Hug you to death.

Things are changing, question mark? She is coming home this weekend. And I feel as uncertain about that as I have been about her being away.

It will be a dry fall, and I am looking forward to that. It's been a long and lonely summer. Yeah. Lonely. And I have been unhappy about that. I have done my best to take care of myself. Now I know I can take care of myself, Big deal, who cares. Didn't think I wanted that.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:41
Pace: 9:15
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 64°
Climate: overcast & humid
Mood: maintaining

Summer 1987 Playlist

I Want Your Sex - George Michael

Why Can't I Be You (Extended Mix) - The Cure

La Bamba - Los Lobos

She's On It - Beastie Boys

Heart and Soul - T'Pau

U Got the Look - Prince ft. Sheena Easton 

One more summer playlist before we go. Maybe next Zombies?

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 173.2 lbs. (+1.5)

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

T-minus zero. Time to go.

Thank you for holding me.

August begins in earnest. I am currently alone. And yet, I am booked. It has me a little freaked out, honestly. But maybe it is a good thing. I have plans, I have so many plans. I am also adrift, I don't know what to think, or how.

I need more sleep. Even more sleep. There is never enough sleep.

And I will continue to run.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:50
Pace: 9:37

Songs For My Funeral

Thank You For Hearing Me - Shuhada' Sadaqat

Love Is Stronger Than Death - The The

Put Your Records On - Corrine Bailey Rae

The Things We Do For Love - 10cc

Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

Cue Fanfare - Prefab Sprout

September - Earth, Wind & Fire

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 76° 
Climate: sunny & hot
Mood: better

Spent several hours last night with a good friend, sweating it out on the side porch. I put out the main bulb, so it was all pepper lights and candles, and as our talk continued, the sun went down and our cups refilled, her face began to change. It's always so incredible when that happens. It was a very good night.

I do have friends. Sometimes I know where to look to find them.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 169 lbs. (-1.0)

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

Got to get on this.

A velvet sweat.

It has been rainy and cool. I am happy
with this. The kids make trips into town to get groceries and ice cream, while we lounge around the cabin.

I am working on Metropolis. I am reading the text again, and creating a synopsis. Of course, I could just feed the text (which is available online) into ChatGPT and have a synopsis of whatever length I dictate, and immediately. I could stick my head in the oven. 

Distance: 3.5 miles

Duration: 33:02
Pace: 9:26

This is a summer playlist I can depend upon:

Sweeping Up at Grebe's

Little Red Corvette (Special Dance Mix) - Prince & the Revolution

Don't Change - INXS

Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me - Trio

Saved By Zero - The Fixx

Whenever You're On My Mind - Marshall Crenshaw

Our House - Madness

Is There Something I Should Know? (Monster Mix) - Duran Duran

See link to hear Amir "Questlove" Thompson talk about why the Special Dance Mix of Little Red Corvette is his number one song by Prince.

Route: Martin Point Run
Temperature: 69°
Climate: sunny & bright
Mood: all right

The other day I learned that Duncan Bowen Black, author of Eschaton, is a runner. He wrote a short piece (they're all short pieces) about how AI summaries have been forced onto his running app, and how they are all non-specific but always super positive, which is not only useless but terribly unhelpful. 

"I'm always doing the right thing, somehow. Long and fast? Smashed it! Short and slow? Perfect recovery run! It never says, That was a shit run, pal."

Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Total bummer, however ... the eldest and their partner have had their flights canceled not once (Tuesday) but twice (today). They have decided to cut their losses and are making no new arrangements. This is due to global climate change (see: Canadian wild fire smoke, tornados and flooding in NYC) and the fact that airlines are horrible.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

It seems my weaknesses just keep going strong.

Hey! Me, too!

We settle in. We relax. Long mornings on the deck. No rush. A day can last a long time, if you use it well. Or don't use it at all. The cousins visit, we stay right where we are. We drink, a lot. It's cool.

Distance: 3.5 miles

Duration: 32:29
Pace: 9:17

Monday we planned a brief excursion to Damariscotta, it took the day. That's how we roll, out by ten, or ten-thirty, back around three-thirty, then a nap. We did discover a new favorite spot, King Eider's Pub, so that's news. Our old favorite place there, the one with the Bigfoot iconography, that's under new management. Alas.

