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.