I'm chill like that.

Pretty epic.

Here's the thing about my last run, or my last two runs. They were slogs. Often, I am feeling down but when I hit the road I feel great. It's kind of why I do this.

The last two runs, especially on Monday, and in spite of the lighter weather, it took effort to lift my feet. And then on Tuesday I just tapped out at work. I almost passed out, twice, I think. Not feeling well. No pain, no temperature, just malaise, dizziness, exhaustion. I slept thirteen hours on Tuesday night.

Distance: 3.5 miles

Duration: 32:19
Pace: 9:13

The consistency, it has been a gift. Sometimes you need time off. We have been driving to Maine, getting in and out of a car has been arduous. Just sitting down. Just walking. Sitting down is actually more difficult that standing up. I need to see a doctor. 

Route: Martin Point Run
Temperature: 67°
Climate: light fluffy clouds & breezy
Mood: good

90s Summer Hip-Hop

Fantastic Voyage - Coolio

Hip Hop Hooray - Naughty By Nature

Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) - Digable Planets

They Reminisce Over You - Pete Rock & C.L Smooth

Full Clip - Gang Starr

Slam - Onyx

Award Tour - Tribe Called Quest ft. Trugoy the Dove

Insane in the Brain - Cypress Hill

Stretches: yes
Water: yes

And now, we are on vacation. We are in Maine. I did not know if she would be with me, but she is. Beside me, holding hands, reading, drinking, writing, loving. It was a difficult drive (my leg, the weariness) but here we are. Currently at peace. 

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

Suddenly, a new burst of energy has occurred.

On February 9, 2006, I wrote about "the route." This was the route I regularly ran, ever since I moved to Potter Village. I would weave up and down the streets in the my neighborhood, and then perhaps do one large loop that, again, did not take me very far from home.

I had not realized this yet, the first side street I would take had (it still has) a significant incline, which was taxing on this inexperienced runner who wore nine year old sneakers and had only stopped smoking less than five years earlier.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 24:31

BTW the halftime show was fucking epic.

Route: rec center
Temperature: 2°
Climate: just cold
Mood: all right 

It's a winter, you know? Like we've forgotten what that is. It's cold for a while, and there's snow and ice. Then it gets warmer and we have spring. It's good for the planet to have a winter. And the forecast is, it's over.

2002 Playlist

This Love - Maroon Five

Fuck the Pain Away - Peaches

Do You Realize?? - Flaming Lips

Breathe In - Frou Frou

Music Plus 1 - Cornershop

8 Mile - Eminem

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 160 lbs. (-0-)

One things I have learned reading over the first few posts from this blog, is that pain a temporary. It comes, it goes, I feel it in different places. But it's not permanent. Eventually, perhaps but not yet. But shit, my back hurts.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

See you Wednesday.

Charge me up now.

March 2006
(That's a dye job.)

With the life I am currently living, it makes sense that I completely forgot to acknowledge the fact that this blog is twenty years old. "Daddy Runs Fast" began on January 10, 2006. My first run of the new year. I was 37 years old. I was about 170 lbs. I was complaining about belly fat. I had plantar warts. I had a lingering hamstring pull. I would soon develop shin splints. I thought myself old.

I am glad that at that time, I considered 170 lbs. to be "10 pounds overweight." That I knew then what my ideal weight is — which is where I am now. A thing to be proud of. On that date, I ran two miles, and that it was hard. I would run a marathon that November.

January 10, 2006 Playlist

Holiday - Green Day

Mirror In the Bathroom - The Beat

I Don't Want Your Love - Duran Duran

Tear You Apart - She Wants Revenge

Not much changes. I imagine I am no older now than I was then.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 25:15

I currently have back pain. This began last month, when I participated in stage combat choreography and lasted through the holidays. It went away but recurred this week, I believe because I tried doing some bicycles instead of sit-ups.

