I'm not coming out until this is all over.

One more in before we hit the road. I have always been apprensive about looking forward to things. I do, you know very badly sometimes. But I have been very aware of my health: Is that a cough? Do I have a sore throat? A positive test and we are not going anywhere.

Today we fly to Chicago before boarding a train to Tuscon. That is the plan. All we have now is a plan. And a pair of running shoes.

The Old Mill: 0108

Distance: 3.2 miles

Duration: 29:30
Pace: 9:11

Good episode, I like the ones that are hopeful, even in the face of despair.

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 66°
Climate: sunny & perfect

Mood: good

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20

Upper body: 20 reps
Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, watermelon, macaroni salad w/egg

Lunch: pepperoni pizza (1 slice)

Dinner: TBA

Alcohol? 

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 171 lbs. (+1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: tbd

Writing: tbd

Blog: tbd

What's That Lyric?

We Will Become Silhouettes - The Postal Service

I love that tune.

Twenty runs a month for seven months.

Next week we are headed west. I had a conversation with the wife yesterday about whther or not to bring my running kit to the desert. She says bring it, I can only regret not doing so. How, when, these are things I do not know. I can tell you I will not be running for several days.

So far, however, running consistently, every other day, has been pretty sweet. Happy, happy autumn.

Distance: 2 miles

Duration: 18:01
Pace: 9:00

Route: Burlington Loop (clockwise)

Temperature: 58°
Climate: very light rain

Mood: good, rushed

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

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

Lunch: caesar salad w/chicken, cookies (2x)

Coffee Break: Coke Zero

Dinner: cheeseburger, fries,

Alcohol? old fashioned, GLBC Oktoberfest

Lae Nite: popcorn

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Writing: 30 min.

What's That Lyric?

Karaoke - Everything But the Girl

Maybe he's looking for his womanly side.

We continue. We keep up the pace.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 26:59
Pace: 8:42

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 61°
Climate: overcast & cool, perfect

Mood: very good

 

160-169 BPM Playlist

You, Kant, Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones

I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles

Across the Room - ODESZA ft. Leon Bridges

Shaking the Tree - Peter Gabriel ft. Youssou N'Dour

Dreaming - Blondie

All You Pretty Gulls - XTC

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

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

Lunch: pizza (1 slice), plums (2), Twizzlers (package)

Treat: Office party chocolate, Cheetos, cookie (1x)

Dinner: pasta w/greens

Alcohol? old fashioned

Yesterday I did pretty well, I had one drink at a social gathering where I could easily have had two, though I did scarf a dessert for two that was in the fridge because the wife said she didn't plan to eat it. This is what I am talking about. I have compulsions within me, and I believe they grow with the change in the weather.

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Writing: 30 min.

Don't worry, there's no hurry.

How do we take a Saturday and make it the best run ever? I have been resting evety other day now, I think next month I hope to do fifteen runs, that's the goal, not twenty. It's time to ease off, but to maintain.

I'm not paying for the zombie app, so the episodes unlock once a week now, and that's fine. In fact. a Saturdy run in fall is the perfect time for one of these, so I am content (with the content. GET IT?)

A Voice in the Dark: 0107

Distance: 3.8 miles 

Duration: 33:34
Pace: 8:50

Awesome run, full of strength. The BPM playlists do help, they usually do. Today it was 160-169. Sometimes brisk, sometimes easy. Always great.

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 66°
Climate: sunny & perfect

Mood: good

 

Now, can I do the exercises, too? That's what I have been missing this month. Do the extra work -- it's not extra, though. It's part of it.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: tbd
Planks: tbd 

Upper body: tbd
Water: yes

That was a great episode, by the way. Full of hope.

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

Lunch: ravioli & buttered bread, Moxie

Dinner: nachos & hot dogs

Alcohol? Bumble berry Brew

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 171 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

We maintain, we have been 170 lbs. since the end of June, nearly three months. But we are also now entering sugar season, which will last until, I don't know, next March. As the lady said, it's decision time again.

