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January 30, 2023

It has been a very long time since I have had this many runs in January. Back then I might run twenty times, but I no longer have the stamina for that. I was even running outside in the snow back then. No, thank you.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 24:38

Another thing ... I have been sneezing, all the time, for about three weeks. It's crazy. It's like there's something in our living room, like mold or something. It's killing me. I have to jack up on Sudafed just to stop the drainage, it's awful.

Route: rec center 
Temperature: -2°
Climate: still
Mood: driven

1983 Playlist

Adventures In Success - Will Powers

A New England (168 bpm) - Billy Bragg

Automatic Man - Michael Sembello

Communication (12 “ Version) (152 bpm) - Spandau Ballet

I Love It When (You Call Me Names) - Joan Armatrading

School Is In (159 bpm) - Josie Cotton

You Stand By - Roman Holiday

This Is the Day - The The

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

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

When I am unhappy there's nothing that can move me.

Camp days are long. Maybe I should have slept this morning, but I can't run after camp. I'm too exhausted. Yesterday I slept for an hour after camp.

It was raining when I got up, but I sat on the side porch and wrote. The rain subsided with the dawn. Time to get out. No time to dawdle on a camp morning.  

Camp camp camp.

Distance: 3.25 miles
Duration: 30:24
Pace: 9:21
Route: Boulevard Loop
Temperature: 67°
Climate: cool, humid & damp
Mood: all right

Stretches: yes

Abdominals: no

Water: yes
Weight: 184 lbs. (-0.5)

Goal: 180 lbs.  

Getting there. No pain, easy breathing, some bursts of speed.

1982 Playlist

Sat In Your Lap - Kate Bush

It's Nearly Africa - XTC

She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby

Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant

Don't Pay the Ferryman - Chris de Burgh

The Loved Ones - Elvis Costello & the Attractions

Rock the Casbah - The Clash

Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats

Kiss Off - Violent Femmes

Yeah, there are some songs I can't listen to anymore. (I skipped them.)

I struggle to keep up with you.

Brisk, pre-work run. Feeling good. Though I am not losing weight, I am gaining stamina. No need to walk, and there were places where my pace was rather fast. The last stretch I was under nine minutes - not as fast as my son, but it felt good to finish strong.

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 29:26
Pace: 9:29
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 46°
Climate: light fluffy clouds

Mood: all right

Weight: 187.5 lbs. (-2.5)

Okay.

2016 Playlist

2AM - Bear Hands

You Don't Get Me High Anymore - Phantogram

Run Sister Run - Cass McCombs

Good as Hell - Lizzo

Heathens - Twenty-One Pilots

New Song - Warpaint

Can't Feel My Face - The Wekknd

Can't Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake

You can walk, or you can run.

Last week I posted something on my other blog how Nineteen Eighty-Six is not the worst year in popular music, and you should read that.

I would have dedicated today's playlist to the "Hot Side" of the Wham" sawn song Music From the Edge of Heaven, but after the (nearly) eponymous title track "Edge of Heaven" and the quirky "Battlestations" we are left with some truly horrid and warmed over remixes of "I'm Your Man" and "Wham Rap '86."

The stuttering repeat thing was big in 1985/86, and really, really awful. Practically destroyed Annie Lennox for me.

Ensemble Theatre presents the World Premiere of "The Way I Danced With You," through April 7, 2019.

Distance: 3 miles
Route: Rec Center
Mood: better
Exercises: no

Three miles, one brief stop for water. No walking. I am gaining strength and stamina. This is working.

1986 Playlist
American Soviets - C.C.C.P.
Brand New Lover - Dead Or Alive
Dear God - XTC
Graceland - Paul Simon
State of the Nation - New Order
Dreamworld - Midnight Oil

Cooldown:
Wild Wild Life (Extened Mix) - Talking Heads

The eating is a problem. Going to the fucking grocery store is a problem. Yes! We will not get a family size bag of Doritos, but we do need crackers, so I will get these Cheez-Its! Seriously? Cheez-Its are not crackers and should not be in the cracker aisle but should be placed next to the chips and ice cream and deep fried Oreos.

I ate half a box before getting home. This is what happens when I visit the new Dave's on Chester.

Baseline: 179.5 lbs.
Today: 182.5 lbs. (+1.0)
Goal: 175 lbs.

Goddammit.

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