On Two Legs (Dedicated to …) - Queen

Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show OSC

Fly By Night - Rush

Tush - ZZ Top

How Long (Betcha Got a Chick On the Side) - Pointer Sisters

The run was epic. I used to think of love to live here, now I’m not so sure. I do love cities, but I’m very attached to my home.

Going round and round.

New-to-me shirt.
(Non-compression.)

Weight maintained. Getting there is the really hard part. Maintaining it does not mean starving, or even feeling hungry. When I am hungry between meals, I have become very thoughtful about what and how much I eat.

And it’s not all vegetables or nuts or fruit. I eat chips. I just don’t eat out of a bag, I put them in a bowl, I count them. I had fish fry yesterday, just not the whole plate.

And I drove to Canton and back without stopping at Swenson's, even though, believe me, I thought about it.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 24:15

Route: rec center
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

1971 Playlist

Bitterblue - Yusuf (Cat Stevens)

It’s Too Late - Carole King

Jump In the Fire - Harry Nilsson

Strawberry Letter 23 (171 BPM) - Shuggie Otis

Oh! You Pretty Things - David Bowie 

What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye

Won’t Get Fooled Again - The Who

Man. 1971. Lot of shit going on. Speaking of which, when does the trade war become a real war?

Just watching all their feet.

Saw our first Guardians game for the season last night. Forty degrees. We had fun, won the game (almost fucked it, though) but, man. I feel still and tired this morning. If I hadn't gotten a call from a sick actor I wouldn't have gotten up as early as I did.

So, we run!

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 24:55
Route: rec center
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

Some compulsive chewing at the game last night, provided the illusion of heat. Anyway, the occasional indulgence is fine. It's the constant indulgence that will get you.

1981 Playlist

Someday, Someway - Robert Gordon

Love Is Alright Tonite - Rick Springfield

Splintered In Her Head - The Cure

We Got the Beat - The Go-Go’s

I’m Your Money - Heaven 17

Penthouse & Pavement - Heaven 17

Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go-Go’s

Run while you can, baby.

We have hit a roadblock, or at least it feels like one. The exercise, the commitment continues, but it doesn't feel like it did before. I think that is because I am longing for the temperatures that will take me outside. But at least I have a subscription to the inside, to keep me going.

And I maintain. The wife gets pizza, I have one slice, and a healthy dose of salad. Snacking is minimal, and measured -- and enjoyed.

An Arthur Treacher's opened in town yesterday -- not an April Fool's joke, and honest-to-god Arthur Treacher's opened across from the high school. I hope to visit that soon. 

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 27:37

Relaxed run. Did it, right?

Route: rec center
Mood: sleepy
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

2017 Playlist

Show You the Way - Thundercat ft. Kenny Loggins & Michael MacDonald

Dreams (Colors Mix) - Beck

Perfect Sunday Sun - Nick Heyward

Cold - Maroon 5 ft. Future

Drew Barrymore - SZA

Hard Times - Paramore

Shine On Me - Dan Auerbach

May I Have This Dance (remix) - Francis & the Lights ft. Chance the Rapper

Run for Cover (165 BPM) - The Killers

Onto the ones.

Who's tripping down the lanes of the rec center?

"Almost, Maine"

Spent one night in Minnesota to see my niece in the school play… there’s had been so much familial celebration the past two weekends. And more to come! I have dined out considerably the past two weeks. It’s like we’ve been out of town or something.

I mean, we have. I have. But also not.

I look first to eating less, and better, again, you know?

Distance: 2 miles

Duration: 17:02

Seriously, since last Saturday, I have eaten bacon on five separate occasions. And these days I never eat bacon.

Route: rec center
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

Consistency. I think I have actually learned something.

1967 Playlist

Trip to Your Heart - Sly & the Family Stone

Funky Broadway - Wilson Pickett

Windy - The Association

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Nina Simone

Lucifer Sam - The Pink Floyd

Little Games - The Yardbirds

Mary, Mary - The Monkees

Fourteen consecutive every-other-day runs. Good work. Let's see how the next month goes.

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