Feeling like a boss.

Good old Judas.

Ladies and gentlemen ... 54 Playlists for 54 Years (1965-2018)

2018 Playlist
This Is America - Childish Gambino
5 Out of 6 - Dessa
Everybody's Coming To My House - David Byrne
Heaven On Their Minds - Brandon Victor Dixon & Company
Severed - The Decemberists
Everybody Wants To Be Famous - Superorganism
Pray For Me - Kendrick Lamar ft. The Weeknd
Girlfriend - Anderson East
Make Me Feel - Janelle Monae
9 to 5 - Merrill Garbus

In the past, I have sometimes been quite manic about how soon I could complete my annual playlist runs. It's usually some time in April. In the year 2012 I was training for a marathon and finished in early March.

They get longer every year, of course. That year I was trying to complete only 45 playlists. Also, this year I was running long distances with Chris on Sundays, without listening to music. And that was just fine, thank you. That's been very good, in fact.

The most significant thing about this year's playlist is that every single song on it was released since January 1, 2018. And they're really good songs, too. And not a short list, either.

Distance: 4 miles
Route: Cain Park Loop
Temperature: 63°
Climate: overcast & cool - perfect
Mood: angsty

Thing is, the year runs are like, part of an agenda. Now I don't know what the hell to listen to.

Stretches: yes

Wanted to get out on Friday morning, but it was in the mid-40s. Really, no more cold runs. Today was just great, a light, brisk run before the hot weather sets in for a while.

God, that was a fine playlist. So that part of the year is going well. Yay, popular music.

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 162.5 lbs (-0-)
Goal: 160 lbs.

As the rosebuds know to bloom in early May.

Deposition, 1998.

Two runs in two days? Why not. Trying to reach the end of the annual playlists. One more to go! There has already been a lot of great songs released this year, and that is something worth celebrating.

Rehearsal makes me focused, but also tired. Could barely sit up this morning.

1998 Playlist
Teardrop - Massive Attack
As - George Michael & Mary J. Blige
Torch - Sister Soleil
Percolations * - Stereolab
Just a Test - Beastie Boys
Prime Audio Soup - Meat Beat Manifesto
To Ulrike M. (Zero 7 Mix) - Doris Days

Blessed, blessed sun. Blessed day. Perfect run. Brisk, with light pain, but fast and extremely enjoyable. Last May I ran only twice. Once around the block, once for a mile.

Distance: 3.2 5miles
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 66°
Climate: glorious
Mood: determined

Stretches: yes

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 162.5 lbs. (-1.0)
Goal: 160 lbs.

Pick up your feet.

Scenes Unseen: The Summer of '78
New York Times, 4/27/2018

Rehearsals begin, time collapses. This is also the best time, when my focus is most acute, as I have little time for self-analyzing bullshit.

1978 Playlist
Driver's Seat - Sniff N' The Tears
Uncontrollable Urge - Devo
Let The Good Times Roll - The Cars
Masoko Tanga - The Police
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey
Instant Tunes - XTC
Tommy Gun * - The Clash
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - The Jam

Beautiful, brisk run. Lousy year, amazing year in music.

Distance: 3.8 miles
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 69°
Climate: blue skies, sunny & warm!
Mood: good

Stretches: yes

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 163.5 lbs. (-3.0)
Goal: 160 lbs.

Ok.

To a Saturday night or a Sunday morning.

Rehearsals for Troilus & Cressida begin tonight. Anxiety and dread have melt into apprehension and excitement! I am looking forward to this! God, I have felt such a weight of doubt and self-judgement for months, it seems. I carry so much psychic responsibility that is not even there.

I'm just not that important. Which is exactly what I wanted.

2013 Playlist (No apologies.)
Right Action - Franz Ferdinand
Diane Young - Vampire Weekend
Pompeii - Bastille
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell
Bezerk - Eminem
The Wire - HAIM
Harlem - New Politics
Talk Dirty - Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz
Grace for Saints and Ramblers - Iron & Wine

DJ Khaled could learn a thing from 2 Chainz.

