If you want to run away with me, I know a galaxy.

Made it. Twenty runs in August. Also, submitted a grant proposal. We continue.

It is a Thursday, and I have run every day for several days. I will run a short distance today, to keep moving but also to give myself a break.

The nights get longer. I have spent a half hour or so every morning this week on the porch or on the deck, writing. It has been a long time since I have been dedicated to the writing, not since I graduated, really. Or before that. It's been a long time. I took a break, intentionally. But we're back and it is good.

Distance: 1 mile

Duration: 9:03

Route: Haselton Loop

Temperature: 56°
Climate: coolee-cool

Mood: good. confident.

I prepare breakfast before my run, because dawn takes longer to reach us. Breakfast is ready for me when I am exercised, cleaned up and ready for the day. Cut fruit, all that fresh cut fruit.

The Twenties (So Far) Playlist

Levitating - Dua Lipa

When In Rome - Dessa

The Valley of the Pagans - Gorillaz ft. Beck

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20
Planks: tbd 

Upper body: tbd
Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh peach, blackberry, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, banana w/granola & yogurt

Lunch: sushi, salad

Treat: danish (still with the danish!), also Starbursts (4x)

Happy Hour: ginger ale

Dinner: salt baked potato w/red pepper cheese sauce & broccoli

Alcohol? Imperial IPA

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 171 lbs. (+1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: HTD (30 min+)

Writing: part of one scene

Cover me when I run.

Third day. Poor sleep. Warm night. Slight head pain. Knees feel better. Maybe another day of light exercise. 

Distance: 3.25 miles

Duration: 30:25
Pace: 9:21

Route: Boulevard Loop

Temperature: 61°
Climate: overcast & cool

Mood: good

 

Ah, naw. Full 5K. Let's get this.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20

Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, cinnamon bagel & cream cheese

Snack: "fruit snacks"

Lunch: jerk chicken bowl, danish

Snack: almonds & dried cranberries, Funyuns flavored potato chips

Dinner: Mongolian beef over rice

Alcohol? Immigrant Son Common Ale

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: HTD (30 in.)

Writing: 1 scene

What's That Lyric?

Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel

Waking up the road to joy.

My knees are hurting again, they were troubling me in my sleep, both knees. I need to take it easy today.

Distance: 1 mile

Duration: 8:55

Route: Haselton Loop

Temperature: 55
Climate: cool, baby.

Mood: good

New Releases from Old Guys

Los Angeles - Lol Tolhurst, Budgie ft. James Murphy

Road to Joy (Bright-Side Mix) - Peter Gabriel

  

Yesterday at work I had a daydream … about running.

Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 30 

Upper body: 30 reps
Water: ope, no

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh fruit w/granola & yogurt, danish, lavender tea muffin (OH MY GOD)

Lunch: corn chowder, cheese biscuits, Coca-Cola

Dinner: caprese salad (big!), mini swedish fish

Alcohol? no, but 

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

I always gain weight during rehearsal period. Treats and snacks and carry out lunches. Let’s see how we maintain.

Writing: 1 scene

As we get older, and ...

WHY A BIG SUIT?

First day of rehearsal. We begin strong. I woke early, to write and also to run. Septembers I can drop off. I have run no fewer than twenty runs a month since March. I need to run every day this week to make that number. Maybe I will take a break on Friday.

Sun isn't even up yet. Maybe it will be by the time I reach the park.

Distance: 4 miles

Duration: 37:38
Pace: 9:24

Route: Forest Hill Loop (interrupted)

Temperature: 59°
Climate: ideal

Mood: good

Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads (1984)

What a Day That Was

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)

Once In a Lifetime

Big Business/I Zimbra

Genius of Love (Tom Tom Club)

Girlfriend Is Better

Take Me to the River

Crosseyed and Painless

 

Tomorrow, a short run. So it is written, so let it be done.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: tbd
Planks: tbd 

Upper body: tbd
Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/ccream, fresh fruit w/granola & yogurt, danish

Treat: "fruit snacks"

Lunch: pasta alfredo, mixed vegetable, cookie (1 x)

Dinner: corn & bacon chowder & cheese bicuits

Alcohol? old fashioned (1x)

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: tbd

Writing: 1 scene

But first, I'll walk around the world.

Listening to a podcast about the movie Stop Making Sense, which will be re-released in theaters next month. God, that movie is excellent.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:23
Pace: 9:28

Route: Forest Hill Loop (interrupted)

Temperature: 68°
Climate: sunny & warm

Mood: good

Big Sunday for me. Writing, cleaning, preparing for rehearsal period.