Reading: tbd

Writing: 30 min.

Blog: tbd

Actually writing a new thing. It must mean I am putting off finishing the now thing.

What's That Lyric?

It's Gonna Get Better - Genesis

Let's all get baked like Anita.

We made it, or almost have. The rehearsal period, waking up every week day morning at five am or earlier, to write. Every day, for over a month, I have resumed the practice. And what happened? I started writing a new play.

And I ran everyday, or most days, until this week when I had to get out by six. But I kept going. It's hard, to maintain the diet, to continue the exercises -- the exercises have fallen away, I need to pick those up again. But I run. I run. I fantastize about running.

And running must be a pleasure, not a chore. I am feeling sore, a bit out of the spirit. How do I maintain without hurting myself? It's a challenge. It's a challenge.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:49
Pace: 9:37

Route: Forst Hill Loop

Temperature: 75°
Climate: sunny & humid

Mood: good

Heading out was good, sunlight is so helpful. Coming back I felt a bit weighted. Keep going. 

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

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

Lunch: parfait, lemon bread, apple, coffee w/creamer

Treat: chocolate muffin

Pre-run Snack: Almonds & dried cranberries

Dinner: steak, potatoes, beans, duck pastry, fizzy water

Alcohol? no, but

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 171 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: Corley, E.

Writing: 30 min.

What's That Lyric?

A Roller Skating Jam named "Saturdays" - De La Soul

She's so funky, yeah.

Waking early is beautiful. And it is hard. The wife has been engged the past several nights, and I have not. I read, I write, I sleep by nine. But I wake before five, to write, and prepare myself with peace and ease. But I still have to get out by six. This is the final push, there will be more air starting next week.

It feels as though I have not run in a month. I missed one day. My knees can tell the difference. 

Distance: 4 miles

Duration: 38:16
Pace: 9:33

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 67°
Climate: partly cloudy, cool

Mood: good

Eesh. Stretch those shins. As the weather turns these runs do seem a bit arduous. But then, I may be overdoing it. More breaks. More short runs. Keep the engine running, you don't need to tear it up every time.

Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1980)

Intruder
No Self Control
I Don't Remember
And Through the Wire
Games Without Frontiers
Not One of Us
Lead a Normal Life
Biko

This was one I discovered later, starting with his fourth album (alo called Security) and working backward. I was surprised to learn that "Shock the Monkey" was by the same guy who did "Solsbury Hill" which I remembered from when it was played a lot on the radio in 1977.

I'm still not a huge fan of his first two albums. Was he a prog? Was he a rocker? But this one, this third one. This is where he truly started to figure out some things. It was when he became Peter Gabriel. How many industrial rockers of the 1990s owe their career to this one record? 

Hell, Trent Reznor owes his entire career just to the song "Intruder."

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

Lunch: Cobb salad, bread & butter, Cheetos, pumpkin roll (autumn!)

Pre-Run Snack: half-banana, nuts

Dinner: borscht w/potato, egg  sourcream

Alcohol? IPA (1x)

The lovely people at our test school have provided lunch this week, and they are very nice and complete.

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 171 lbs. (+1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: Corley, E.

Writing: 30 min.

You said you wanted to feel alive.

You were born in July '95 / In a deadly heat

Oh, we're feeling it. The desire not to run. It's the chill. I do not wish to run cold. Honetsly, by the time I get out there today, and run a tenth of one mile, I will feel warm and happy.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:18
Pace: 9:27

Put the purple lights up above the front door. It's that time of year! Listened to a "Moody Mix" which was perfect for the day, this early, early fall weather. I mean, the weather is PERFECT, I need to be enjoying this.

But I don't need to run as fast, and it is hard not to. I push and that makes me tired. No pushing! Listen to your body!