Distance: 3.8 miles
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 59•
Climate: overcast & cool
Mood: looking forward

Long long planned for today, but Chris has been side-lined by a shin injury. I recommended pressure and rest (so did his girlfriend) because I can't imagine trying to make eleven miles on shin splints. Anyway, so I am on my own today, a short run ... with rehearsals there is little time to make it up, but we'll see what we can manage in the mornings.

Stretches: yes

Glorious morning, brisk run. Now I will stain the deck (that is not a metaphor.)

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 166.5 lbs. (+3.0)
Goal: 160 lbs.

Ok. We ate a lot of the book release party last night.

Sending chunky rhythms right down your block.

Thank you, Ms. O'Riordan.

Yesterday my legs were heavy and sore. I haven't felt like that in a long time. It didn't last, but it was surprising, and made starting the day less than enjoyable. Today was much better. So many end-of-year events and other business, it's hard to get to bed at a reasonable hour. None of us are getting enough sleep.

Now it's warm.

1993 Playlist
A New England - Kirsty MacColl
Rebirth of Slick - Digable Planets
Informer - Snow
Whoomp! (There It Is) - Tag Team
Big Time Sensuality - Bjork
All Apologies - Nirvana
Dreams - The Cranberries

O God! I have long fantasied about such a morning as this! Balmy, but overcast. Sweating, yes, but striding, wearing many fewer clothes, lighter. Breathing warm air, it feels so good. The running continues.

Distance: 3.25 miles
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 71•
Climate: warm & overcast
Mood: positive

Stretches: yes

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 163.5 lbs. (-0.5)
Goal: 160 lbs.

A young man's dream.

Big night last night, we took in a ballgame. The boy played the anthem along with his middle schools orchestra on the field, which was very cool, and then we watched the team lose. Cavs won, however. We were all up past eleven on a school night, it felt like two AM.

This morning I have a sleep-deprived, change-of-season induced headache. Ah, well. We muster.

1973 Playlist
Panic In Detroit - David Bowie
Mother of Pearl - Roxy Music
The Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet
The Jean Genie - David Bowie
Rock & Roll Disgrace - The Sweet
The Ocean - Led Zeppelin

Hard start. No longer headachy, but the after-effect, the weariness. But I kept at it and finished clean, feeling much better. Thirsty! Very thirsty. Need to bring water, even for a short run like this.

Distance: 3.25 miles
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 69°
Climate: warm!
Mood: good

Stretches: yes

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 164 lbs. (+1.0)
Goal: 160 lbs.

Below 165 for a week. This is good. Maintain.

Things'll get brighter.

"The Courtyard if the Doge’s Palace
with the Papal Nuncio Stoppani
and Senators in Procession”
by Antonio Joli (detail)

Chris and I planned a ten mile today. But it's in the thirties and forties today, and I am sick of it. Just sick of it. I have had two, cold, long runs in the past two weeks and I am not having another one. The forecast says sixties and seventies for the next week, after today. That I can deal with.

1969 Playlist
Ooh Child - The Five Stairsteps
A Boy Named Sue (Live) - Johnny Cash
Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond
White Light White Heat - Velvet Underground
Everybody's Talkin' - Harry Nilsson

Seeing Infinity War tonight. No spoilers.

Distance: 2:35 miles
Pace: 8:08
Route: Horizon Loop
Temperature: 40•
Climate: breezy, cold
Pavement: dry
Mood: not good

Hard run. Unenthusiastic. I charged though, into the wind, in the cold. Sick of it. Two miles, I'm just not into anymore.

But nothing feels better than an eight-oh-eight.

Stretches: yes

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 164 lbs. (-0-)
Goal: 160 lbs.

Entering a dietary danger zone. Some days too much, some days too little. Yesterday it was bagels and poutine. Eating makes me happy. But other things make me happy, too. I just need to find out what they are.

Gonna leave this world for awhile.

Matthew Campbell (right) and Tom Peters,
Sunday morning. "Let's do this!"

Wasn't sure if I would run this morning, until Nina pointed out this piece in Runner's World. A young man, Matt Campbell (29) and contestant on the program Master Chef collapsed during the Virgin Money London Marathon last weekend, and died. He was 3.7 miles short of the finish line.

