Thank you for holding me.

August begins in earnest. I am currently alone. And yet, I am booked. It has me a little freaked out, honestly. But maybe it is a good thing. I have plans, I have so many plans. I am also adrift, I don't know what to think, or how.

I need more sleep. Even more sleep. There is never enough sleep.

And I will continue to run.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:50
Pace: 9:37

Songs For My Funeral

Thank You For Hearing Me - Shuhada' Sadaqat

Love Is Stronger Than Death - The The

Put Your Records On - Corrine Bailey Rae

The Things We Do For Love - 10cc

Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

Cue Fanfare - Prefab Sprout

September - Earth, Wind & Fire

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 76° 
Climate: sunny & hot
Mood: better

Spent several hours last night with a good friend, sweating it out on the side porch. I put out the main bulb, so it was all pepper lights and candles, and as our talk continued, the sun went down and our cups refilled, her face began to change. It's always so incredible when that happens. It was a very good night.

I do have friends. Sometimes I know where to look to find them.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 169 lbs. (-1.0)

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

Got to get on this.

I'm chill like that.

Pretty epic.

Here's the thing about my last run, or my last two runs. They were slogs. Often, I am feeling down but when I hit the road I feel great. It's kind of why I do this.

The last two runs, especially on Monday, and in spite of the lighter weather, it took effort to lift my feet. And then on Tuesday I just tapped out at work. I almost passed out, twice, I think. Not feeling well. No pain, no temperature, just malaise, dizziness, exhaustion. I slept thirteen hours on Tuesday night.

Distance: 3.5 miles

Duration: 32:19
Pace: 9:13

The consistency, it has been a gift. Sometimes you need time off. We have been driving to Maine, getting in and out of a car has been arduous. Just sitting down. Just walking. Sitting down is actually more difficult that standing up. I need to see a doctor. 

Route: Martin Point Run
Temperature: 67°
Climate: light fluffy clouds & breezy
Mood: good

90s Summer Hip-Hop

Fantastic Voyage - Coolio

Hip Hop Hooray - Naughty By Nature

Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) - Digable Planets

They Reminisce Over You - Pete Rock & C.L Smooth

Full Clip - Gang Starr

Slam - Onyx

Award Tour - Tribe Called Quest ft. Trugoy the Dove

Insane in the Brain - Cypress Hill

Stretches: yes
Water: yes

And now, we are on vacation. We are in Maine. I did not know if she would be with me, but she is. Beside me, holding hands, reading, drinking, writing, loving. It was a difficult drive (my leg, the weariness) but here we are. Currently at peace. 

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

It's you and me. Forever.

A respite, of sorts. I do not know how long. Mornings spent talking, loving. We drink our coffee black now. I used to drink coffee black, until I met her. She taught me cream and sugar. And then only cream. We change. Coffee is a blessing. I mean, it is the result of conquest, so I probably shouldn't call it a blessing. But I am grateful for the drink.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:45
Pace: 9:35

Still a band of pain around my right calf, and when I sit or stand it can be a minor ordeal. Some days. Other days no problem. The wife thinks I should see a doctor, and she is correct.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: (Spirit of) 76°
Climate: sunny & clear
Mood: grateful

Bicentennial Top 10

Silly Love Songs - Wings

Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band

Kiss and Say Goodbye - The Manhattans

Get Up and Boogie - Silver Connection

I'll Be Good to You - Brothers Johnson

Sara Smile - Hall & Oates

More, More, More Pt. 1 - Andrea True Connection

Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore

I made this playlist last month, expecting to use it on Independence Day, but forgot about it. I probably wouldn't have played it then, anyway. These are songs from Casey Kasem's Weekly Top 40 on July 4, 1976.

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

Planks: yes
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: yes

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.

Homecoming. For now.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 31:26
Pace: 9:40

Music From the Big Love (1994-2024)

For Your Lover Give Some Time - Original company of "Standing at the Sky's Edge"

How Far I'll Go - Auli'l Cravalho

Crosseyed and Painless - Angelique Kidjo

Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show

Missing (Little Joey Remix) - Everything But the Girl 

The Luckiest - Ben Fold Five

Tightrope - Janelle Monae

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 73°
Climate: partly cloudy
Mood: hopeful

• London (2024)
• Cleveland (2023)
• Cleveland (1996)
• Cleveland Heights (2022)

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 167 lbs. (+2.0)

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

Update: 3:00 PM, flashing in my eye, not sure which, started as small arc before expanding into a large "c" shape and then disappearing without my noticing it had gone.