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 69°
Climate: sunny & warm

Mood: good

 

Evening runs this week. And you know, you do not need to run twenty a month. Fifteen would suffice.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20

Planks: 30 sec.

Water: yes

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

Lunch: ramen

Treat: Sweet Tarts

Dinner: spaghetti, buttered bread

Alcohol? Baxter Stowaway IPA

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: Corley, E.

Writing: 30 min.

Blog: posted

What's That Lyric?

True Blue - boygenius

Please, tell me who I am.

One day off cn feel like a lifetime. Also, the weather has changed, it feels like fall and so we'll call it that. 

Saw The Last Five Years at Near West Theatre last night, more of that please. All of these attempts to "reinterpret" exitsing work, some times it is better off not to, because they do not need renterpretation, they are fine as they are. This is not the case with JRB's chamber musical, which is not great. But this production makes it so.

Supply Run: 0106

Distance: 3.75 miles

Duration: 35:01
Pace: 9:20

With the change in the weather, we will resume eluding zombies. Motivation! Live through the End Times! 

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 66°
Climate: sunny & cool

Mood: good

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 30
Planks: 60 sec. 

Water: yes

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

Lunch: Zhug leftovers: potatoes, brussels sprouts & beef

Happy Hour: Market Garden Nano OG Lager, Jelly Bellys.

Dinner: popcorn, fizzy water

Evening: Manhattan, Swedish fish

Alcohol? yes, and

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: Corley, E.

Writing: 30 min.

Blog: Acapulco Gold (book)

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What's That Lyric?

The Logical Song - Supertramp

I don't know why people run.

Short, early morning run. If we can survive the next thirty-six hours.

Distance: 1 miles 

Duration: 9:29

Route: Haselton Loop 

Temperature: 52°
Climate: cool

Mood: good

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 40
Planks: 60 sec. 

Water: yes?

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

Snack: fruit snacks

Lunch: buffalo chicken salad wrap, potato chips

Coffe Break: Cherry Coke Zero, fruit snacks

Dinner: TBA

Alcohol? 

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: Corley, E.

Writing: 30 min.

What's That Lyric?

The Next Ten Minutes - from "The Last Five Years"

I don't want to die.

Dark in the morning, and only so much time. I must be careful. I may need to switch to evening runs, soon. But this is such a great way to begin the day.

Anyway, I set out at seven. So I'll be later than usual, it's still on time.

There have been many periods in my life in which I cannot run, or am not running well. This is not one of those times, and I am mindful of that. Things are good right now. That is the best thing I could hope for.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:08
Pace: 9:24

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 58°
Climate: cool

Mood: good

 
Stretches: yes

Planks: 30 sec.

Water: yes

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

Snack: apple (RIGHT? YES!)

Lunch: cheeseburger, funnel fries, Coke

Snack: apple

Happy Hour: almonds & raisins, IPA

Dinner: Popcorn. Ice cream. Fizzy water. Yeah.

Alcohol? yes

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Man. What if I didn't snack?

Reading: Corley, E.

Writing: 30 min.

What's That Lyric? 

Next to Normal - Lucius

I'm still dancing at the end of the day.

Sometimes my eyes are truly awful. Puffy, irritated, my left eye has floaters, it's just imperfect. Often it becomes so red that people ask if I am okay. Seasonal allergies are an issue, and just the lingering after-effects of my injury and subsequent surgery. Yuk.

Short run this morning. It's a deep blue Tuesday. 

Distance: 2 miles

Duration: 18:09
Pace: 9:05

Route: Burlington Loop (clockwise)

Temperature: 65° 
Climate: cool & humid

Mood: good

Running before dawn now, it's nearly fall. Today I have run more times than I did back in 2016. I just keep going.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: tbd
Planks: tbd 

Upper body: tbd
Water: yes

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

Treat: "fruit snacks"

Lunch: Hot Tito w/dunk

Treat: wine gums

Snack, Doritos (OH MY GOD)

Dinner: pasta w/green pepper sauce, string beans 

Alcohol? no, but

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: Corley, E.