Campbell was not a casual runner. Earlier this month he broke three hours in the Manchester Marathon. However, last Sunday's race in London was the hottest on record.

His father passed away a year and a half ago, and with this run he was raising money for the Brathay Trust, a charity for youth programs. He hoped to raise £2,500 but donations have now exceeded £175,000.

People are also running his final 3.7 miles for him. Today would be a good day for me to do that. You can support his campaign for the Brathay Trust here.

1989 Playlist
Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
King For a Day - XTC
Poor Skeleton Steps Out - XTC
They'll Need a Crane - They Might Be Giants
The Beat(en) Generation * - The The

My Brave Face - Paul McCartney
Biting My Nails - Renegade Soundwave
Next Episode - Tone-Loc
Buddy - De La Soul

Thank you, Mr. Petty.

Distance: 3.7 miles
Pace: 8:05
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 37•
Climate: bright & cool
Pavement: dry
Mood: good

Beautiful day, sun shining and cool. You can run in your shorts in the thirties when the sky is like this and the air is still. Grateful to be alive, missing those who cannot be with us.

Stretches: yes

There is something about weighing in at 163.5 lbs. that makes a guy get a big breakfast sandwich in the morning, Chinese buffet in the afternoon and breakfast again for dinner with bacon, eggs and pancakes. Or maybe it's that running ten miles makes you soul hungry.

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 164 lbs. (+0.5)
Goal: 160 lbs.

Run fast for your father.

Blew off a ten-mile yesterday, chose instead to relax in bed. That's a euphemism, but not the one that you're thinking of.

Getting that scrawny old man look back in my face.

2009 Playlist
Dance Wiv Me - Dizzee Rascal ft. Calvin Harris & Chrome
Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
One Day - The Juan MacLean
Good Life - OneRepublic
Not Fair - Lily Allen
Dog Days Are Over * - Florence + The Machine
Fascination - La Roux

This time last year, I was through with running. My hip hurt too much, and I had started physical therapy. This did not work out as I had hoped, so I abandoned the sessions.

They cost too much and my therapist had stopped checking in on me, leaving his assistant to just watch me while I went through the exercises. This went on for weeks, so I just stopped going.

What I found is that I can live with the pain, if I do the exercises my self -- and run. I must run. Without running, I get depressed. I go a little crazy.

I missed the spring last year. It is my intention not to let that happen again.

Distance: 3.25 miles
Pace: 8:12
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 55°
Climate: bright and cool
Mood: good. right? good.

Stretches: yes

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 166.5 lbs. (+2.5)
Goal: 160 lbs.

Ok. Is it the scale ..?

The sun is up. The sky is blue.

1968 Playlist - or - "The Beatles"
Back In The U.S.S.R.
Dear Prudence
Martha My Dear
Savoy Truffle
Revolution 1
Mother Nature's Son
Glass Onion
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Blackbird
I'm So Tired
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
I Will
Julia
Helter Skelter *
Good Night

Ultimate Classic Rock has a feature called the 45-Minute Album Police. It is not a unique opinion that there is not a single double album in the history of popular music that needs to be that long, that could not have been improved upon through some common sense editing.

Blood, Sugar,Sex, Magik comes to mind. Sign O' The Times. Even George Harrison himself knew he was being a dick when he released his first solo record as a three-album set and named it All Things Must Pass.

The White Album (which any prig will tell you is really titled simply, The Beatles) is certainly too long, a disjointed mess which includes numerous beautiful tracks lumped in with novelty songs, Paul's old-timey music hall bullshit and "Revolution 9" which no one has ever listened to in the presence of another human being.

I chose the edit by Nick DeRiso, because I liked it well enough, and because it was the first list on the page.

I chose to listen to this album for this run because in July I turn fifty, and a few months later, so will the The White Album.

Distance: 5.5 miles
Duration: 46:19
Pace: 8:25
Route: Forest Hill/Cain Park Loop
Temperature: 48°
Climate: just gorgeous
Pavement: dry
Mood: apprehensive, but forward-looking

What I most remember about this album is that I first listened to it when I was nine or ten, when I was first introduced to the Paul is Dead legend. I have no doubt that John put in one or two, but at the time, I was hearing clues everywhere, and this record -- according to legend -- is full of them.