 

Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads (1984)

Psycho Killer

Thank You For Sending Me an Angel

Found a Job

Slippery People

Burning Down the House

Life During Wartime

Making Flippy Floppy

Swamp

Mapping program says I'm crushing it.
(Time is "down" because I recorded a long walk last week.)

Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20
Planks: tbd 

Upper body: 20 reps.
Water: yes 

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh fruit w/granola & yogurt, 1 GF cookie

Lunch: pizza (1 slice), dunk, fizzy water

Happy Hour: Moxie, fizzy water, 1 GF cookies

Treat: Mini Swedish Fish

Dinner: pasta alfredo, mixed vegetables

Movie Time: popcorn

Alcohol? no, but

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: Giffels, D.

Writing: 1 scene

Blog: posted

Want to come quick and die.

First full Saturday on my own, but it's booked. I have a service to attend this morning, and coffee date in the afternoon. Do I write now ... or in the evening? I am committed to banging out one scene a day, but I feel unsettled at the moment. Perhaps a run ...

Distance: 3.25 miles

Duration: 29:39
Pace: 9:07

Route: Boulevard Loop

Temperature: 68°
Climate: sunny & humid

Mood: good

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, banana, one cookie

Lunch: ham sandwich, potato salad, cut fruit

Coffee Date: latte, cookie (2x)

Writing Time: Mini Swedish Fish

Dinner: corn  potato soup w/bread, fizzy water

Alcohol? Hazecraft IPA

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-2.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Writing: 1 scene (BAM!)

What's That Lyric?

We Prick You - David Bowie

Do I look moderate to you?

Crazy night last night. We woke around midnight to a tornado warning, and hung out in the bathroom downstairs. The wind outside was frightening, but we were lucky to keep power and there was not much damage here.

New normal. What will happen?

Distance: 4 miles

Duration: 38:59
Pace: 9:44

Route: Forest Hill Loop (interrupted)

Temperature: 72°
Climate: overcast & humid

Mood: all right

So many trees, knocked over or ripped up from the roots, just along my route. I couldn't make my entire run, I had to double back in the middle of the woods because of an impassable tower branches.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-ups: 40

Planks: 90 sec.

Upper body: 20 rep.
Water: yes

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

Lunch: leftover pizza slice, "dunk"

Treat: gluten-free chocolate-chip cookies (7x), milk

Dinner: sushi

Alcohol? special whiskey drink

Reading: tbd

Writing: 1 scene

What's That Lyric?

Moderation - Florence + The Machine

I will breathe, I will breathe, I won't worry at all.

Hate to see it.

Last night I had an artist date. I sat on the side porch during a downpour, storyboarding. It's a graphic device I use to make decisions about what information must be included in each scene. I drank a beer while doing it, not sure if that helped or hindered, probably the latter, but it has been a few days.

Though I stayed up too late, I still got up at six, and wrote my first scene. Now we are on our way.

Distance: 2 miles 

Duration: 18:45
Pace: 9:22

Route: Burlington Loop (clockwise)

Temperature: 72°
Climate: dark clouds & humid

Mood: good

 

On the 10s Playlist

One Life Stand - Hot Chip

Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - Pink

Hurricane - Charles Bradley ft. Menahan Street Band

We No Speak Americano - Yolanda Be Coolft. DCup

Get Lucky - Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20
Planks: 90 sec. 

Upper body: 10 reps.
Water: yes

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

Coffee Break: latte

Lunch: tofu curry over rice

Treat: Twizzlers!

Snack: almonds, dried cranberries

Dinner: bread, cheese, cake, nuts, dried fruit

Alcohol? no, but

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 172 lbs. (+1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Maintain, friend. Maintain. And get more sleep.

Reading: New Yorker 30 min.

Writing: 1 scene

Dawn escapes from moon-washed college halls.

So far, I have been doing a lot of housework, and chores on behalf of others. I need to get my personal writing into my daily schedule.

Today is the first day of school … but not in this house.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:51
Pace: 9:18

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 65°
Climate: overcast & cool

Mood: good

I hope to be inetentional about my time. Just because I have it doesn't mean I use it well. There is houseowrk, to be sure. But in addition to work work, that can take a good part of my evening. Tonight, the wife is engaged and so I plan to have a date with myself, to get organized artistically. To write.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20
Planks: 90 sec.

Upper body: tbd
Water: yes

My thigh has been bothering me, nothing strange nor unusual, just a pull in the quad, the sartorius muscle, at least that's where it seems to be. That long, narrow muscle that crosses the thigh. It is irritating throughout the day. 

