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.

I will be your daddy.

Thank God for George Michael, and especially for the single "I Want Your Sex" which was first released on the soundtrack to Beverly Hills Cop II in May 1987.

It's not the best rack on his first, upcoming solo record, Faith. But is was a quirky, frenetic, deconstructed bop which enraged a lot of silly people. I got the "extended CD single" that summer and wore that fucker out.

Distance: 5 miles

Duration: 51:49
Pace: 10:21

Route: Forest Hill Loop +

Temperature: 73°
Climate: overcast & muggy

Mood: all right

Over my high school years I had developed a terrible case of acne on my chest, back and shoulders. At the end of 1986 I was single again and miserable, I thought I'd never date again. The year 1987 started with my first one-night stand, which was completely humiliating.

However, I was soon prescribed Accutane. My skin cleared up, and with it a degree of physical self-confidence that no man deserves, and for a short time, I became a player. George Michael wrote my songs. Well, George and Robert Smith.

Maybe I will try running to some Cure albums next. 

Faith - George Michael (1987)

Faith

Father Figure

I Want Your Sex Pts. 1 & 2

Hard Day (Shep Pettibone Remix)

Hand To Mouth

Look at Your Hands

Monkey (Jam & Lewis Remix)

Kissing a Fool

A Last Request (I Want Your Sex Pt. 3)

 

Difficult week, physically. Big run Tuesday, but that seemed to exacerbate the injury. Refraining from running was an emotional drain. The weather didn't help, the rain and damp. Still, been reading. Working. Watching movies. Summer time.

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Not horrible, slow pace, felt the pull the entire time. Also, occasional new twitches in my left knee. What's that all about? Will pound ibuprofen, hope for the best.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh strawberry, blueberry, cherry, dried cranberry & raisin, yogurt, granola, honey & sunflower seeds

Zoom Time: iced coffee

Lunch: ramen w/roasted chicken

Dinner: popcorn

Alcohol? Boss Dog

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: 30 min.

Man, but that last track is problematic.

Forest Hill Walk

I'm dizzy pretty much all the time now. I just deal with it and try not to fall down.

And I am out of sorts. Can't run yet, it hurts too much in my side. I tried to run last night and stopped, which was depressing. The wife reminded me, I can walk! I did that last summer when I was recuperating from my operation, and that was very helpful. 

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 59:37
Pace: 19:15

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 71°
Climate: excellent

Mood: a little shaky

 

Planks: 90 sec.

Upper body: 10 reps.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh blueberry, strawberry, cherry, watermelon, banana w/granola & yogurt

Snack: Cheez-Its

Lunch: Hot Tito (1 slice), Coke

Afternoon: fizzy water, sunbutter & banana muffin

Dinner: cobb salad, tempura green beans, falafel balls

Alcohol? Manhattan

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 bs. (-0-) 

Goal: 165 lbs.

Writing: yes

What the hell's got into you?

But, okay. Also. On Sunday, at Cedar Point, the first ride we went on was the Scrambler. And almost immediately my wife leans into me (see: centrifugal force) and my arm is stuck for a moment between the edge of the car and my side, and I feel this pinch in my ribs.

Not a pop, not a crack, right? Just a sudden twinge of pain. And I've had it for the past several days. Not debilitating, just ... there. What is that?

Distance: 1 mile

Duration: 10:06

Route: Haselton Loop 

Temperature: 70°
Climate: overcast & damp

Mood: pained

Okay, oof. That was. I set out for a two mile run, but decided almost immediately to make it one mile. The pain in my side made it hard to take deep breaths, which are necessary for running. Not sure how to handle this. A few days off? Not sure.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20
Planks: tbd 

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

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, smoothie bowl w/ fresh mango, strawberry, blackberry & blueberry granola w/agave drizzle

Coffee Break: latte w/oat milk

Lunch: baba & pita, cookie

Treat: ice cream cone

Dinner: leftover pea & pepper stir fry over rice, fizzy water

Alcohol? no

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0.5) 

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: 30 min

Blog? conducted an interview

What's That Lyric?

Young Guns (Go For It!) - Wham!

Pull me back to the ground again.

We are the robots.

We have a special project. I need to write a twenty-minute "quarantine" play for craft & theory. It must somehow be presentable under the current conditions. I could write a Zoom play. I guess I could also create a performance by one person, for one person, under safe conditions.

What I have decided upon is a Facebook Live event. And it will involve running. As temps are (marginally) above freezing today, I think this would be an excellent day to map out some times.

Distance: 1.75 miles
Duration: 16:36
Pace: 9:27
Route: Forest Hill
Temperature: 36°
Climate: a bit nippy

Pavement: clear
Mood: all right ... until!

Weight: 190 lbs.

Except, ugh. I pulled a muscle in my calf. Perhaps because of all of the starting and stopping, to record times. Well, dammit. Just this *ping* and I thought, you know? I'm going to walk now. In fact, I'm going to call my wife and ask her to pick me up. And that's what I did.

But not before I got all the times recorded, so the morning was productive after all. I am currently propped up with ice, and having taken a super-dose of Ibuprofen.

2009 Playlist

Fascination - La Roux

The Fear - Lilly Allen

Uprising - Muse

Dog Days Are Over - Florence +The Machine

Halo - Beyoncé