As a result, it wasn't until I was an adult that I could listen to "Revolution 9" at all. Even today, whatever John and Yoko were intending it to sound like, it plays for me like a long, creepy seance.

Stretches: yes

Just a perfect day for a run. Welcome, spring. Clear, blue sky, light breeze, smiling faces in the park, on the street. And I run, I am running. No, it's not perfect. I am not without pain. But still, I run. The running is happening.

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 164 lbs. (-0.5)
Goal: 165 lbs.

Put a wiggle in your stride.

shame (SHām)
n. 1. a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior.
synonyms: humiliation, mortification, chagrin, ignominy, embarrassment, indignity, discomfort
v. 1. (of a person, action, or situation) make (someone) feel ashamed. 

1988 Playlist
Do You Believe in Shame - Duran Duran
Not Alone Any More - Traveling Wilburys
Mr. Jones - Talking Heads
Touch Me I'm Sick - Mudhoney
All She Wants Is (U.S. Master Mix) - Duran Duran
Baladi We Hetta Hossam Ramzy

Big Thing is the most underrated of Duran Duran albums.

However, it is a terrible album for someone depressed, alone, and between girlfriends. Or its the perfect album. Not sure.

Also, Naked is not Talking Heads' last studio album. True Stories is Talking Heads' last studio album, Naked is most obviously David Byrne's first solo album. I can't be the first person to say this.

Distance: 3.25 miles
Pace: 8:15
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 35°
Climate: sunny, beautiful & above freezing!
Pavement: dry
Mood: troubled

Brisk run, good one. I feel pain down both legs, there's a new string that hurts in my right calf. But heading out was totally fine, took what felt like forever, though. Probably because I have had little sleep this week, rising at five every morning to read. Thank God it's Friday.

Stretches: yes

Very painful stretches this morning, which means I have probably been doing them wrong.

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 164.5 lbs. (-2.0)
Goal: 160 lbs.

Ok.

Back to the streets where we began.

Man, when will the cold weather end? Just killing my hip, my thigh. I want warm weather and physical freedom.

Brisk run! Slow at first, into the wind, but by the second mile it was picking up. Hit a lot of boss bpms, closing out with Lin-Manuel. Good times, we'll make it.

2008 Playlist
Nine In The Afternoon * - Panic! at the Disco?
Disturbia - Rhianna
A Thing For Me * - Metronomy
Hometown Glory *  - Adele
Three-Way - Magnetic Fields
Walcott * - Vampire Weekend
Pony (It's OK) * - Erin McCartney
In The Heights * - Lin-Manuel Miranda & Company

Distance: 3.35 miles
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 32°
Climate: light snow
Pavement: wet
Mood: good!

Stretches: yes

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 166.5 lbs. (+2.0)
Goal: 160 lbs.

Ok.

Running folks in ditches.

Lord! What a run. Just wanted to get two miles in --we have a long run tomorrow -- and I dressed for the weather, but I did have shorts on.

Heading out was great, then I had to walk for a few minutes to take a show-related call. But halfway through the rest of the run, the wind picked up and the temperature started dropping fast!

Anyway, I'm fine, I feel great regardless.

What am I going to do when I can no longer run?

No, seriously. What am I going to do?

1974 Playlist
Skin Tight - Ohio Players
September Gurls - Big Star
Riding the Scree/Carpet Crawlers - Genesis
Dancing Machine - The Jackson 5

Run/Walk: 2.35 miles
Route: Horizon Loop
Temperature: 40°→36°
Climate: cold & rain
Mood: driven

Stretches: yes

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 165 lbs. (-1.0)
Goal: 165 lbs. Achievement Unlocked

We'd walk behind while you would run.

Oh, shit ...

Sometimes depression is closely associated with anxiety and doubt. Sometimes it is manageable until someone is not nice to you and suddenly all of your worst fears feel justified, that you don't deserve to be treated well. Sometimes it even worse to be told that you weren't actually being treated poorly, that you didn't see or hear what you thought you did.