This is, I believe, the result of hours of driving the past several weeks. It was a problem I endured a great deal when I drove a stick.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh banana, strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry w/granola & yogurt

Coffee Break: latte

Lunch: pizza (1 slice), watermelon, cookies (2x)

Happy Hour: Cherry Coke Zero

Dinner: turkey sandwich, orzo salad

Alcohol? Knowledge Imperial IPA

TV Time: popcorn

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 171 lbs. (-1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Writing: 1 hour

What's That Lyric?

Kayleigh - Marillion

There's more than one answer to these questions.

These two.

We are planning rehearsals for the residency. The wife works at the bookstore. We are happy making plans. Making dinner. Watching shows. Also, clearing space. Dreaming anew. This is another beginning.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:22
Pace: 9;28

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 66°
Climate: sunny & nice

Mood: good

 

Barbie Playlist

Gurls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

Spice Up Your Life - Spice Girls

Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls

Push * - Matchbox 20

Xanadu - Olivia Newton John ft. ELO

Independent Woman Pt. 1 - Destiny's Child

Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees

Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, Pink ft. Missy Elliott 

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: tbd
Planks: 90 sec.

Upper body: tbd
Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, banana w/granola & yogurt

Coffee Break: latte

Lunch: leftover orzo pasta

Treat: fresh fruit smoothie

Snack: pretzel shortbread

Dinner: pizza (1 slice), Caesar salad, fizzy water

Dessert: three chocolate chip cookies, milk

Alcohol? No

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 172 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Writing: 30 min.

Blog: 30 min.

Fine as fuck.

Saw The Last Voyage of the Demeter on Saturday afternoon. It's tanked at the box office, but I thought it was pretty good. I'm not a horror movie guy, but I'm a vampire story guy, so I thought I'd check it out. It's like Alien on a 19th century sailing vessel. And I really like Corey Hawkins. 

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:56
Pace: 9:19

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 74°
Climate: overcast & humid

Mood: good

First night at home, on our own. What will happen?

 

The Twenties (So Far) Playlist

Boys Who Kiss You in Their Cars - Ber

hold yourself. - Tune-Yards

Run - Killer Mike ft. Young Thug

Phenomenal - Janelle Monae ft. Doechii

The Drop - Sports Team

Jackie Down the Line - Fontaines D.C.

Chaise Longue - Wet Leg

Wild Child - The Black Keys

BandAid - Nur-D

 
Stretches: yes

Planks: 90 sec.

Water: yes

Dropped one last night, to soothe my state. Found myself singing along with the music, that's new. Suddenly, I wanted to write a song myself. Or maybe a play. But I don't think writing high is ever any good.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, strawberry, cherry, banana w/granola & yogurt

Lunch: hummus, baba, diwali, tabouli, pita, falafel

Treat: gummy bears 

Dinner: orzo pasta salad, fizzy water

Alcohol? no

Summer is officially over. Back on your heads.

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 172 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading (30 min.): yes

Blog: 30 min.

A little part of you inside of me will never die.

This has been a long week. Returning home from Athens, we spent the rest of the day packing and loading the boy's stuff to take him to school. Then we spent a few nights in Cincinnati, to get to know the place a little, and take care of last minute business for the boy (he was otherwise occupied settling in.) Now we're back in Athens for more family occasions.

There's been a lot of driving these past few weeks. I hate that part. It's been aggressive to my thighs. But when it's all over it will just be the two of us. But we've been two before and that was very nice, too.

Distance: 5 miles

Duration: 45:09
Pace: 9:02

Route: Hocking River Bike Path

Temperature: 66°
Climate: sunny & warm

Mood: very good

 

College Run Playlist (1986-1990)

Do You Believe in Shame? - Duran Duran

Need You Tonight - INXS

In the Lowlands - Crowded House

African Dance - Soul II Soul

Miss You Much - Janet Jackson

Beer - Murphy's Law

Shamas-Ud-Doha, Badar-Ud-Doja - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

The Prisoner - Squeeze

Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants

Buddy - De La Soul ft. Jungle Brothers & Q-Tip

 
Stretches: yes

Bicycles: 20
Planks: 90 sec.

Water: yes

We have run more this year than in 2021, or in 2019, or since the year 2016. Not what I expected when this year began. We eat less, we drink way less, we exercise more. We feel pretty good.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream

Coffee Break: latte, cranberry nut muffin 

Lunch: popcorn

Dinner: steak, corn on the cob, baked potato (butter, cottage cheese), caesar salad

Alcohol? Old Fashioned (1x)

Man. When was the last time I went four days without a run?