Nobody said it was easy. Nobody ever said it would be so hard.

It has been nearly a week. I want this to end.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:21
Pace: 9:28
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 73°
Climate: cloudy, clearing
Mood: sad

Music From the Big Love (1994-2024)

The Scientist - Coldplay

Calling All the Monsters - China Anne McClain

Do You Want To - Franz Ferdinand

Make Me Feel - Janelle Monae

Fantastic Mr. Fox AKA Petey's Song - Jarvis Cocker

Shenandoah - Rufus Wainwright

All Night Long - Peter Murphy

A Tale - Cirque du Soleil

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

• Cleveland Heights (2023)
• Cleveland (2000)
• Orlando (2000)

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

I don't want to feel like we're apart a thousand miles.

I love to make her laugh. I love to hear it.

Distance: 5.9 miles

Duration: 55:01
Pace: 9:19

Music From the Big Love (1994-2024)

Before Today (Adam F Remix) * - Everything But the Girl

No Tomorrow - Orson

Fare Thee Well (Dunk's Song) * - Oscar Isaac & Marcus Mumford

My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark - Fall Out Boy

Hell You Talmbout - David Byrne

Life in Quarantine - Benjamin Gibbard

Rehbab  - "Glee" cast

Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae

Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash

Chaise Longue * - Wet Leg

Wait for It - Leslie Odom Jr.

Flathead - The Fratellis

Run On - Elvis Presley

Honeymoon Suite - Suzanne Vega

Magical Trevor - Mr Weebl

Winnie the Parakeet - Sherry Crane

What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction

Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus

Route: Forest Hill-Cain Park Loop
Temperature: 81°
Climate: sunny & hot
Mood: not great

• Cleveland (1996)
• Cleveland (2018)
• New York City (2016)
• Memphis (2000)

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

Planks: yes
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: yes

Remember me to one who lives there.

July 2, 2006: Four our seventh anniversary (wool) my wife got me five albums that had the word "wool" in them, either the artist or album title. She got me the "TOCA Race Driver 3: Official Soundtrack" It's the soundtrack to a video game, composed by Plastic Man & the Wool One. Pretty sweet.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:58
Pace: 9:39

Music From the Big Love (1994-2024)

Bandits (Live) - Josh Ritter

Doctor Who Theme (2005) - Murray Gold

Old Town Road - Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus

Wise Up - Aimee Mann

Girl From the North Country - Rachel Stern & Company 

Devil Doll - Roy Orbison

Hips Don't Lie - Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean

Dead Sea - Lumineers

This Land is Your Land - Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

Brimful of Asha - Cornershop

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 81°
Climate: sunny & hot
Mood: coping

• Tucson (2023)
• Clearwater (2000)
• Memphis (2000)
• Chicago (2017)

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

Pain on the top of my right foot, around my right calf, in my right glute. All down my right leg.

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

Run and hide.

Old friends.

Brother in town, he loves the side porch. So di I. Later the two of us are going to the game.

Taking part of the day off to escort my beloved to a medical consultation.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:30
Pace: 9:11

Fifteen runs in June. Consistency.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 75°
Climate: clear & sunny
Mood: working on it

Sophisti-pop 80s Workout Playlist

It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back) - Eurythmics

Blow the House Down - Living in a Box

Mothers Talk - Tears for Fears

Above the Clouds - Paul Weller

Cars & Girls - Prefab Sprout

Tinseltown in the Rain - Blue Nile

Get Back Together - Everything But the Girl

This is my happy place. And I need a happy place right now.

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

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

No, seriously.

Life is short.

A chore-free Saturday. How far will we run?

Distance: 5.75 miles

Duration: 53:45
Pace: 9:20

The wife is having a tremendous west coast adventure (see photo) and I am celebrating the completion of the school year.

When she goes out of town, I have these fantasies of organizing and de-cluttering and that often lasts six hours on the first day.

As she is out over two weekends, not just one, I am hoping to accomplish more than usual. The weather has lifted my spirits.

Route: Forest Hill-Cain Park Loop
Temperature: 60°
Climate: ideal
Mood: good

Yesterday and today, I have felt pain across my chest. Not like "chest pain" but more like muscle pain, perhaps from overexertion, I do not know. After this run, I do not feel it any longer. 