And then it's Friday.

1994 Playlist
A Girl Like You - Edwyn Collins
Missing (Todd Terry Remix) - Everything But the Girl
Realm - Lestat
13 Steps Lead Down - Elvis Costello
Jane - Barenaked Ladies
Long View - Green Day
Possession - Sarah McLachlan
Gentleman Who Fell - Milla Jovovich
Violent Mood Swings (Thread Mix) - Stabbing Westward

Beautiful day, spent most of it in the office, though. Came home with enough time to get out into this windy day.

Excellent playlist, just kept me moving. Flying the last leg, just picking them up and putting them down. The weather makes a difference. Tomorrow it should be warm and rainy. By Monday the temperature will drop and it will snow.

Distance: 3.6 miles
Temperature: 77°
Climate: beautiful, warm & windy
Mood: driven

Tickets to Hamilton went on sale today. So many thrilled, so many disappointed. Social media was fascinating today, so was the mood in our office. No one got any work done.

Stretches: yes

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 166 lbs. (-1.5)
Goal: 165 lbs.

A backless dress and some beat up sneaks.

Pizza In A  Bowl™

Four runs in four days? Is that a good idea? After all, I didn't even have the opportunity to stretch yesterday. Still cold. That may change soon. May. Meantime, I think I am desperate to move. The last few weeks have left me feeling uneasy.

2014 Playlist
BoJack's Theme  - Patrick Carney
Cheap Sunglasses - RAC ft. Matthew Koma
Birth In Reverse - St. Vincent
Nothing But Trouble - Phantogram
Light Will Keep Your Heart Beating In The Future - Mike Doughty
After the Disco - Broken Bells
Can't Break Me Down - Billy Idol
Shut Up And Dance - WALK THE MOON

I think I hated 2014. I can't remember why.

Distance: 3.25 miles
Pace: 8:25
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 29•
Climate: cold, cloudy
Pavement: dry
Mood: perked up real good!

What happens if I don't eat before a morning run? Does it matter? Is this about weighing in? Maybe it is.

Stretches: yes!

By mile two I was flying! What happened? I felt good, really good! The music was so inspiring -- maybe I don't hate 2014 after all!

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 167.5 lbs. (+1.0)
Goal: 165 lbs.

Jesus. I will never be 165 pounds again.

Broken branches trip me as I speak.

#NewDayNewPlay

I worked really hard to avoid running today. Chris and I are supposed to do six tomorrow, I did three yesterday, why run?

Because it's Saturday, that's why.

But he ran today, and I had to help encourage him to do it. So I felt an obligation. To him, and to myself.

2003 Playlist
Sunrise - Simply Red
It's My Life - No Doubt
Boombox - Mosquitos
Superstar - Jamelia
There There (The Boney King) - Radiohead
Comfortably Numb - Scissor Sisters

The Queer Eye Years!

Distance: 2.5 miles
Pace: 8:18
Route: Horizon Loop
Temperature: 33•
Climate: cold & sunny
Pavement: dry
Mood: not sure

That was hard. Hard at first, just getting out the fucking door. Then hard, as I felt winded and weak. It was cold, but sunny. Beautiful day. So I pushed. The music helped me push. I pushed all the way up a steady incline, walked for a bit and powered through, down a hill and home.

I was gasping when I returned. If my phone is to be believed, I was going faster than I am used to. So? No wonder.

Stretches: yes

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 167.5 lbs. (+0.5)
Goal: 165 lbs.

My legs too weak to stand.

Why yes, I do like Huey Lewis and the News!

Apparently it will be in the fifties in about ten days. It always says it will be in the fifties in about ten days.

Seriously. The doldrums. Running in the cold. I cannot deal anymore. I drag my feet out the door. I am not happy about this.

1983 Playlist
I Want a New Drug - Huey Lewis & the News
Is There Something I Should Know? - Duran Duran
The Flirting Kind - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Modern Love - David Bowie
Automatic - The Pointer Sisters
Fake Friends - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police
The Fanatic - Felony

And yet, we persevere. Not so cold, that was nice, actually. Lots of guys around the pond, must be first day of fishing. I didn't know there was an opening day for fishing, but it must be today. There were a dozen folks around that pond.