The evening spent drinking and reading. Oh, and we visited the library. All good.

Except our other child had their flight bumped two days because of air quality. That's life in the 21st century. Not happy about that. 

Route: Martin Point Run
Temperature: 65°
Climate: overcast & cool
Mood: good?

Summer Hits of the 80s*

Working for the Weekend - Loverboy

Head Over Heels - The Go-Go's

The Boys of Summer - Don Henley

Don't You Want Me - Human League

Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves

Toy Soldiers - Martika

Faith - George Michael

Addicted to Love  - Robert Palmer ft. Eric "E.T." Thorngren

I didn't make this playlist. Most of these are not summer hits. No, they are not. I will do better next time.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

Feeding the rhythm.

Did it, though?

Forty years ago, we were playing at being adult. What does it do to one's immature psyche to be made to believe that just graduating high school is the most monumental thing you have ever accomplished, and that you are an adult and now you need to do adult things? Which is to say, nothing at all. To not have to think about school. To go out, to dance, to have sex.

Not to work, to learn adult skills like cooking, cleaning, accounting. Or how to properly care about other people, to care about anyone but yourself.

I was so in love. I felt freer than I ever had or ever would again. I was lost in the stars.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:50
Pace: 9:37

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 70°
Climate: sunny & warm
Mood: all right

Summer 1986 Mixtape

Sledgehammer (Dance Mix) - Peter Gabriel

The Lady in Red - Chris de Burgh

Danger Zone * - Kenny Loggins

Take My Breath Away * - Berlin

Venus - Bananarama

Howard the Duck - Leah Thompson & Dolby's Cube

Boys Don't Cry (86 Vocal Mix) - The Cure

Not actually a great year for music. Oh, well.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 170 lbs. (+5.0)

We indulged this weekend, it was a mania. Got high, saw lots of shows, drank lots of beer, ate lots of fried food. Yesterday, I had the chance to decompress. The wife and I watched Novelle Vague and Kansas City.

We have listened to the Kansas City soundtrack for thirty years, but never seen the film. The soundtrack is better. One thread of the narrative is a young person, a teenager, who has taken the train from Joplin to Kansas City to go to a maternity hospital. They don't spell it out in great detail, but it is made evident that there are many maternity hospitals in Kansas City, and that young women and girls come from all around to give birth there, for adoption.

What if I had seen that film thirty years ago? Would I have made the connection? Would it have made a difference to my father? 

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

I think I'm done with the sofa.

The peaceful days. We take the bus. We take the stairs. We watch the games.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:59
Pace: 9:20

I try to avoid eye contact, but this guy really wanted to use my phone to call his woman (that's what he calls her) and I let him, but then my bus arrived and I had to just take the phone out of his hands.

This is a true story.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 74°
Climate: after the rain, perfect
Mood: good!

Outside Playlist

Outside

Spinning the Wheel (Forthright Edit)

Soul Free (Special Radio Edit)

Monkey (Extra Beats)

Careless Whisper (Tonight The Music Seems So Loud) sped up

I Want Your Sex (Rhythm 1)

Too Funky

Happy birthday, Yog.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 165 lbs. (-0-)

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

Girl, indeed. I can run it.

Camp has closed for the year. And a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it was.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:43
Pace: 9:15

Managing the rest of the season should (should) be a breeze. A more flexible schedule, and the opportunity to cross-train. To maintain. There are also vacation moments, which should not necessarily be taken as a chance to pack fried food stuffs.

I also hope to get a lot of reading in.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 61°
Climate: clear skies
Mood: good

"I didn't know much about Shakespeare before I came here" Arif said. "I'm learning so much about him and his work everyday. Each time I read something that Shakespeare has written, I get the feeling that I understand everything that he is saying. The next day, though I discover something else in those same words that I didn't know the day before. And the next day, one more thing."

- "Shakespeare in Kabul" by Stephen Landrigan and Qais Akbar Omar

I’m enjoying this book. I was an arrogant young man, and I have found the only way forward is to learn humility. It is a hard lesson.

And it's Juneteenth, white man. Atone.