Route: rec center
Temperature: 12°
Climate: sunny & cold
Mood: all right

2022 Playlist

Selfish Soul - Sudan Archives

Down - Hot Chip

Snap (170 bpm) - Rosa Linn

Dashstar*-VIP - Knock2

Good Ones - Charli xcx

Lost Track (162 bpm) - Haim

Stabilise - Nilüfer Yanya 

Power Station - Cory Wong

Circuit Board - Raveena 

Take Me to the Good Times - The Suffers

"Twenty Twenty-Two?" Was that actually a year? A year that happened? That's silly.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 160 lbs.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

O come, O key of David, come.

click on to enlarge

What a week! I received a brush-up on my stage combat on Monday. It has been well over ten years, maybe much more, since I have participated in any of the fights. It is remarkable how much I remembered.

Then I had a kink in my back yesterday, but that was temporary. Less so, coming down from the attic on Monday evening I banged the shit out of my knee. No serious damage, but that really hurt. 

Distance: 2 miles

Duration: 17:42

Regardless, we have had our holiday with the children who are leaving for Athens today to spend Crimble with their MP. The spouse and I will remain at home, on our own, and we have a festive day planned.

Then. Oh, so many things to do on Friday. And you know what? That's okay. 

Route: 
Temperature: 
Climate: 
Mood: 

The Current Holiday Mixer (Live)

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - Storyhill

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - Punch Brothers

Come on! Let's Boogie to the Elf Dance - Sufjan Stevens

O Holy Night - Sarah Morris ft. Annie Fitzgerald

Every Day is Christmas (When I'm Lovin' You) - Charles Bradley

Stretches: no
Water: yes
Weight: 165 lbs. (-0-)

Two miles. Place closes at 2 PM, I got in after 1:30. This is how my day is going. Taking my time, then STRESSED. Happy holidays, to each and every runner!

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

There's no finish at the finish line.

That bed in the place we stayed in this past weekend in Cincinnati did something to my back. The bed was comfortable, I felt great lying in it, but Jesus it did something not good to me. Still running, though, and trying to do all the good things to alleviate the pain.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:41
Pace: 9:34

Evening at the ballpark, and today is our wedding anniversary. The world is terrible. Home is good.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 75
Climate: sunny & bright
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

Liked Songs

Every Morning - Sugar Ray

How You Like Me Now - The Heavy

Drifter - Hippie Sabotage

Stop - B.W.H.

Killing Time (from "American Psycho") - Matt Smith & Jonathan Bailey

tv off - Kendrick Lamar ft. lefty gunplay

Only Wanna Be With You - Hootie & the Blowfish

Under My Thumb - Phoenix City All-Stars

… and running much too fast.

Sarah Sherman punches down.

Back pain today. Driving halfway to Cincy, and all the way back, was stressful. We keep going.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 25:56
Route: rec center
Mood: all right
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

Flashing light in my eye. It’s small but distracting, right in the center of my vision.

1986 Playlist

September Gurls - The Bangles

Pillbox Tales - The Cure

Rumors - Timex Social Club 

I Can’t Wait - Nu Shooz

Bizarre Love Triangle (Stephen Hague 12” Remix) - New Order

Girls & Boys - Prince & the Revolution 

The Lady In Red - Chris de Burgh

Traveled down a road and back again.

Last night we were delighted to attend Golden Girls - The Laughs Continue at the Hanna Theatre. I think this is going to be my Big Drag Season.

Back To School 0111

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 27:47
Pace: 8:56

Okay, so the thing is, my back. I am hoping this resolves itself, it often does. It was on the right, yesterday it was on the left -- and shooting into my thigh. No I'm not okay with this. 

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 80°
Climate: HOT IN CLEVELAND
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: TBD

First Saturday on my own in what feels like a very long time, and I am looking forward to it. I have a list of beautiful things to accomplish, including not only housework but revision, illustration and cooking. This is actually the first Saturday since the boy returned that I know I have a car available all day, though I may not even use it.

Core Strength:

   Planks: 180 sec.

Summer is over, so why not zombies?

"I don't believe there is a cure, Sam."

165 - 174 BPM Playlist

A New England - Billy Bragg

Velvet Underground - Jonathan Richman

Helter Skelter - The Beatles

Too Darn Hot - Erasure

oh baby - LCD Soundsystem

Lose Yourself - Eminem

She's Long Gone - The Black Keys

What's That Lyric?

