Too many Tuesday mornings.

"Name three races you've finished."

Difficult couple of days, disjointed, uninspired. The only way through is to keep moving. Get rest, eat wisely, exercise, continue to complete the assignments.

Distance: 3 miles (?)

Duration: 26:59

Been reading a lot recently, to the exclusion of going out. It's so cold, the idea of seeing a movie doesn't appeal. Then, neither do the movie selections. But reading is good.

Route: rec center
Temperature: 21°
Climate: downright balmy
Mood: prepared

So many men walking in the running lane. Timing is off, but it may be accurate. Jesus.

1993 Playlist

Tuesday Morning - The Pogues

Come Baby Come - K7

High Noon - Kruder & Dorfmeister

Insane in the Brain - Cypress Hill

Sodium Light Baby - The The

Return to Innocence - Enigma

Pennyroyal Tea - Nirvana

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 160 lbs. (-3.0)

The goal is still 155 lbs.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: TBA

Here, take my shirt and just go ahead and wipe up all the sweat.

Happy birthday!

What has Noom done for me, now that I have unsubscribed? I take the stairs, every day, all the time. I drink more water. I am consistent in exercise. I am much more aware of hat I eat, how I eat, when I eat, what inspires me to eat, and how I choose not to eat things -- and to enjoy the shit out of what I do eat.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 26:12

Then, anxiety. I have so many things going on, and accompanying each is the fear that someone hates me for it. My job, my writing, my production, and yes, my government. The only people I completely trust are members of my family.

Anyway, back to work.

Route: rec center
Temperature: 11°
Climate: cold but sunny
Mood: getting it done

Man. That was a run I did not want to do. Sunday morning, stay home, watch SNL with the wife. It was slow at first, but I am glad I made it happen.

2013 Playlist

Chain My Name - Poliça

Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song) - Marcus Mumford & Oscar Isaac ft. Punch Brothers

Tangled Up (Lokee Remix) - Caro Emerald

Pumpin Blood - Nonono 

Aria Math - C418

Lose Yourself To Dance - Daft Punk ft. Pharrell

Little Numbers - Boy

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 163 lbs. (+3.0)

Middle-aged fucks weaving across lanes, walking the wrong way for a short cut to the equipment they want to use. I mean, go on king, we’re all trying to stay alive but I don’t own this place, either.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

Let your imagination run wild.

January 30, 2023

It has been a very long time since I have had this many runs in January. Back then I might run twenty times, but I no longer have the stamina for that. I was even running outside in the snow back then. No, thank you.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 24:38

Another thing ... I have been sneezing, all the time, for about three weeks. It's crazy. It's like there's something in our living room, like mold or something. It's killing me. I have to jack up on Sudafed just to stop the drainage, it's awful.

Route: rec center 
Temperature: -2°
Climate: still
Mood: driven

1983 Playlist

Adventures In Success - Will Powers

A New England (168 bpm) - Billy Bragg

Automatic Man - Michael Sembello

Communication (12 “ Version) (152 bpm) - Spandau Ballet

I Love It When (You Call Me Names) - Joan Armatrading

School Is In (159 bpm) - Josie Cotton

You Stand By - Roman Holiday

This Is the Day - The The

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

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

Let the rhythm pull you in.

I have canceled Noom. It has become a burden, logging all that information for me to stay in the same place. I mean, I am glad I am in the same place. The question is, can I stay here on my own? I am aware of what is necessary for me to feel good, do I need to spend that much money for an app to remind me to keep on it?

It is a lot of money.

I am still logged on through the end of April. It recently renewed -- which was my reminder to stop. 

So. Let's see how we do on our own.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 25:47

Woke this morning with a headache and also a strong case or vertigo. I do not know how these two related to each other, but they did not compliment each other. I read for a half-hour, from six to seven (RIP) but then I just went back to bed, getting up once for breakfast,

I hope this is a passing thing. My wife encourages me to do the exercises, but I really hate to do them. Like, more than most exercises. I should get on them, though. I also don't feel they do anything, but I guess I would think that.  

Route: rec center
Temperature: 9°
Climate: freezing
Mood: better

2003 Playlist

Naughty Girl  - Beyoncé

Superstar - Jamelia

There, There - Radiohead

You’re So Damn Hot - OK Go

Cry Me a River - Justin Timberlake

Solsbury Hill - Erasure

Slow (Chemical Brothers Remix) - Kylie Minogue 

Wow. That was an amazing playlist.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 160 lbs. (-2.0)

Planks: TBA
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

The wind is cold.

Working to incorporate a regular reading schedule. I have realized that I enjoy doing nothing in bed (no jokes, please) I do not like reading in bed, I do not like eating in bed, I do not like writing in bed.

And when it is time for sleep, I need to just hit the pillow. I like to read during the day, I like doing most thing during the day. At night, I’m just done.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 24:59
Route: rec center
Temperature: 4°
Climate: sunny & freezing
Mood: getting it

1974 Playlist

Be Thankful For What You Got - William DeVaughn

Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang

Junior’s Farm - Wings

You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Back in NYC - Genesis 

Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band

The Thrill of it All - Roxy Music

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

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

Every morning I just hit the ground yawning.

There was this day, maybe the day after the day after new year's 1996, when I called in late to work and my boss said, "Remember, you're not on break anymore," which was a condescending thing to say and entirely appropriate for my relationship with her and sound advice for someone who was my age and at that time.

Joyce was a like a mother to me in many ways, and taught me many, many things. But that also means some of her admonishments stick in my mind the way those from my mother also still do. (Joyce is fine, by the way, this isn't about Joyce.)

Rolling out of the holidays, these days, I hit the ground running, as I have this year and better than most. However, I have been drinking a lot. Much of this has to do with what I have been doing with my evenings which has included a great deal of reading and writing. So, why not? I'm home and safe, the liquor is stocked and I am safely seated on the couch before the fire (ostensibly) writing.

Tea is a beverage, too, though. And water. We're short on seltzer, I need to get on that. The writing (and reading) gets worse as I drink, anyhow.

In 1990, I wrote an entire 300-page book manuscript fueled by Southern Comfort 100 and Camel Lights. It was garbage. 

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 24:53
Route: rec center
Temperature: 22°
Climate: overcast & cold
Mood: full of scorpions

1994 Playlist

Rollercoaster (King Britt Scuba Remix) - Everything But the Girl

Stay (I Missed You) - Lisa Loeb

Intermittently - Barenaked Ladies

My Name is Jonas - Weezer

I Don’t Understand Anything - Everything But the Girl

Down to This - Soul Coughing

Shoop - Salt-N-Pepa

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

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: TBA

See you Saturday.