Clean Juneteenth Party Playlist (up tempo)

Can You Feel It - The Jacksons

Golden - Jill Scott

Good Times - Chic

Run it! - Chris Brown ft. Juelz Santana

Bustin' Loose - Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 165 lbs. (+2.0)

Last night, to celebrate the end of camp, I packed myself with fried food stuffs.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

I sense. I feel.

Pride weekend in the CLE. I thought of dropping in, but I have many things to do, many beautiful, creative things, right here at home. That, and the cat always wants to be outside these days. He used to rummage around in the tall grass, now he just wants to laze in the sun. Who can blame him.

Distance: 4.4 miles

Duration: 41:00
Pace: 9:20

Metropolis - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)

Love Kills - Freddie Mercury

Here's My Heart - Pat Benatar

Cage of Freedom - Jon Anderson

Blood From a Stone - Cycle V

The Legend of Babel - Giorgio Moroder

Here She Comes - Bonnie Tyler

Destruction - Loverboy

On Your Own - Billy Squier

What's Going On - Adam Ant

Machines - Giorgio Moroder

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 68°
Climate: light fluffy clouds & breezy
Mood: determined

Georgio Moroder's experiment in reviving this classic silent film has dated somewhat, the film is timeless but the songs aren't -- with the exception of his own instrumental themes. Machines is a very important track to me. 

Machines is 1984. It is the future. It is Metropolis. It's iconic. Timeless. 

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 167 lbs. (+4.0)

It's not just that we returned to drinking, those those calories are real. It's the junk food that comes with it and I ate a lot yesterday, a Saturday. I even had a stress dream about driving into a McDonald's (not like, crashing into it, I was driving my car down an aisle) that had a build it yourself burger bar that was utterly disgusting.

It gets worse, after building my burger I accidentally dropped it into a wastebasket and fished it out. That is how bad my subconscious feels about the dinner I had last night.

Planks: yes
Push-ups: TBA

Sit-Ups: TBA

Run into you sometimes.

Oof. Some days I can feel my age. And then I ask myself, have I ever actually felt better than this? I have a hernia, that was thirty years ago. Thought I would need to wear compression pants the rest of my life, wore them about five years. What I learned was that if I gained weight (or wore boxers instead of briefs) I would hurt down there. So I try not to gain weight, and for the most part I haven't hurt down there in thirty years. 

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 28:10
Pace: 9:05

Now there's this thing in my wrist. I worry its a symptom of something great, like something to do wit my circulation. But then, maybe it's just muscular. I work out. I do upper body exercises. I have also made a doctors appointment, it's good to see how balanced my humours may be.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 65°
Climate: clear & beautiful
Mood: good

We run. It is still summer. And yet, it is summer still.

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 161 lbs. (-4.0)

Maintenance. Be smart, kid.

Planks: yes
Pushups: yes

Running Summer Mix

Murder On the Dancefloor (PNAU Remix) - Sophie Ellis-Bextor

123456- Fitz & the Tantrums

Dance Wiv Me  - Dizzee Rascal ft. Calvin Harris

Carried Away - Passion Pit

Big Energy - Latto

Levitating - Dua Lipa

Fortnight - Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone

Love Tonight - Shouse 

Well. Spotify is just culling from my own playlists now, that's hardly what you would call working.

This is not a charade.

Forty years ago was a good summer. A very good summer, a special summer. My brother was home from college, he'd just graduated from college and was churning out resumes on a dot matrix printer from his Apple Macintosh. We bonded over Heineken, chips with good French onion dip and weed.

We watched Miami Vice reruns, Night Flight, and Dave Letterman. I learned about new artists, or new to me, anyway. The Cure. The Smiths. New Order. Fishbone. We watched strange videos, and laughed our asses off.

Live Aid, Back to the Future, Thunderdome, we made one DDT-V episode for July, and a second one for August, a clip show based entirely on the advertisements (that one was my idea). We had gone to Maine early in the season for my grandfather's 90th birthday, so the rest of the summer stretched out madly.

I was cited on my seventeenth birthday for trespassing in the Metroparks after dark (we had been playing assassin) and broke up with my girlfriend. I was ready to be a senior. And I was free.