Reading (60 min.): yes

Told our eldest about how I met their mother. So that's where we are now.

Body and beats.

I want to be more intentional. I want to be reading and writing every day. Knowing there is a big change coming I have been putting off these plans. They will come soon, right? I will have copious amounts of time soon. Will I, though? Is that how it works? It is not. You do today.

Running again, and eating well. That was intentional, and I have kept at it for nearly half a year. I can do more. I have done, I can do.

And I will start today.

Distance: 1.7 miles (running)

Pace: 9:00

Route: out the bike path and back

Temperature:  77°
Climate: light rain

Mood: good

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream 

Brunch: beignets, egg benedict & hash browns (split)

Dinner: cheeseburger, baked beans & chips

Dessert: chocolate cake & vanilla ice cream

Alcohol? Mystic Mama IPA

First run with the boy since he was sidelined with a minor injury. Headed out from the hotel, ran the path for a bit, walked for a while to work out his shoulder. Light rain. Nice.

Reading (30 min.): Bechdel, A.

Writing (30 Min.): Storyboarding

Currently reading Alison Bechdel's recent memoir, The Secret to Superhuman Strength. It is a book with which I can relate.

What's That Lyric?

Blister In the Sun - Violent Femmes

I'm so happy with my feet on the ground.

Driving across the state last night was dreadful. Yes, we now have the technology to let us know that there is a TORNADO WARNING while we are in our cars on the open road ... but what then? Pull over? With no safe cover available? Might as well keep driving.

Distance: 4 miles

Duration: 36:20
Pace: 9:05

Route: Hocking River Bike Path

Temperature: 82°
Climate: sunny & hot

Mood: good

It was cool and beautiful when I rose this morning, but held out to see if anyone wanted to join me. Not today. So I took a hot noontime run -- which is fine with me.

I live in the past. I live in the present and the future, too. I'm like a god, or isn't it nice to think so.

College Run Playlist

Buddy (Native Tongue Decision) - De La Soul ft. Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Monie Love, Queen Latifah

Mirror People - Love & Rockets

Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order

She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals

The Gas Face - 3rd Bass ft. Zev Love

Earn Enough For Us - XTC

Roadrunner - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Drifting, Falling - The Ocean Blue

Pump It Up (Lean On Me Reprise) - Club Nouveau

Birth, School, Work, Death - The Godfathers

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20
Planks: 90 sec. 

Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, Swedish fish

Lunch: Reuben, fries, OJ, coffee

Happy Hour: Pepsi

Dinner: spaghetti & sausage meatballs, salad

Dessert: peach cobbler & ice cream 

Alcohol? GLBC Dortmunder

Reading (30 min.): yes (Bechdel, A.)

I've got this pain in my heart, that's all.

Any? Getting hit by a car?

Just want to point out there was a box of glazed doughnuts in here for a day and a half and I didn’t eat one of them.

Distance: 3.75 miles

Duration: 34:22
Pace: 9:10

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 71°
Climate: sunny & clear

Mood: good

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20

Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh PEACH, strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, blueberry, cherry, granola & yogurt

Lunch: leftover MR4

Treat: ice cream scoop

Pre-Show: hot dog

Alcohol? Boss Dog Millennial Hipster IPA

Dinner: Indian take-away

Night Kitchen Years (1995-1998)

Underground (Live) - Ben Folds Five

Rainbo Connection - Stereolab

Sell Out - Reel Big Fish

God's Child - David Byrne & Selena

Shoebox - Barenaked Ladies

Party Girl (Turn Me Loose) The Main Room Remmix - Ulatra Nate

White Girl - Soul Coughing

Unmarked Helicopters - Soul Coughing

Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 172 lbs. (+2.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Too many fries.

When we could run away to paradise.

My ex-wife and I honeymooned in Maui, and we visited Lahaina, and it has burned to the ground.

The human world will burn to the ground or get washed away. It's happening as we watch.

Distance: 2 miles

Duration: 18:24
Pace: 9:11

Route: Burlngton Loop (clockwise)

Temperature: 67°
Climate: overcast & humid

Mood: good

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh banana, cherry strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, watermelon & granola w/yogurt

Coffee Break: latte

Lunch: sushi & salad

City Walk: 20 oz. cherry coke

Dinner: MR4 & fries

Alcohol? no, but

Treat: ice cream scoop

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-) 

Goal: 165 lbs.

Blog: Yes

What's That Lyric?

