My friends run the game.

Sick poster. Zombies, Run has been around since 2012, and there are hundreds of episodes. I usually do around four or five each spooky season, so I will probably never run out so long as they app doesn't disappear.

This is my fifth run for the year, fifth run for Runner Number Five. If I do another mission, that will be some kind of record. I think I may. 

An Unimportant Mission 0119

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 28:37
Pace: 9:13

Today we have completed as many runs as in all of 2013, and that was a good running year.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 60°
Climate: clear & cool
Mood: anxious

Fall '25 Workout

RATATA - Skrillex ft. Missy Elliott & Mr. Oizoi

Power - Ye

DJ Turn It Up - Yellow Claw

All the Way Up (Remix) - Fat Joe ft. Remy Ma, Jay-Z, French Montana & Infrared

Brand New Bitch - Cobrah

it boy - bbno$

Chroma 001 Helium - Bicep

Bon Bon - Fcukers

Stretches: Yes
Water: Yes
Weight: 160 lbs.

How are we at the start of this massive week? Well-rested, I am glad to say. I received vaccinations for both the flu and Covid (so fuck you, RFKJ) and while I was feeling it last night, I took a Benadryl and got nine hours of sleep and today I feel great. Except for, you know, the anxiety. 

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes

I made myself so strong again somehow.

But do we run when we have had a seriously messed up sleep schedule? Dropped the wife at the airport at 5:00 AM, drove home and got back into bed. So sleep has happened but I feel dizzy and weird.

Then again, I did have a flu shot and also a Covid booster yesterday! That may also have something to do with it. Okay, we're going with that. 

Distance: 2 miles
Duration: 18:04
Pace: 9:02

JIM STEINMAN SUPERSTAR PLAYLIST

It's All Coming Back to Me Now - Celine Dion

This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy

Paradise By the Dashboard Lights - Meatloaf  

Route: Burlington Loop
Temperature: 80°
Climate: sunny & hot
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: TBD

Upper body: 30 rep

Core Strength: 

Yes, pumping iron when you had a vaccination the day before.

Baseline: 185 lbs.

Weight: 175 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 170 lbs.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, sausage, egg & cheese McMuffin, hash browns, monster-sized orange juice

Coffee Break: shitty Whole Foods root beer (DNF)

Lunch: pasta salad & Nosferatu

Snack: PB&J, strawberry milk

Writing time: old fashioned 

Dinner: ramen w/fried egg

Looking for something I'll never find.

Powderpuff is canceled.

Second shingles vaccine yesterday. My shoulder is sore, but that is all, and that is good. I did not care to be feverish and unwell today (though I guess I still could be.)

Also, did a blood draw and apparently I am in the acceptable range for a person my age. This is an improvement over last August. I think.

What is troubling to me is how depressed I got last night. I was at an event where I suddenly felt entirely irrelevant thought that may simply be reality hitting me in the face. What have I done? Is any of it relevant? I feel like I have been loud and meaningless.

Probably a good thing few people read this blog. It's one of the few spaces where I choose to be honest.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 30:46
Pace: 9:55

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 68°
Climate: sunny & nice

Mood: down

 

Nearly healed. Feeling good.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 50

Water: yes

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

Treat: Skittles

Lunch: smoothie bowl w/fresh strawberry, mango, cantaloupe w/chocolate/PB granola & Nutella, because fuck protein

Snack: Cheez-Its

Dinner: burrito w/chips & guac

Alcohol? no

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: 30 min.

What's That Lyric?

Gold Rush - Death Cab for Cutie

Breathing gets harder. Even I know that.

#IGotTheShot

Got the shot on Wednesday. Felt sleepy for two days. Maybe it's time to hit the road again.

Distance: 2.95 miles

Duration: 29:17
Pace: 9:55
Route: Noble-Taylor Run 

Temperature: 81° 
Climate: overcast & humid

Mood: good

Weight: 188 lbs. (-0.5)

Sweaty run around the (larger) block with the kids. We make a good team.

2007 Playlist

Someone Great - LCD Soundsystem

Don't Stop the Music - Rihanna

Umbrella - Rihanna ft. Jay-Z

Worksleepeat - A Great Bog Pile of Leaves

North American Scum - LCD Soundsystem

Uninvited - Freemasons ft. Bailey Tzuke

Love Song - Sara Bareilles

Where thoughts can bloom.

Second dose this afternoon! Let's run now!

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 30:59
Pace: 9:59
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 81°
Climate: hot! awesome!

Mood: really good!

Weight: 187.5 lbs. (-1.0)

Chewing gum while running is dangerous. Chewing gum while running keeps my mout moist and keeps me from gasping for air. Decisions.

2008 Playlist

I Will Possess Your Heart - Death Cab for Cutie

Just Dance - Lady Gaga

Nine in the Afternoon - Panic! at the Disco

Hot N Cold - Katy Perry

Miss Independent - Kelly Clarkson

Down to Earth - Peter Gabriel

Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) - Beyonce

Try if you can to walk like a man.

Recovered! Recovered? I think so. The boy and I did the park on this beautiful spring day. It's snow on Monday, but fuck it.

Yeah, maybe there will be races this summer? Who knows? Never done a 5K with the boy. What if the three of us ran one together?

What if the four of us did? Hah? What do you think about that?

Distance: 3.13 miles
Duration: 30:29
Pace: 9:44
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 72°
Climate: hot & sunny

Mood: very good, thanks.

Weight: 190 lbs. (-0-)

The wife and I got our first vaccinations last Wednesday. Perhaps the is the end of the beginning.

1999 Playlist

Smooth - Santana ft. Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20

Walk Like a Panther - The All Seeing I

Livin' la Vida Loca - Ricky Martin

Steal My Sunshine - Lem

Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters

Blue - Eiffel 65 ft. Gabry Ponte

All Star - Smash Mouth

Five Fathoms - Everything But the Girl

MAXIMUM END OF THE CENTURY