Many downed trees in my path, too. Nothing enormous, not like last year.

Distance: 3.25 miles
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 37°
Climate: cool & partly cloudy
Pavement: wet
Mood: not bad

Stretches: yes

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 167 lbs. (-0-)
Goal: 165 lbs.

I got to move.

How Neuroscientists Explain the Mind-Clearing Magic of Running
By Melissa Dahl, The Cut (4/21/2016)

I haven't read this, but I will eventually. Right now, I have to run.

1970 Playlist
No Matter What - Badfinger
Super Bad (Parts 1 & 2) - James Brown
Moondance - Van Morrison
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder
Little Green Bad - George Baker
Mama Told Me Not To Come - Randy Newman
Gallows Pole - Led Zeppelin
Your Song - Elton John

Distance: 3.38 miles
Route: Boulevard Loop
Temperature: 58°
Climate: rain -- but only at the very, very end
Pavement: wet
Mood: good, really.

Night run. Sometimes you just say ... if not now, when? Besides, this is the warmest it will be for several days. God, I am sick of cold this year.

The leg still pulls, and the knee hurts, the left knee. I feel like I am running wrong. I am trying to manage my strides, but it is not easy. It felt better as I went along. A great night for running, perfect. Cool, a little humid. I saw lightning flashes around mile two, and just as I turned onto our street it started coming down.  And that was fine.

Stretches: yes

I have been backsliding, putting things into my mouth I should not. Cookie here, handful of something there. I need to restrain myself.

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 167 lbs. (-1.5)
Goal: 165 lbs.

This is end of the day weight, no idea if it is relevant.

I'll heal your wounds. I'll set you free.

Happy Easter, all. This evening we will have dinner with my mom and watch Jesus Christ Superstar Live, which I hope will be inspiring.

Also, I will strive to read one play each day of the month of April.

1990 Playlist
World In My Eyes - Depeche Mode
Policy of Truth (Beat Box Mix) - Depeche Mode
Suck - Pigface
Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
Where Are You Baby - Betty Boo
I Am Stretched On Your Grave - Sinéad O'Connor
Never Enough - The Cure

Violator is a really good album.

Distance: 4 miles
Pace: 8:41
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 36°
Climate: sunny & cool
Mood: good

It hurts. These past two days, it's felt like it did months ago, like an old man, hobbling along. I mean, I am making speed, but it's not fluid, every stride, I have to pull my left leg forward. It's not comfortable. Will warmer weather change this, or is this something which will come and go, and then never go?

Stretches: yes

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 168.5 lbs. (+1.5)
Goal: 165 lbs.

Half Marathon Training Week Four

Schedule prevents me from running with Chris Today, our schedules did not meet up. Big weekend, so glad yesterday turned out well. My girl went downtown for the march, the boy attended a masterclass in bass, the both got to see RENT and I closed my weekend of performances of The Way I Danced With You at Blank Canvas.

What's next?

2010 Playlist
Rocketeer - Far East Movement
Home - LCD Soundsystem
All You Need Is Now - Duran Duran
Shake It Up - Selena Gomez & The Scene
Psychic City - YACHT
Too Dramatic - Ra Ra Riot
Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) - Shakira ft. Freshlyground
Derezzed - Daft Punk
Blow - Kesha
On Melancholy Hill - Gorilaz
Hello - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Dynamite - Taoi Cruz
Something Good Can Work - Two Door Cinema Club
Fuck You! - Cee-Lo Green

A playlist from when my children were about to be tweeners. Talk about pop music!

Distance: 5.82 miles
Route: Forest Hill-Cain Park Loop
Temperature: 32•
Climate: cold & windy
Pavement: dry
Mood: all right

Phone died part way through, I was supposed to go seven miles but I just ran until I needed to get back to take the boy to the tennis courts.

Tennis courts? Yes, really. Tennis courts.

Stretches: yes

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 167.5 lbs. (-1.0)
Goal: 165 lbs.