Writing: 30 min.

Blog: Pandemonium 23

What's That Lyric?

Light On - Maggie Rogers

Do you run when it's just getting good?

A day and a half from Pandemonium, still testing negative. I wore a mask indoors, but I was still in a lot of peoples' faces. That was my job.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:21
Pace: 9:28

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 69°
Climate: just perfect

Mood: very good

The new phone strap I got from Second Sole is so much better than the one I got online. Also, these shoes. Got to love a store where they help you find the right pair. It was the first time I brought my old shoes into a store, so that they could assess the wear. Apparently my stride is pretty even!

 

Stretches: yes

Water: yes

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

Lunch: tuna casserole w/peas, Doritos

Treat: "fruit snacks"

Dinner: hot dogs (2x)

Alcohol? old fashioned

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 171 lbs. (-1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: tbd

Writing: 30 min.

Blog: yes

What's That Lyric?

Do You - Spoon

Get the blood to flow.

Pandemonium 2023

I was a good boy last night. Not only did I have a wonderful time participating in Panedmonium, I had one drink and came home and went to bed at a decent hour. After yesterday's nonsense, I wanted to be sure today was productive and relaxed.

Yes, and. I have been working on the new play script, and also made cookies (okay, that was a failure) talked to my brother and did laundry. Also? Taking a run.  

Distance: 1 mile

Duration: 9:17

Route: Haselton Loop 

Temperature: 70°
Climate: overcast, cool & damp

Mood: good

Pleasant mid-afternoon miler. Tomorrow I hope to do a pre-work 5K. Depends on if it rains!

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20
Planks: 90 sec.

Water: yes

It's cute, Peter Gabriel has finally produced a song that sounds exactly like all other Peter Gabriel songs.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, bagel & egg sandwich, cookie (1x) 

Lunch: n/a

Happy Hour: almonds & dried cranberries, Manhattan

Dinner: tuna casserole w/peas, fizzy water

Treat: scoop of ice cream

Alcohol? yes

Reading: HTD

Writing: typing that sweet, sweet script.

What's That Lyric?

Road to Joy - Peter Gabriel

Kiss me and kiss me 'til I'm dead.

Should I run today? I don't know. Socked with a Saturday morning headache for no reason I have managed to do good, in spite of the pain and nausea. I did my writing! I put down over fifteen pages of my new play script! I bought new shoes! 

I have also taken two naps and feel highly vertiginous. Maybe I should just not. But Pandemonium is tonight and I want to clear my head and move my body. So here we go!

It will not be a late night. When my gig is through, I am having one beer and going the heck home.

Distance: 4 miles

Duration: 37:34
Pace: 9:23

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 69°
Climate: overcast & cool

Mood: good

Truly the last relevant original movie soundtrack, on this Gen X and Millennials can agree.

 

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture

#1 Crush - Garbage

Local God - Everclear

Angel - Gavin Friday

Pretty Piece of Flesh - One Inch Punch

Whatever (I Had a Dream) - Butthole Surfers

Lovefool - The Cardigans

To You I Bestow - Mundy

Talk Show Host - Radiohead

You and Me Song - The Wannadies

Exit Music (For a Film) - Radiohead

*Kym Mazelle's cover of Young Hearts Run Free and Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) by Quindon Tarver are not currently available on Spotify.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20

Water: yes

Good call. I feel so much better, and ready for the evening.

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

Lunch: ramen w/egg

Treat: chocolate filled croissant (from my love)

Dinner: taco bowl w/rice, chicken  beans

Alcohol? Dortmunder (1x)

Late Night Snack: pizza (1 slice)

Reading: HTD

Writing: transcribing the scenes!

I'm a little bit rusty.