Thank You For Being a Friend - Andrew Gold

I'm not a woman. I'm not a man.

Last Saturday, as we were commencing our drive home, the four of us were having sandwiches at Y Knot in Damariscotta (highly recommended).

The subject was backpay, Jordan had never heard what a herniated disc was. Everyone took turns trying to explain, the thing is I haven’t had back issues in quite some time and said so.

And yet, as fate would have it by the end of the day, I was feeling a little pain, and by Sunday morning it had intensified quite a bit, as if, by being discussed, the beast had awakened.

Distance: 5.25 miles
Duration: 55:06
Pace:10:30

Purple Rain (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Prince & the Revolution (1984)  
Let's Go Crazy

Take Me With U

The Beautiful Ones

Computer Blue

Darling Nikki

Jungle Love (The Time)

The Bird (The Time)

When Doves Cry

I Would Die 4 U

Baby I'm a Star

Purple Rain

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 81°
Climate: overcast & humid
Mood: all right
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: TBA

So yes, forty years ago Prince owned the summer -- a summer which was also dominated by Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, etc. etc. Also, the Ghostbusters theme, Phil Collins, Thompson Twins, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and on and on. It was 1984.

There's a new exhibit at the Rock Hall, just about this year. I think I need to see this. 

Baseline: 185 lbs.

Weight: 175 lbs.  (+4.0)

Revised Goal: 170 lbs.

We enjoyed ourselves this vacation, and overdid it a bit. High calorie soda pop, complete servings, fried snacks, a lot of alcohol. Summer is over, and it is time to get back to work, and to mindful eating.

Breakfast: fresh fruit, granola & yogurt

Lunch: ramen

Happy Hour: Rum & Moxie, popsicle, pretzel sticks

Dinner: TBA

We burst through the Overton window.

Hurt my back. Remember the rules, never run like you are trying to get the running over with. Relax, do not lean forward, run at the pace which best suits you at the moment.

Distance: 1 miles
Duration: 10:19

Without posting it here on the blog, I am attempting to pull it back on the consumption. God, there's a lot of little snack things around.  

Your Top Songs 2023

Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine

Steal My Sunshine - LEN

Pontius Pilate's Home Movies - The New Pornographers

Route: Neighborhood Loop
Temperature: 47°
Climate: overcast & damp
Mood: all right

I have a bit of a cold. And I am recovering from the allergies I suffer at Con's house. But I wanted to move, and so I did. I'm on vacation!

Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Sit-Ups: 20

Neighborhood One Mile

Dresses by Aunt Brenda

We're in that stage in recovery where the pain in the chest becomes a pain in the back. Is there a word for this? It’s like there’s a straight line from the real pain in my chest to the new one in my back. Same place, different side.

Distance: 1 mile

Duration: 10:06

Route: Haselton Loop 

Temperature: 81°
Climate: overcast & humid

Mood: good

One miler? Sure. Got the dude new kicks yesterday. I'm gonna work with these a bit longer. Both kids say they are looking forward to running with me in Maine next week.

Careful. The last time I "looked forward" to Maine, bad things happened.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20

Upper body: 10 reps. (2x)
Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, banana, cherry w/granola, yogurt, honey & sunflower seeds

Coffee Break: latte w/ oat milk 

Lunch: pastrami & turkey pepperoni w/pepper jack over half-bagel

Tea Time: tea w/cream & sugar

Post-Vaccination: chocolate shake

Dinner: small tacos (2), chips, Dortmunder, cookie

Alcohol? yes

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 171 lbs. (+1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: 30 min.

The overgrown super shit.

This time, it's back pain. A pain by my right shoulder blade, caused by stress and anxiety, and I suppose, a lack of regular exercise. It's been a while since I have been stressed like this, and I wonder if it is due to the fact that I have stopped taking Zoloft. I was sidelined by this pain for most of the week.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 32:58
Pace: 10:38

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 34°
Climate: dusk, cool
Mood: all right

 

2002 Playlist

My Baby's Taking Me Home - Sparks

Lessons Learned From Rocky I to Rocky III - Cornershop

Must Be Dreaming - Frou Frou

Smile - Telepopmusik

Freeek! - George Michael

Die Another Day - Madonna

Spectral Mornings - Cornershop

What was 2002? Still in mourning. End of my first year as an actor-teacher. A return visit to NYC following 9/11. Expecting a new baby. My wife concentrating on her first Masters degree.