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 29:23
Pace: 9:28

Summer 1985 Mixtape Playlist

Time Bomb Town - Lindsay Buckingham

Cry - Godley & Creme

The Power of Love - Huey Lewis & the News

Party at Ground Zero - Fishbone
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - Sting

Money for Nothing (Live at Wembley Stadium) - Dire Straits ft. Sting 

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 64°
Climate: sunrise & humid
Mood: good

Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Weight: 165 lbs. (+2.0)

We must mind our intake. Yesterday was like a day on vacation. Be careful. Moderation in all things.

Planks: yes
Pushups: yes

Forest Hill Park Run/Walk

We reach the summer. Time out of doors, time on the porch. I patched an old screen. I love it when I am a good housekeeper. We're planning camp. The first read-through is on Sunday. The roster of actor-teachers for the next year is (nearly) complete.

Time just doesn't stop. Some day I might stop. But not today.

Distance: 2.8 miles

Duration: 30:58
Pace: 11:03

Partner run with the elder child. We discussed the possibility of a half-marathon. Who knows?

Route: Forest Hill Park
Temperature: 69°
Climate: nice
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

Maintenance.

Through teenage years.

Me & Arden
Muralla Romana de Lugo (1984)

How do we celebrate a holiday like Memorial Day? Regression. I can recall my uncles who served (and my grandfathers who did not) those near and far who have been are presently are in the armed forces. Mostly, however, I think how it used to signify the closing of the school year. And in my job, it still does.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:26
Pace: 9:10

High School Run (1982-1985)  

The Perfect Kiss (Video Version) - New Order

To Look At You - INXS

Rip It Up - Orange Juice

Just Got Lucky - Jo Boxers

This Charming Man - The Smiths

Owner of a Lonely Heart (Extended Remix) - “Yes”

Trouble & Strife - EBTG

Our recent trip abroad put me in mind of what I was like when I was there, during the summer of 1984. I came home with a tranche of memories, and while I should focus on those that were positive, I fixate on those that were not. I was bullied. I also had the opportunity to be the worst of myself. I mean, I was a teenager. The music, however, was incredible.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 56°
Climate: lovely
Mood: also lovely
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

I would also like to report that the midges are insane this week.

I can go all night.

We reach the end of another week. All of us, together. I will be on my own this weekend, what to do? Think I may attend the Hands Off protest at Market Square tomorrow.

There are also household projects to be done, in preparation for the summer. Sanding, scrubbing and staining at the fore. Yes, I have plenty to do and all weekend to do it.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 27:58
Pace: 9:01

Dinner at Arthur Treacher's, baby. Five stars. No notes. And, like, a thousand calories, but that's okay. I can manage that once in a while.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 54°
Climate: overcast & cool
Mood: all right, full of fish
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

2021 Playlist

Witchoo - Durand Jones & the Indications ft. Aaron Frazer

Sexy Villain - Remi Wolf

Special Thing - Gilligan Moss

Big Energy - Latto

Chaise Longue - Wet Leg

Security - Amyl & the Sniffers

transparentsoul  - Willow ft. Travis Barker

Once Twice Melody (168 BPM)  - Beach House

Wake Me Up - Foals

Damn. Four years ago, already? Damn.

I know you can’t relax.

Worth it for Dave McKean's opening sequence.

Difficult night, a bit too warm. Not sure if a run is going to be enjoyable this morning (it's already 68° spiking another ten degrees in the next few hours) but if not now, when? It is Monday. It is morning.

Alternatives 0112

Distance: 3.1 miles 

Duration: 30:28
Pace: 9:47

Listening through an ad and then the previously on before running (I like to start when the gates open) queers my time. Should be more like 29 minutes and a much better pace. 

But running through the post-apocalypse listening to the Miracles is pretty epic.

Barack Obama's 2024 Summer Playlist

Why Don't You - Cleo Soul

You've Really Got a Hold On Me - The Miracles

Process - H.E.R.

How Do U Want It - 2Pac ft. K-Ci  JoJo

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - Sting

Unsuffer Me - Lucinda Williams

Golden - Jill Scott

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 71°
Climate: humid. muggy.
Mood: all right
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: TBD

Wow, I am more tired today than I have been in some time. Bad night's sleep.

Upper body: 

Core Strength: 

Baseline: 185 lbs.