High School Run (1982-1985)

Fantastic Day (12" Version) (152 bpm) - Haircut One Hundred

Since Yesterday - Strawberry Switchblade

Doctor! Doctor! (Phil Thornalley Remix) - Thompson Twins

New Religion (Carnival Remix) - Duran Duran

Don't Box Me In (160 bpm) - Stewart Copeland ft. Stanard Ridgway

Two Minute Warning - Depeche Mode

New Kind of Kick - The Cramps

Hello Again - The Cars

Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life - Indeep

What Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) (Unsocial Mix) - Wham!

Black Diamond - The Replacements

Baby I'm a Star - Prince & the Revolution

(You Can Still) Rock In America (165 bpm) - Night Ranger

I Confess - The Beat

Remarkable, a longer run, a slower run, a casual run, a beautiful run. The result? My mind went places it does not normally go on a shorter run. I started thinking about the future, not the past, making plans for camp, for the writing workshop, and also the Wilde scene work.

Exercise is good. Thinking is better.

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

If you watch a David Lynch movie before bed, don't be surprised if you have odd dreams.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

We did it again! Fifteen runs in a month. Consistency. Three months running, a streak I have not maintained since 2023, the last period when I would try to run every day. It is a conscious choice not to run every day (unless making up for a missed day) and it has kept me, for the time being, from injury.

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

Run, run. run. How we run!

Oh my God, that week finally ended. It was full to bursting with work, and good work, but exhausting and mind-consuming. Not a lazy week, no. And we ran! And that is good. This weekend is more of the same, only on my own, shopping for the holidays, attending creative meetings, visiting my loved one for dinner (she is having a personal retreat), doing chores, reading, writing, etc.

And more running! 

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 25:31

Saturday was a big day for creative endeavors, holiday shopping, and a lovely romantic dinner with my partner. It also snowed a lot. No time for running! And that's okay!

Route: rec center
Temperature: 15°
Climate: cold & snowy
Mood: driven

Pudding Mix 2025

Christmas Wrapping (Live) - The Waitresses

Santa Hugged Me - Morel

Viva la Vida/Domino Dancing (Christmas EP Mix) - Pet Shop Boys

Wintergardens (Chris Kimsey Mix) - Killing Joke

Winter Sky - Big Country

Happy Holidays - Hermine

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

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

I hear you're mad about Brubeck.

Will you be there?

The mornings start later, the mornings get cooler. It is supposed to be a beautiful, warm day tomorrow, and then the rains come.

Running out of doors, feeling the air, watching the leaves turn. Giving the geese a wide berth. It's a lovely park.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:28
Pace: 9:11

Most days I had to start thinking about my writing task from the moment I got up ... so I felt obliged to take with me into the park whatever music I was writing about. As I ran, finding an alertness parallel to whatever I was listening to, I would form an idea of a way to start an essay or description of a sound as I felt it through moving limbs and whizzing atmosphere, sometimes an idea so crazy I had to dare myself to type it out.
-  by Ben Ratliff, "Run the Song"

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 42°
Climate: clear & cool
Mood: better

Sophisti-pop 80s Workout Playlist

Tinseltown In the Rain - Blue Nile

New Frontier - Donald Fagen

These Early Days - Everything But the Girl

Appetite - Prefab Sprout

The Love Parade - Dream Academy

Mermaids - Andy Pawlak

If You Don't Love Me - Prefab Sprout

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 160 lbs.

Wore shorts, but with a hoodie. That was ideal. A lovely fall day, cool but not windy. The air, the sky, the pavement, the trees. Deer in yards.

The Sophisti-pop thing ... we didn't call it that in the 1980s, the term came later. But we were in it, wearing ties and blazers, saddle shoes and concerned about our hair (I could never do anything with my hair, anyway, no loss) smoking cigarettes and sniffing glue.

Then, nearly ten years after, Toni and I were courting and we were lost and I was married to someone else, and she showed me Washington Heights and she showed me her room and we listened to vinyl records from our teen years and fantasized about an adolescence together we never had.

And then and then, some six or eight years ago, I discovered the Blue Nile. How could I have never heard of the Blue Nile? And it took me back to 1994 and to 1986, and I got all confused. And I was happy in my confusion. 

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: TBA

I can handle my shit.

My goal this year has been consistency. That, whatever else is happening, that I run every other day. Also, that I not run two days in a row. Take that break, even when I am desirous to move. Run, rest, repeat.

So far this year I have run as many times as I did in the entirety of 2017, which was a year that involved a lot of travel, and a lot of distraction. A wedding, a graduation, a fatal illness. Ninety-nine runs in 2025, as of today.

