Even if I'll keep on running, I'll never get to Orange Street.

Thank you, Mr. Boseman.

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 29:36
Pace: 9:33
Route: Forest Hill Run
Temperature: 70°
Climate: overcast & cool
Mood: sad
Weight: 179 lbs. (+1.0)

Teenage Kicks: Record Store Day 2020 (All Vinyl!)
My City Was Gone - The Pretenders
Going Underground - The Jam
Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
The Prince - Madness
Stutter - Elastica
Safety Net - Shop Assistants
You're My Favorite Waste of Time - Marshall Crenshaw
What Do All the People Know - The Monroes
She's On It - Beastie Boys
You Be Illin' - Run-D.M.C.

Got to be said, everyone is wrong. In comparison, vinyl sounds like shitty. Muddy and distant.

I'ma keep running 'cause a winner don't quit on themselves.

On her list!

Short run. Get out in it. Yeah.

Distance: 2 miles
Duration: 18:06
Pace: 9:03
Route: Two times around the block.
Temperature: 77°
Climate: sunny & humid
Mood: not bad
Weight: 178 lbs. (-1.0)

Brown water. No water this morning. Ugh. Gonna have a can of water now.

Kamala's Summer Playlist
Freedom - Beyonce ft. Kendrick Lamar
Reachin' 2 Much - Anderson .Paak ft. Lalah Hathaway
In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins
Soul on Fire - LaVern Baker

I don’t play when it comes to my heart.

Work. Grad school. Life. Exercise must be included.

Distance: 3.5 miles
Duration: 35:45
Pace: 10:12
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 79°
Climate: sunny. nice.
Mood: not great
Weight: 179 lbs. (-0-)

Currently enjoying two drinks a week. That's down from two drinks a day.

Feeling trembly, though. It was a good run. But I feel run down. It's been a low morning, I need to do something about that.

Kamala's Summer Playlist
Kiss - Prince
Preach - John Legend
Night Drive - Ari Lennox
Girls Like You - Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B
Can I kick It? - Tribe Called Quest
Somebody Who Loves You - Betty Who
NASA - Ariana Grande
Higher - DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hustle & John Legend
Cold Sweat - James Brown
Pastime Paradise - Stevie Wonder
Let Me Rock - Marc E. Bassey
Dark Skin Women - GoldLink

We can change the world.

Kill me.

We go days without drinking alcohol. None. It has been several days, including weekends. Friday night, soda water. Saturday morning, the headache. The Saturday morning headache. The day ruining headache.

Usually, when I have this kind of head pain I think it must have had something to do with alcohol, and in that way I can work up a real, Puritanic guilt. I fucked up This is my fault. That is an unhealthy way to think, anyway. But in this case, it's just false.

I spent most of the day in bed dozing. What a waste. At least I was able to read. And the turth is, it kept me from running. I think these joints need a day between runs, one day at least.

The mornings are cooler. It is the golden time for running -- and also sinus headaches.

Distance: 2 miles
Duration: 18:15
Pace: 9:07
Route: Two times around the block.
Temperature: 66°
Climate: nice.
Mood: determined
Weight: 179 lbs. (-2.0) Achievement unlocked.

I would have gone to the park this morning ... but I put on the wrong shoes. These things hurt me in Chicago, I should never have run in them.

Kamala's Summer Playlist
Push It - Salt-N-Pepa
Girl - Destiny's Child
What If - India.Arie
Day Dreaming - Aretha Franklin
How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? - Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

Run it like a girl.

My daughter crushes an eight minute mile. I am not doing so bad, myself.

Yes, a second day run and my thigh hurts. Okay. This is how t goes. I would rest a day... but I do not wish to.

Distance: 2 miles
Duration: 18:27
Pace: 9:13
Route: Two times around the block.
Temperature: 79°
Climate: partly cloudy & beautiful
Mood: hopeful?
Weight: 181 lbs. (+1.0)

I congratulated myself with a bag of Doritos yesterday. It's a lesson.

Kamala's Summer Playlist
Work That - Mary J. Blige
Like a Girl - Lizzo
Make It Better - Anderson .Paak ft. Smokey Robinson
Sun Is Shining - Bob Marley & the Wailers 
Before I Let It Go - Beyoncé

All my faith is in the next big thing.

I keep thinking about running, but not actually doing it.

Distance: 3.5 miles
Duration: 33:04
Pace: 9:25
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 72°
Climate: sunny & nice
Mood: all right
Weight: 180 lbs. (-1.0)

So, when I rest for a few days between runs, I have better runs. Faster, little pain after. I go longer, don't feel weary. It's good.

Delving into the past a little. Reminded of this odd band. So early 90s.

Jesus Jones Playlist
Who? Where? Why?
Move Mountains
The Real World
The Devil You Know
IBYT 12 (International Bright Young Thing)
The Next Big Thing
Motion
Trust Me
February

Chilled on Sunday.

Yes, we have been busy. Literally busy. Reading, writing, moving furniture. One of these days, am I right? So, just getting out to take in two miles has dropped off, which is a shame. It's not the weather, not the business. It's just me. It comes, it goes.

We have been laying off the alcohol lately. One or two on a weekend, that's it. And is it making a different, in the muscle department? Can't say. I think so? One thing I realized is that I have ALWAYS, since I was a child, gotten up from nap with my pulse throbbing loudly. That's always been a thing.

But, does it only happen when I lie on my right side? If so, why? 

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 29:26
Pace: 9:29
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 79°
Climate: sunny & bright
Mood: all right
Weight: 181 lbs. (-2.0)

I had one drink last night, a lo-cal shandy kind of thing with, like 4% alcohol, and I woke up with a headache and the tremors in my chest. Seriously? Okay, that's it. I've had it.

What's That Lyric?

7 Days - Craig Davis