Weight: 174 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 170 lbs.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh fruit w/yogurt & granola

Coffee Break: toasted marshmallow latte

Lunch: turkey & cheese, sand. French fries, Cherry Coke Zero

Snack: Payday Bar

Dinner: mac & cheese, pumpkin ale

Evening: White Russian, ice cream

Your favorite beers and your video games.

Yesterday, I made ice cream. Homemade, peanut butter with peanut butter cups ice cream. This is where I am in my life's journey. 

Today has been carefully mapped out, I have one task for each hour of the day, and that includes running at 9 AM.

Distance: 4 miles
Duration: 36:25
Pace: 9:06

My Summer 2024 Playlist

365 - Charlie XCX

Take a Bite - beabadoobee

On No! - The Decemberists

Lingerie Model - Paige Kennedy

Massachusetts - Jensen McRae

When You Know Someone - Valley

Prep-School Gangsters - Vampire Weekend

My Heart Your Heart - Bad Bad Hats

Houdini - Eminem

Girl From the Record Shop - Frank Turner

Yeah x10 [MIXED] - Boys Noize w/Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

Route: Cain Park Loop
Temperature: 70°
Climate: sunny & beautiful
Mood: very good!
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: TBD

I have an appointment this week to renew my sertraline prescription. I take a low dose, only 25mg. It ran out a week ago, I have been flying solo. And I feel pretty good. Is this temporary? Is this cannabis? Is this life?

Baseline: 185 lbs.

Weight: 174 lbs. (+2.0)

Goal: 170 lbs.

Breakfast: ice cream (1 scoop)

Lunch: leftover burrito (yeah, it is)

Early Afternoon: Bumble Berry Beer

Late Afternoon: GLBCo. Nosferatu

Dinner: Turkey & cheese sandwiches, fizzy water, Dots (for the movie)

Late night: Old fashioned, ice cream (1 scoop)

You know I run and I run and I run and I run.

Let's do this.

Sugary breakfast cereal no longer holds the magic that it used to. It's just so absent of real flavor and it's mostly just milk. It's just a vehicle for a lot of milk. And I don't really need milk, in my body, as a liquid, anymore.

Distance: 4 miles
Duration: 39:57
Pace: 9:59

Still feeling out of whack. Like, lifewise. Ran out of sertraline, need to see the doctor for my refill (come on). Been eating a lot, snacking, grazing, not good.

There were guys working on the kitchen today, which is good. But the downstairs is in upheaval and now it looks like they may not be finished until the weekend -- or after the weekend? It will be worth it. But it has made me addled.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 68°
Climate: little puffy clouds
Mood: all right
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: TBD

Took a slower run, slower and longer. Bit of a chug, bad diet today.

Barack Obama's 2024 Summer Playlist

A Bar Song (Tipsy) - Shaboozey

365 - Charlie XCX

CHICHIRO - Billie Eilish

Love Me JeJe - Tems

i like the way you kiss me - Artemas

Million Dollar Baby - Tommy Richman

I Can't Even Cry - Hope Tala

No Diggity- Blackstreet ft. Dr. Dre & Queen Pen

Charge It - Enny

O Quarto - Carminho

What's In the Tea - Calimossa

I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love - Hubert Sumlin

Say So- PJ Morton ft. Jojo

Continuing with the illustration. It is inspiring. It is fun. I should draw more often.

Upper body: 20 reps

When I am not honest with myself, I will eat anything.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh fruit, yogurt & granola

Second breakfast: pizza slice

Lunch: Burrito half, beer

Movie Time: White Russian 

DNC: chips & salsa

Let's not have dinner, you know?

You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line.

*sigh*

The boy has returned to school. We are on our own again. Summer has drawn, in its way, to a close. Still plenty of summer lovin' fun to be done.

This week has been arduous, however. The move was exhausting, surprisingly so, and took an extra day. I had a near migraine event on Monday night, which was held at bay not only by late night ibuprofen, but also Dramamine. I'm thinking that is a missing ingredient, one which not only quelled by impending nausea, but also knocked me out.

But I have also had the runs, since last week. I have no explanation for this, except perhaps for some kind of bug? Lack of yogurt consumption? Really, I forget how I have been enjoying yogurt for breakfast for the past year or so. I think going a couple days off messes with my system.

Let's see what happens now that we are home and having a regular breakfast diet.