Second Friday. No headaches. Eating well, little or no drinking. Getting the bed rest. Feeling good. Dizzy, though. A little off my balance last night, and this morning. Maintain. Focus.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:59
Pace: 9:21

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 64°
Climate: overcast & cool

Mood: good

 

Cool morning run. Strong. Happy. Did not expect a toxic masculinity playlist, but the BPM was perfect.

160 - 169 BPM Playlist

Push - Matchbox Twenty

Eraser (Polite) - Nine Inch Nails

Is That Love - Squeeze

Giving Up On You - Wild Belle

Jessie's Girl - Speedmaster (what?)

Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House

I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles

Sabotage - Beastie Boys

Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - The Smiths

Hurt - Nine Inch Nails

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20
Planks: 90 sec.

Water: yes

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

Snack: "fruit snacks" (2x), Doritos (god damn it, someone brought Doritos)

Lunch: sushi, salad, Cherry Coke Zero

Treat: chocolate bar (but it was so good) 

Dinner: beanie weenies

Alcohol? Guinness (1x)

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-2.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Writing: 1 scene

Some people stop at nothing.

Thursday of a four-day week. Yes, we got eight hours of rest last night, good rest, without assistance. And this AM we woke a little later (5:30 AM) and had a briefer than usual writing period. Because we need to type up the script. And the mosquitos.

Also, a shorter run is in order. To keep going. To not hurt myself.

Distance: 1 mile

Duration: 9:30

Route: Haselton Loop 

Temperature: 69°
Climate: cool but humid

Mood: good

Hey! This day gets worse and worse. Maintain. Focus.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20

Water: yes? I think?

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

Treat" "fruit snacks"

Lunch: fruit smoothie bowl w/PB & chocolate granola & nutella

Dinner: beanie weenies, slaw, tortilla

Dessert: ice cream, two cookies

Alcohol? 

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 172 lbs. (+1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

How about no candy bars? How about that?

Writing: 10 min.

Blog: "needle drop"

A little sophisti-pop this morning.

What's That Lyric?

Breakout - Swing Out Sister

We're gone to run the road now.

Hard to know when to get out onto the street as the nights get longer. Still dark at 6:15 AM.

Evening run on Monday, took a break yesterday. My knees said thank you. No idea what to listen to.

Maybe tomorrow, a BPM run.

Distance: 3.25 miles

Duration: 30:06
Pace: 9:15

Route: Boulevard Loop

Temperature: 72°
Climate: humid

Mood: good

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

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

Coffee Break: coffee w/cream & sunbutter GF cookie, Starbursts 

Lunch: buffalo chicken salad wrap, potato chips

Treat: Coke, Nutty Buddy

Dinner: beanie weenies, slaw, tortillas

Alcohol? No

Sugar, sugar, sugar, sugar.

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 171 lbs. (+1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: HTD

Writing: 1 scene

What's That Lyric?

Run the Road - Santigold

Get down!

Keith Haring: Against All Odds
Akron Art Museum (2023)

Oh, boy. I need to cool down. Both of my knees are now complaining. Also, more pain reliever.

Saw SIX last night. That was fun. I think it plays better in England.

Don't be bitter

'Cause I'm fitter

I mean.

And speaking of trying to cool down ... let's take a HOT RUN!

Six: Live Opening Night (Original Broadway Cast Recording, 2022)

No Way  - Adrianna Hicks
Don't Lose Ur Head - Andrea Macasset
Heart of Stone - Abby Mueller
Haus of Holbein- Ensemble
Get Down - Brittney Mack

All You Wanna Do - Samantha Pauly

I Don't Need Your Love (Remix) - Ensemble

SIX - Ensemble

Don't get me wrong, these songs are really great. Great to run to! But I could have written the book. And by that, I mean, it's just like the wrote the book. This is the book I'd write for it. 

Distance: 3.5 miles

Duration: 32:58
Pace: 9:25

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 83°
Climate: hot!

Mood: good

Slight pull in my right calf. Got to watch after that.

This is the cast we saw last night. Stellar!

Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, eggs sandwich w/bacon, cheese & tomato on seed bread 

Treat: GF & Nut-free sunbutter cookies w/chocolate chips (2x) & milk

Lunch: n/a

Dinner: spaghetti w/chicken, salad

Alcohol? no

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: Giffels, D. (20 min.)

Writing: 1 scene

Moving 'til my feet get sore.

Last night we saw Bottoms at the Cedar, the theater was sold out. Man, that thing leaves Heathers in the dust (and I never really liked Heathers, anyway.)

Distance: 1 mile

Duration: 9:20

Route: Haselton Loop 

Temperature: 73°
Climate: cool & clammy

Mood: good

 

"Bottoms" Playlist ft. Charlie XCX

Trophy

Hot In It

Boom Clap

Good Ones

One mile this morning. A recovery run. Tomorrow I'll probably get to the park.

Stretches: yes

Water: yes

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

Lunch: sunbutter & banana sandwich

Snack: hot pretzel sticks w/dunk, mini swedish fish

Dinner: chicken parm, caesar salad, bread & butter

Alcohol? Hefeweizen + bourbon cocktail

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 bs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Writing: part of one scene

Say a prayer for the ones we love.

For those who happily follow the Greedy Peasant, you know it's CEMTEMBER! Took a run through Lakeview Cemetery, my first in four years.

I searched for the John Hay memorial, my personal favorite, but it was not easy to spot because it is currently hidden by a large, untended hedge. What is up with that?

Distance: 5 miles

Duration: 46:22
Pace: 9:16

Route: Lakeview Loop

Temperature: 75°→78°
Climate: sunny & warm

Mood: good!

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Ibuprofen: yes

Runners, yes! Cyclists, no.

There has been some controvery recently, about whether or not it is appropriate to run through a cemetery. And I think it comes down to the individual park. If they do not want you to run (or bicycle, or walk your pet) through the graveuard, then by all means don't.

I am grateful that Lakeview has made it clear that runners (though not bikes) are welcome. It is a challenging route, with all the hills, but the views are worth it. 

But please, trim that bush.

Pre-Run: coffee w/cream, banana 

Lunch: fresh fruit w/granola & yogurt

Happy Hour: iced coffee, watermelon

Snack: almonds & dried cranberries 

Dinner: popcorn

Alcohol? GLBC Oktoberfest

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Writing: part of one scene

Blog: How To Make Toothpaste

What's That Lyric?

Say Goodbye - Green Day

Give me two strong arms to protect myself.

We made it to the end of the first week of rehearsal. The mornings are cool, and quiet -- and calm. Waking early means I can take my time, I am not as affected by dizzyness, because I am moving easily. And peacefully. Taking care of morning business, checking the boxes. And then sitting and writing. No anxiety. No urgency. No worry, no care.

Is this interesting? I do not care.

Sleep last night wasn't bad, but I dropped a melatonin so I'm not as bright this morning as I might be. But I slept, or at least I slept until 4:30 am. I always wake up twenty minutes or thereabouts before my alarm.

I hope I can sleep in a little tomorrow, and without a headache. That would be an awesome close to my week.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:29
Pace: 9:11

Route: Forest Hill Loop (path cleared!)

Temperature: 55°
Climate: cool

Mood: yes

 

Ooh! Surprised myself! Strong, swift, happy run this morning. See? Things are very good, too.

 
Stretches: yes

Bicycles: 20

Sit-Ups: 20
Planks: 90 sec. 

Water: yes

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

Coffee Break: coffee w/cream, chocolate cupcake ... and the last of the danish.

Lunch: Hot Tito slice, spicy ranch dunk

Snack: Snickers

Dinner: INDULGENT DINNER AT PROVENANCE

Alcohol? 2x Happy hour Guinness + dinner Manhattan

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 171 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: The New Yorker (30 min.)

Writing: research (how to make toothpaste)

What's That Lyric?

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