Many year I run between, let's say, one hundred and one hundred and ten times. Two years ago, in 2023, I ran almost two hundred times, which isn't normal at all. No idea why I did that.

At this rate, I hope to have run between 160 and 170 times by New Year's. That's a lot. But I think I can do that.

Distance: 2.34 miles
Duration: 27:09
Pace: 11:35

So, anyway. Had to take an extra day. These days are hot, and I am listening to my body. That's good, too. Take that break.

Also, we spent a day (and two nights) this past weekend at Cedar Point. Okay, so now summer is over. Just kidding, it's not. We have two baseball games to attend just this week. It's crazy.

My spouse encouraged me to ride more ride than I would have desired to, but I am all right. I have a real discomfort with heights, but there were some special moments. Daddy wanted to see all the young college students doing their dancing and their singing before they all return to college. Is that creepy? Of course it is. Totes creep.

Route: Forest Hill Run
Temperature: 75°
Climate: overcast & humid
Mood: all right

Eesh. Shooting pains in my left calf. Right heel still still. I'm a mess. A hot mess.

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

Portion control, yo.

Planks: yes
Pushups: yes

Running Summer Playlist

Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves ft. Carstn & Agent Zed

Ways to Go - Grouplove 

Coming Back to Me - Kasabian

Happy Customers - Two Door Cinema Club

American Pie (L'Tric Remix) - Don McLean

I Can Do It With a Broken Heart - Taylor Swift

Saving Up - Dom Dolla

Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Later Remix) - Sabrina Carpenter

Nobody Else - The S.L.P.

I don't know. I think these playlists kinda suck.

Can you hear them? The helicopters?

It's October! Time to elude the zombies.

Patient 29 0114
Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 30:42
Pace: 9:54

She encouraged me to go, so I went. About time, too. Going to pick up Tommy's and watch the game. Crunch time!

melancholy dreamy Thursday afternoon 

Sexy Boy - Air

Talk Show Host - Radiohead

House of Cards - Radiohead

Down By the Water - PJ Harvey

Venus as a Boy - Björk

Golden Brown - The Stranglers

This Mess Were In - PJ Harvey  Thom Yorke

Sunday Morning - Velvet Underground

Boss playlist for a zombie run.

Route: 3.1 miles
Temperature: 57°
Climate: sunny & bright
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: TBD

Upper body: 

Core Strength: 

Thank you for holding me.

Oh, you can call it cotton candy,
I call it spun sugar.

Oh, the knees. Also, big week for indulgence. Sunday not only featured a big breakfast of toad in the hole,  but also dogs and beer at the ballpark, concluding an overwhelming day at a new Korean hot pot spot where I think I did a decent job of moderation, but who can tell with such tiny bowls?

Last night we held our twenty-fifth anniversary party, where I was moderate but still, I grew accustomed to just grabbing whatever and putting it into my mouth. Also, I have gotten used to the afternoon nap. What if ... what if I ran, instead?

The party signaled the end of our anniversary celebrations. The crossing, the big dinner on Monday (that was a delightful surprise) the party. It is time to relax, to write, and to run.

Hey, that's a good title for a book.

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 30:12
Pace: 9:44

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 70°
Climate: sunny & warm
Mood: all right
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Baseline: 185 lbs.

Weight: 175 lbs. (+2.0)

Goal: 170 lbs.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh fruit w/granola & yogurt

Lunch: smoothie bowl w/fresh fruit, choc & pb granola w/honey

Happy Hour: Strawberry Wheat GLBCo., dolmathes (2)

Dinner: veggie stir fry 

Porch Time: old fashioned, dolmathes, chips & salsa

What's That Lyric?

Thank You For Hearing Me - Sinead O'Conoor

I'm feeling like a champ now.

Let the summer begin ... for now.

Distance: 4 miles
Duration: 38:38
Pace: 9:39

Couple of days on my own, the wife is having a grand independent bookstore adventure. I have plenty to do, and that includes exercise.

Beautiful day in the park. It's gosling season!