Distance: .1 miles
Duration: 29:31
Pace: 9:31

So, anyway, I am off my game. Last weekend was punishing, and I am still in recovery, and trying not to worry too much about it. But it would be nice to, you know, get back to exercising. 

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 80°
Climate: partly cloudy & humid
Mood: enervated
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: tbd

So, where did this come from? Why did I make this, twelve years ago? Some sort of opportunity, or application. Anyway, it holds up. And it is inspirational -- to me. Cool!

What's That Lyric?

Canary In a Coalmine - The Police

You were running out of time.

Small complaints. There is a stinging in my right big toe. A verruca? Cannot tell, not even up close. Must keep aware of that.

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 30:55
Pace:  9:58

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 72°
Climate: sunny & warm
Mood: anxious
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Such cool days, also feeling kind of listless and ... alone? Can I say that? It's the post-party thing. All of our big anniversary-related summer plans are complete.

But hey! It's summer! It's July! And democracy is ending! Let's have some fun!

And keep running. Always keep running.

Upper body: 80 reps.

Core Strength: 

   Planks: 90 sec.

Baseline: 185 lbs.

Weight: 174 lbs. (-1.0)

Goal: 170 lbs.

Breakfast: bread w/marmalade & cheese

Coffee Break: latte

Lunch: spicy tuna roll

Pick Me Up: Cherry Coke Zero

Treat: vanilla soft serve, cherry dip

Dinner: popcorn, midwestern hipster IPA

Cocktail: Manhattan

What's That Lyric?

Cities In Dust (Extended Version) - Siouxsie and her Banshees

Sweat box.

Was not planning to run today. But it has been a long day, a long day conducting a variety of chores, and I am all alone. 

Our eldest is at home, but visiting a friend. The boy is also home, but out now with their partner at Tri-C Jazzfest. And my wife is at a work function. I have no car, and am trying to maintain activity.

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 30:10
Pace: 9:43

Running Summer Mix

Starry Eyed Surprise - Shifty

2 Be Love (Am I Ready) * - Lizzo

Seasons (Waiting On You) - Future Islands

Move - Saint Motel

Challengers [MIXED] - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross ft. Boys Noize  

Yeah x10[MIXED] - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross ft. Boys Noize

Wow - Beck

Carried Away - Passion Pit

Cake By the Ocean - DNCE

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 83°
Climate: dusk
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Last night, for the solstice, I burned the rest of my notebooks. All but one. I may still destroy that one, but I need to look through it first.

Baseline: 185 lbs.

Weight: 173 lbs. (-1.0)

Goal: 170 lbs.

Breakfast: fresh berries, granola & cream

Lunch: pizza (1 slice), ranch

Dinner: sunbutter & jam sand w/strawberry milk

Happy Hour: GLBCo. Midwest IPA

Late Dinner: wedge salad, Hot & Dirty cocktail, crème brule

My mother, God rest her soul.

Woke late, almost nine o'clock. I was expecting to be woken up and served for Father's Day, but the wife is ill so I rolled out to pick up last minute breakfast things and wash some dishes. But the boy prepared my bagel and I get to sit on the porch and relax and enjoy a beautiful morning.

There's work to be done, preparing for camp for the week, but not too much work. God, I was so wrecked by Thursday ... for many years, camp ended with our leaving for North Carolina, and I am grateful that is not the case this season. I will miss the place (we didn't go last year, either) but I just want to hang around and work, for goodness sake.

Distance: 4 miles
Duration: 38:34
Pace: 9:38

Summer Throwbacks
Hot In Herre - Nelly
Fly - Sugar Ray
Mambo No.5 (a Little Bit of...) - Lou Bega
Everybody Lives the Sunshine * - Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Get Lucky - Daft Punk ft. Pharrell & Nile Rogers
Can't Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue
Livin' la Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
Move Your Feet - Junior Senior
Summer in the City  - The Lovin' Spoonful
Mas Que Nada - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
Here Comes the Hotstepper - iNi Kamoze

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 85°
Climate: sunny & hot
Mood: anxious
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

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Breakfast: everything bagel heavy with lox, tomato, red onion, capers & cream cheese, coffee w/cream

Lunch: tortilla chips, beer

Dinner: steak, potatoes, asparagus, mule, red wine