 
Stretches: yes
Abdominals: 90 sec.
Water: yes

By the way, I have resumed taking Zoloft. It makes a difference.

The nature of my game.

Since the semester concluded, I have fallen into a post-project malaise. It's not like I don't have a lot to do at the moment, but I lack the endorphin-generating pressure of reading and writing for a grade and the approval of my professors.

Last week I was able to focus my energies on staining the deck, but that is complete and today it is rainy and cool, which is contributing to my mood.

BUT, now that classes are over, I am going to try to see a movie at the Cedar-Lee theater every Monday evening.

Distance: 3.25 miles
Duration: 31:42
Pace: 9:45
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 61°
Climate: sunny & warm
Mood: good?

Stretches: yes, but not enough

Oh, boy! Three fast, hot runs in three days! And now my shins are sore and my back aches a little. Maybe take tomorrow off? Maybe? Maybe not?

Intake

Breakfast: empanadas (1 sweet, 1 savory), coffee (2x)

Lunch: sunbutter & jelly on cranberry bagel

Dinner: popcorn, beer

Cocktail hour: Old fashioned

Also; fizzy water (2x)

1968 Playlist

Licking Stick - James Brown

Grazing In the Grass - Hugh Masekela

Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones

Astral Weeks* - Van Morrison

Say It Loud (I'm Black and Proud) - James Brown

Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)* - John Fred & His Playboy Band

Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf

Classical Gas* - Mason Williams

Mony Mony - Tommy James & the Shondells

I'm calling you to dinner.

Last run, I began to feel pain in my back, the lower right side. It hurt before bed, too. I hope this does not bode poorly for the summer.

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 33:22
Pace: 10:10
Route: Rec Center (treadmill)
Mood: good

So yeah, back on the treadmill. When they reopened the rec center, they put machines onto the track to maintain distance. Not bad, though. One of the new machines has a fan, which is nice. The last time I used a treadmill I noticed how overheated I get when I'm not moving through air. Wish the fan had been stronger, but I could tell a difference.

Also. Running in a mask? Not great. But I did it. "Mask optional - but recommended," the sign read.

Intake

Breakfast: red velvet cake & ice cream, coffee (3x)

Lunch: big ass salad

Cocktail Hour: Sweet Old-Fashioned

Dinner: quinoa salad

Okay? Okay. Finished the cake. Now this has to stop. So far my pants still fit, but it's a struggle. Now that Calvin's Day is past, I think we can say good night to Sugar Season ... until October.

2010 Playlist

Shutterbug - Big Boi ft. Cutty

Fuck You - CeeLo Green

Tightrope - Janelle Monáe ft. Big Boi

Dance Yrself Clean - LCD Soundsystem

Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz ft. Ludacris

Dynamite - Taio Cruz

Firework - Katy Perry

Blow - Ke$ha

Jump in the race.

Last time out I felt this pull in my back, like I was about to seize up or something. It was an easy assumption that it's because of the fact that I now carry my laptop every where in a satchel thrown over my shoulder. So I need to look out for that. I can carry it by the handles, but that can also could stress, and besides, hey. Shoulder strap.

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 27:25
Pace: 8:50
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 70°
Climate: sunny & beautiful
Mood: all right
Weight: 170 lbs. (-1.0)

Friday Intake
Breakfast: Special K w/bananas & peach, coffee, PSL

Lunch: monte cristo, notso fries (half order), Coke Zero

Treat: candy bar, Guinness
Dinner: vegan chicken sandwich, dumplings 

Also: fizzy water (1x)

Teenage Kicks - Block Rockin' Weekend

The Go Go's

This Town *

Club Zero

Head Over Heels *

The Specials

You're Wondering Now

Gangsters

Concrete Jungle *

Patti Smith

People Have the Power (Live at The Current)

Free Money

I liked the Go-Go's for a while. Funny how "cool" works, Belinda Carlisle's foray into schmaltzy late 80s soft pop lost cred for the entire band ... and that's not right. Sting's solo work is also air-pudding, but that hasn't changed how I feel about the Police. 