To Live & Die in L.A. - Wang Chung

Pave the way for the coming release.

Lose, Fascists.

Every other day now? Maintain. Modest consumption. Control. Work. Play. Love. 

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:22
Pace: 9:09

Route: Forest Hill Loop 

Temperature: 72°
Climate: fucking ideal

Mood: excellent

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh cherry, banana, blueberry, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, watermelon w/granola & yogurt

Coffee Break: coffee w/cream & sugar

Lunch: ramen w/pastrami & carrot, fizzy water

Dinner: pizza (3x)

Alcohol? GLBC Vibalicious Double IPA

Night Treat: ice cream, half doughnut

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Blog: Yes

What Lyric Is That?

Get Innocuous!  - LCD Soundsystem

I get on my trek with a headstart back to you.

We voted, you Fascists.

Summer is winding down. Vacation has passed, and the festival, too. The eldest heads back to Athens today, we take the boy to school next week. Still a lot of things planned for August, but really? It feels like we are starting to pack up the season.

And yet. Days on the porch. Runs to be had. Movies to see. Patriarchies to be crushed. 

Distance: 3.25 miles

Duration: 31:11
Pace: 9:35

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 67°
Climate: overcast, light rain

Mood: weak

Turning out to be one of my biggest running years yet. Just passed the number of runs I took in 2013. To think, last winter I thought I was done with this, and yet I still love it.

160-169 BPM Playlist

Someday Someway 99 Volt Version) - Marshal Crenshaw

Girlfriend - Avril Lavinge

Black - The Shroud

Can I Be Free From Crying (Underwolves Mix) - Bim Sherman

Headstart for Happiness - The Style Council

Lake Shore Drive - Duran Duran

Vasoline - Stone Temple Pilots

Wide Awake - Katy Perry

Give Him a Great Big Kiss - The Shangri-La's

Single- Natasha Bedingfield

 

Difficult morning. No alcohol yesterday, little on Saturday. But I had spicy food last night and had something like a body hangover today. Vertiginous, clammy, sweaty, first time I took a run and felt I might shit myself along the path. This did not happen. But I don't like feeling this way, no.

 
Stretches: yes

Planks: 90 sec. (2x)

Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, strawberry, cherry, banana w/yogurt & sunflower seeds

Coffee Break: latte

Lunch: spinach pie, baba ganouj w/pita

Dinner: popcorn, beer

Cocktail Hour: fizzy water

Alcohol? 1 unit

And I'm like, yeah! Eat everything! It's summer!

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-2.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

The written word is a lie.

Okay, here's a confession. And a qualification. I do not have a drinking problem. I have  problem with drinking. Alcohol has always given me a big headache. Always. I have often wondered if I have an allergy to the stuff, like an actual allergy. It makes me ill.

But I enjoy it. Thursday night I had two beers. One at eight, anther at ten. Two beers. We watched the show (Step Nine) got in late. Bed by one a.m.? I woke up at five in the morning, headachy and also shivering. I thought maybe I had Covid (I don't have Covid) and anyway it destroyed my morning. I was sick and in pain and couldn't pull it together until mid-afternoon.

Two beers. You think I'm lying. Two beers. This doesn't always happen but it happens often enough. I was talking to our eldest about it, and about my efforts at selective sobriety since early this year (see: March Mildness) and they said, maybe you need to accept that you can't have more than one drink.

They just said that, like that, to their father. It was so simple, and so straightforward and so helpful. And they're right. That is a decision I need to make. I am so proud we have raised such wise and thoughtful children.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:42
Pace: 9:15

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 74°
Climate: overcast & humid

Mood: good

 

Halfway through my run I got a call from James, and I took it. It was like running with a friend. Modern technology is cool sometimes.

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh strawberry, raspberry, cherry, banana w/yogurt & sunflower seeds

Lunch: Ethiopian leftovers

Snack: almonds

Dinner: vegan “chicken” sandwich

Alcohol? 1/2 pint Guinness 

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 172 lbs. (+1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Okay, this is where I lose it. Bad habits, eating whatever. Let’s keep it together this time.

Too much time has slipped away.

Welcome home. Back to work. BorderLight Fringe begins today!

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:55
Pace: 9:19

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 67°
Climate: overcast & humid

Mood: good

Brisk and sweaty. Just like I like it.

Gabriel & Dresden (Extended Mixes)

Mass Repeat

Eleven

Dangerous Power

Tracking Treasure Down

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 171 lbs.

Goal: 165 lbs.

I gained only one pound on vacation. Well done.