2017 Playlist
Controversy - Low Cut Connie

Waving Through a Window - Ben Platt

River - Bishop Briggs

Perfect Sunday Sun - Nick Heyward

High Ticket Attraction - New Pornographers

We Could Run - Beth Ditto

Power - Rapsody ft. Kendrink Lamar, Lance Skiiiwalker

Motion Sickness - Phoebe Bridgers

No Roots- Alice Merton

Where's the Revolution - Depeche Mode

Every Day's the Weekend - Alex Lahey

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 70°
Climate: sunny  warm
Mood: good

Monday

Breakfast: fresh fruit, dried fruit, sunflower seeds, granola, yogurt, coffee w/cream

Coffee Break: coffee w/cream  

Lunch: lentil soup, cheese bread, clementines

Treat: peanut M&Ms

Dinner: ravioli, ice cream w/whipped cream

Nightcap: beer, two cookies

Tuesday

Breakfast: fresh fruit, dried fruit, sunflower seeds, granola, yogurt, coffee w/cream

Coffee Break: coffee w/cream, banana bread

Lunch: buffalo chicken salad wrap, chips, diet soda

Dinner: buffalo chicken salad wrap, chips, diet soda

Dessert: ice cream w/whipped cream

Stretches: yes
Water: yes (not enough)

Upper body: 

Core Strength:

It'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 she was. He'd already complimented her boots.

It was just that kind of night.

Distance: 3.75 miles
Duration: 36:50
Pace: 9:49

1991 Playlist

Rockin' Back Inside My Heart (Tibetan 12" Mix) - Julee Cruise
I Wanna Se You Up - Color Me Badd
International Bright Young Thing - Jesus Jones
Loaded - Primal Scream
Cream - Prince ft. The New Power Generation
Until the End of the World - U2
Pop Goes the Weasel - 3rd Bass
Finally - CeCe Peniston

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 57
Climate: sunny & cool
Pavement: dry
Mood: determined

Stretches: yes
Water: yes

That moment Jon Batiste shook hands with Mayor Justin Bibb right in front of me. What can you do but smile?

She ran away in her sleep.

1. The wife said, you should take a run today. So I did.

2. Done with the zombies.

Distance: 3,1 miles 

Duration: 32:56
Pace: 10:37

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 39°
Climate: overcast & cool
Mood: all right

 

I am also not recording my intake anymore, or my weight. I will run. If I run, I win.

The Dreaming Playlist

Ship To Wreck - Florence + The Machine

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics

Stay Awake - Julie Andrews

Dream On - Aerosmith

Dream Lover - Bobby Darin

Paradise - Coldplay

Enter Sandman - Metallica

Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Morrissey - The Smiths 

Dreams  - The Cranberries

 

Stretches: yes
Abdominals:
Water: yes

I remember how the darkness doubled.

I've never been afraid to take a run before. I stayed in bed today until well after 1:00 PM. I was awake, I just did not wish to leave.

Distance: 3 miles
Duration: 31:37
Pace: 10:35
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 76°
Climate: sunny & warm
Mood: maintaining

Stretches: yes

Water: yes
Weight: 187 lbs. (-3.0)

Goal: 185 lbs. (because we all need goals)

Challenging. Started all right, but I did wear down. The wife "gave permission" for me to walk, and so I did a bit of that. Made it home running. That's what is important I suppose. 

Intake

Breakfast: coffee (3x)

Lunch: bran flakes (1C), blueberries (1/2C.), milk (1/2C)

Dinner: pasta salad (1.5C), half beer

Dessert: ice cream cone

Cocktail hour: Manhattan

Also; fizzy water (1x)

1977 Playlist

Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk

Birdland - Maynard Ferguson

The Passenger - Iggy Pop

Marquee Moon - Television

Cold As Ice - Foreigner

Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band

Rockaway Beach - The Ramones

Everybody Dance - Chic

Standing there but never ever talking sense.

Depression can really affect your physicality. What a fucking pointless day. And I was looking forward to it. Here goes nothing.

Distance: 2 miles

Duration: 21:14
Pace: 10:37
Route: Neighborhood Circuit
Temperature: 80°
Climate: sunny & hot
Mood: very, very, very bad

Stretches: yes
Weight: 188 lbs. (-1.0)

Very hot, very bright. The 70s mix was just the right mood, tomorrow I may go further, with the 1993 mix. Because, you know. That's the greatest year in the history of popular music. 

Intake

Breakfast: chocolate chip cookies (3x), coffee (3x)

Lunch: leftover pizza, Mtn Dew Flamin Hot

Snack: two more cookies

Concert: old fashioned, beer

Dinner: cheesburger, onion rings

What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?

1973 Playlist

I Can't Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles

Right Place Wrong Time - Dr. John

What Is Hip - Tower of Power

5:15 - The Who

I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) - Genesis

Paris 1919 - John Cale