"Club Zero" was a new Go-Go's single that came out last year. Yay, reunion. I've heard it often enough to decide I really hate it. Especially the chorus, it sounds like the theme song to both The Monkees and The Banana Splits, which you have to admit are thematically similiar.

We're here! We're powerful! "No fucks given!" ... an actual lyric. I mean, you sang "I'm Mad About You," Belinda. "Heaven Is a Place On Earth." I guess I'm withholding judgement.

Life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes.

The boy landed on his back and neck during wrestling practice, had the wind knocked out of him but otherwise seemed all right. It worries me. We went for a short run this afternoon. He wanted to stop after once around the block. I was overdressed, so changed into shorts and headed out again on my own.

Distance: .85 miles
Route: once around the block
Temperature: 48°
Climate: sunny & cool

Nice run, beautiful outside, but it left me winded. Had to walk - twice - on my way up Mayfield. So it goes.

Distance: 2.15 miles
Route: Horizon Loop

What's That Lyric?
Wake Me Up - Avicii

2018 Rite Aid Cleveland Half Marathon

This guy has kept me running, and I am grateful.

I have done unwise things before big races before. Six years ago, I took the kids to Bearden's for dinner the night before running the Cleveland Marathon. Cheeseburgers and onion rings, not exactly pasta. But life is sweet and anyway, I nailed the run.

Yesterday, I escorted the middle school orchestra to Cedar Point for the annual Music In The Parks competition. My son plays bass. The good news is that all groups -- the orchestra, chamber orchestra and band -- had superiors ratings and took first place in their division. They all received a trophy for overall excellence!

The band news is that after a full day in the park I was in bed shortly before midnight. Four hours of sleep. And though there was no snow, it was a cool, slightly damp day. Perfect temperature, but my feet were wet. My feet were wet yesterday. I want dry feet every day from now until I die.

Official Time: 2:01:37.01
Avg. Pace: 9:17

Place Men 45-49: 81

Personal Best Half: 01:41:21 (Cleveland 2016)

Somewhere during the race I told Chris that I had already forgotten everything that had happened that morning, and would tomorrow have forgotten everything yet to come. It was a strange thing to realize, but it is mostly true. Unlike previous races in which I work very hard to recall details to set down for memory, I was just running my way through this one -- making jokes, for sure -- but just kind of dazed.

Four hours of sleep will do that to a person. So will pain.

The fact is, I ended this race feeling depressed. I had pain shooting down not one but both buttocks. I could feel it in my spine. I imagined that if I had attempted the full 26.2 I would develop serious back pain. Also, my right knee started to get sore. I felt like a mess.

We tried to keep up with the two hour group, we weren't looking to achieve greatness, but it was impossible. A 9:17 pace is actually a good average for what Chris and I had been making through our training.

I have to admit, I didn't train very well, in general. But then, what I was really trying to do was be able to run long distances and still have a daily life devoid of limping. In that I have been successful.

I keep telling myself I am just exhausted. Allie gave me a suggestion for a chiropractor and I must seek that out. I need to do something.

This happened ten years ago, as I was about to turn forty. My knee blew up and I wondered if I would ever run again. I had an operation, and I have been running fine ever since. Then I fucked up my back a little over three years ago, and the condition is getting worse.

I love running. Running has made getting older bearable. It is a source of pride and achievement, and it makes me feel so good. I am afraid of ever giving it up.

Look here, Junior. Don't you be so happy.

That evening, following my last run, my hip hurt a bit. I stand more than I used to, which makes the pain not happen, if you follow me. It's like that old joke;

Patient: Doctor! Doctor! It hurts when I do this.
Doctor: Then don't do that.

Sitting all winter, at my desk, at home writing, it hurt my tuchus. So, nu? Don't sit so much.

Distance: 1 mile
Route: Monticello Track

Best. Joke. Ever.

