Putting trouble on the run.

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 28:06
Pace: 9:03

songs we heard at the DNC

Freedom (168 BPM) - Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar
Firework - Katy Perry
Twistin' the Night Away (161 BPM) - Sam Cooke
American Woman (168 BPM) - Lenny Kravitz
Close to You - Gracie Abrams
Too Sweet - Hozier
Le Freak - Chic
I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 67°
Climate: nice
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: yes

Upper body: 20 reps.

Baseline: 185 lbs.

Weight: 173 lbs. (-2.0)

Goal: 170 lbs.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, oatmeal w/brown sugar & cream and fresh & dried fruit

Lunch: Fried fish, tartar, sauce, coleslaw, French fries, Oktoberfest

Treat: Reese's Cups, Orangina

Snack: almonds, Doritos

Dinner: potatoes w/arugula, tomatoes & feta, Old fashioned

My give a fucks are on vacation.

What is my kid doing at the DNC?

The hot weather will return. It’s been like fall this week. Meanwhile, we are finally, finally, having the kitchen floor redone. I've owned this house for over thirty years, and I have always wanted to replace this floor, but we did many other projects first. I'm excited about it!

Hear that? I'm excited about something!

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 2:56
Pace: 9:00

Nine minute mile, all right.

songs we heard at the DNC
Sirius - The Alan Parson Project

Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter

Good Luck, Babe! - Chappell Roan

Tik Tok - Kesha *

Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar

Texas Hold 'Em - Beyonce

Yeah! - Usher ft. Lil Jon, Ludacris *

Mr. Brightside - The Killers

* No, these two songs were not played at the DNC (as of Thursday night) but I guess were added by Spotify's "smart shuffle" feature which I hate and probably hit by accident.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 62°
Climate: cool
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: yes 

Upper body: 

Core Strength: 

Baseline: 185 lbs.

Weight: 172 lbs. (-1.0)

Goal: 170 lbs.

Breakfast: burger half

Lunch: leftover pulled pork sandwich half, small bacon mac & cheese, Cherry Coke Zero, one weird chocolate, an amazing slice of cake

Dinner: pub food, beers

Flood's Cove: Run Two

Yesterday was a short run, and easy. I can justify two days back to back. The boy/young man has taken a pass so I will head all the way to the end of Martin Point Road and back, a healthy four miles on a beautiful July morning, made all the more hopeful by recent events on the political landscape.

Can we do this? We must do this. Only now I believe we actually may.

Distance: 3.5 miles
Duration: 32:26
Pace:9:14

Yesterday was just lovely, the wife and I were on our own for a bit. To shop for groceries, but also to have lunch and talk and love and buy farm stand produce and cannabis.

My brother and his family arrive from Britain (via California) this afternoon, and we shall have a full house, indeed.  

Route: Martin Point Run
Temperature: 72°
Climate: sunny w/light clouds, perfect
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: TBA

Gorgeous day. projected high of seventy-four degrees. It's breezy and nice, and I think I may sit on the porch and read until my family arrives.

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