You run for cover ... and there's heat.

Racing before imminent rain. Can hear the high wind. Will try not to hurt myself. 

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:21
Pace: 9:08

Gorgeous day. Bright blue, cloudy skies, windy. Could have gone an additional mile, the rain will come later, maybe. Doesn't matter, felt so good.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 60°
Climate: partly cloudy, windy
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

Great fun seeing Marshall Crenshaw with my brother the other night. I could say a thing or two about mortality, suffice it to say my picture of him is as a clean-cut, proto-Buddy Holly type in his music and his style. Now he's a man in his early seventies who is still on the road, wears a t-shirt and cap, and though he does play the hits, his voice is not what it was when he was in his late twenties.

However, he's kept writing songs, those more suited for a man his age, about long life and even regret, and those are the ones which were really strong. It was a weird show. We had a good time.

1982 Playlist

Cynical Girl - Marshall Crenshaw

G**** - Fleetwood Mac

Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant

One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx

Promised You a Miracle - Simple Minds

Don’t Go - Yahoo

Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2

Let It Whip - Dazz Band

Twelve every other day runs. Let's see how far we can take that. It's all right if we drop a date.

I can't help it if I want to run back to you.

Old Marshall Crenshaw is old.

Running every day, staying on top of laundry has become a thing. When we returned from vacation it seemed like our hamper was an bottomless bread bowl of dirty things to be washed, dried, folded and put away. Now there's just my things, soggy, limp, running things. After about an hour, they smell, so it is vitally important to keep them circulating.

Tiny wash loads.

This morning I pulled out my red shorts, which I do not regularly wear. Red shorts, black shirt, red runner's helmet (bandana). The wife commended me for my color-coordination. It is a shame I do not have red running socks.

I would wash these items by hand, but I always fail to get the stink out.

Distance: 6 miles
Duration: 48:09
Avg Pace: 8:01
Route: Cain Park Loop

Seventy-three degrees at dawn. Summer's not over yet.

Thank you, Marshall Crenshaw playlist. Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, Alex Chilton, The Smithereens, The Squeeze ... all those songs that make me feel so horribly, horrible aged.

Temperature: 73°
Climate: overcast and muggy
Weight: 158 lbs.
Intake: yogurt & granola
Hydration: yes
Water Stop: no*
Stretches: no
Upper Body: 90 reps

* The water fountain at the tennis courts in Cain Park is missing. It was off its base and leaking last time, perhaps it is being repaired, but I don't expect to see it again before Spring.

Know what? Stretching, not stretching, No difference.

What's That Lyric?
Run Back To You - Marshall Crenshaw