Then there is the eating, which has gotten a bit out of control. I have gotten out of the habit of packing lunch, which is how you control your budget, but also your portion size. The other night I remembered to cut my sandwich at a restaurant in half to take the other half home, but that takes a supreme effort of will.

But it doesn't always. When I get used to smaller portions, I get used to smaller portions. I must get back to that. Also, not eating half a bag of Doritos on a Friday night.

Temperature: 66°
Climate: glorious
Mood: better

Rode my bike to the middle school track, took five laps and home. Felt good. The exercises help. My back hurt in a very unhappy-making place for twenty-four hours, by last night it was gone.

I wonder if I will run long-distance again without pain.

Baseline: 174 lbs.
Today: 171.5 lbs. (+2.0)
Goal: 165 lbs.
Ideal: 160 lbs.

Yes, I have seriously crashed. Back into the 170s. This is depression eating, a compensation for a lack of other things. I do not need a psychologist to tell me this, I know it while I am doing it. It feels good. And it has to stop.

Man. I haven't even had breakfast today. That's empty stomach weight - only after last night, my stomach is not yet empty.

Here's the thing, I need to get to my normal weight - 165 lbs. - for a very good reason. That is where my summer shorts fit most comfortably.

What's That Lyric?
Marquee Moon - Television

Interlude

Visited the physical therapist yesterday. Resuming a regimen of lower back pain exercises. My slipped disc may be a contributing factor to the sciatica, something out of place touching something else. I didn't get it, but whatever.

Yesterday I did the exercises in the morning, which made my sciatica act up throughout the day. Sitting through a play was murderous, and so was the play. But I dutifully did them again last thing last night, and again first thing this morning.

I had written every morning this week, but today we slept in a little, I did my exercises. It is frustrating when physical limitations get in the way of the work.

Put my spine out of place.

My back has been acting up, not sure what to do about that, except to remember not to pick anything up. I have gotten pretty good about asking other people to pick things up, in general, and I feel entirely justified in doing so.

Today's long run was surprisingly difficult. Trying not to let it affect me mentally, just push on. But just the other day I was sharing with someone at work how my back doesn't bother me any more, and now it does.

Distance: 14 miles
Duration: 1:54:44
Avg Pace: 8:11
Route: University Circle Loop

Week Fourteen Total: 33 miles
Training To Date: 436 miles

Again with the right knee. Started freezing up in mile eleven. Warmed out of it but never felt as good again. That was after two steep inclines, first Little Italy and then Cain Park.

Right now I feel tired and hungry. Time to shower, take anti-inflammatory pain reliever and wrap that knee. There is a finish line ahead of me, but I haven't reached the starting gate yet.

These are not metaphors, I am talking about a literal starting gate and finish line.

Temperature: 59° → 61°
Climate: cool and sunny
Weight: 157.5 lbs.
Intake: fruit yogurt & grape nuts
Hydration: yes
Water Stop: yes (2x)
Stretches: yoga (10 min.)
Upper Body: 82 reps

What's That Lyric?
Suffragette City - David Bowie

I'll be back at Echo Beach some day.

Home. That was a beautiful journey, from beginning to end. One of my favorites.

Even better, we were largely packed the night before, making our departure stress-free. Yesterday morning we were drinking coffee on the deck like it was just another day, three hours later we were on the road.

Last night, the crowning achievement, watching the final of the WWC. The three of them were in Ottawa when the series began, and here we were watching the triumphant finale. The weeks peel away, and yet there is still so much summer to enjoy.

Neglected to note: Twenty-one runs in June. Far and away another record. This year is going well.

Distance: 3 miles
Avg Pace: 7.18
Route: Boulevard Loop

Flat out, at 165 BPM. I developed a cramp in my back, because, duh, my posture was for shit. Not worth going so fast. Stay upright, shorter strides.

The sun is so hot in North Carolina ... but the air is hotter here.

Temperature: 81°
Climate: hot and sweaty
Weight: 160 lbs. (-0-)
Hydration: yes
Stretches: yes

Yes! I gained weight. A whole week of drinking beer and eating fried food, I gained one pound.

What's That Lyric?
Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins