Mentally Unstable Mix

I ran to my friends' home again last night. Quite a bit cooler and nicer out, though lots of cars whizzing by. We spent a nice evening of eating chicken, drinking beer, and hot-tubbing. Oh, and looking in on the Yankees LOSING their way out of the ALCS. Schadenfreude, is sometimes the best freude. I'm hoping for the Giants to take the NL, since I did get to see them twice this season (once here, once in Atlanta), and though I don't have a beef with the Phillies, it's nice to have some fresh blood in the World Series.

I thought I'd have another thematic mix. Craziness, madness, insanity.

Playlist
Frontier Psychiatrist -the Avalanches
Crazy -Gnarls Barkley
All the Madmen -David Bowie
Let's Go Crazy -Prince
Crazy Train -Ozzy Osbourne
Love Her Madly -the Doors
Psycho Killer -Talking Heads

Times
L1 8:43
L2 10:41
L3 7:42
Total 27:07. Ugh. Not too good. I think I want to be faster. I'm not sure it's good for me to try though, given my objectives of getting aerobic exercise and wanting to remain ambulatory for a good long time.

Distance 3.0 miles
Cumulative distance 28.3 miles. Over a marathon this month.

Forest Ecology Preserve 5k

Ran the 5k, last weekend now. Let me say this: Chicken fingers are not the dinner of champions. I didn't drink at all last Friday, but I did eat a mess of chicken fingers, and I didn't run at all during the lead up to the race either. I was a bit tender for a few day after the Tough Ten.

I ran as part of the Forestry team, and we won! For the first time since I've been running it, our Forestry five won it. By default, but we'll take it, take it away from those Fisheries sorts. My friend Wayne ran also, and got second in our age group, so in his honor, I started with some Stones, his fave.

Playlist
Tumbling Dice -Rolling Stones
Save It For Later -English Beat
Lust For Life -Iggy Pop
Mexican Radio -Wall of Voodoo
Electric Avenue -Eddy Grant
Whip It -Devo
Crazy -Gnarls Barkley

I think that's all?

Time
26:34 or so. Awful, really, even for a trail run.

Distance 3.1 miles
Cumulative distance 25.3

Tough Ten

That picture there is from the halfway point on the Tough Ten. I finished it, which was objective 1. Objective 2, finishing under 10 minute miles also good. Objective 3, finishing under 9 minute miles, not achieved (see times below). All told, I felt pretty good throughout, even bursting into song during some points (Mexican Radio, Suspicious Minds), I think I was getting large doses of endorphins during those points, really. Thanks so much to my friend, Penny, who organized the race and personally handed me an application a couple of months ago, in plenty of time to train (though I could have gotten under 9 minute miles, I'm sure).

I may do the Forestry 5K next weekend, before my friends wedding and the Arkansas game.

Playlist
Turn It On -Flaming Lips
Crazy -Gnarls Barkley
Modern Love -David Bowie
Caught Up In You -.38 Special
Push Th' Little Daisies -Ween
Houses In Motion -Talking Heads
Whip It -Devo (this one probably drove that 8:48 mile)
Save It For Later -English Beat
Mexican Radio -Wall of Voodoo
Come As You Are -Nirvana
Once In A Lifetime -Talking Heads
Wow and Flutter -Stereolab
The Wizard Turns On -Flaming Lips
Seven Nation Army -White Stripes
Sugar -Imperial Teen
Queen Bitch -David Bowie
Electric Avenue -Eddy Grant
Suspicious Minds -Elvis Presley
Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell -Flaming Lips
Heroes -David Bowie
Lust for Live -Iggy Pop
Give It Up of Turnit Loose -James Brown
Ruby -Kaiser Chiefs (I was wearing my Kaizer Chiefs cap)
Calling Dr. Love -KISS

Times (by mile)
M1 9:25
M2 8:48
M3 9:33
M4 9:15
M5 9:25
M6 9:13
M7 9:11
M8 9:22
M9 9:04
M10 9:11
Total 1:32:28

Distance 10.0 miles
Cumulative distance 22.2 miles

Adjective Noun

Trying to get one more semi-long run in before the Tough Ten. Gay Samford College Woodfield and back with a little extra at the end. Feeling pretty good, quite good actually. Knees a little sore. Hopefully didn't cripple myself for tomorrow's long day in the lab.

Playlist (lots of adjective noun band names)
Oh, Atlanta -Alison Krauss
Save It For Later -English Beat
The Wizard Turns On... -Flaming Lips
Caught Up In You -.38 Special (a number adjective band, just to mix it up)
Houses In Motion -Talking Heads
Banned In D.C. -Bad Brains
Whip It -Devo
Let's Dance -David Bowie
Mexican Radio -Wall of Voodoo
Crazy -Gnarls Barkley
Seven Nation Army -White Stripes

Times
L1 13:21
L2 6:28
L3 7:27
L4 3:30
L5 11:45
L6 0:46
Total 43:18

Distance: 5.0 miles
Cumulative distance 12.2 miles

Sunday Morning Toomer's

First run of October, and it was a good one. I did register for the Tough Ten, but I knew I had to get a long one in before even thinking about actually doing it. After my last debacle on a 6+, I had to get a good one in. I thought about going out last night, late, but also thought in spite of my typical morning inertia, I had to do it in broad daylight. The weather this morning was optimal, just a bit cool as I left the house. I ran the route down University to Donahue, up to Magnolia and past Toomer's corner (pictured above, following yesterday's blowout of Louisiana-Monroe), and down Gay over to Armstrong, and then down College to the Art Museum and back via Gay, University, Wright's Mill, Tanglewood.

Playlist
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) -AC/DC
Mama Africa -Peter Tosh
Black Country Rock -David Bowie
Electric Avenue -Eddy Grant
The W.A.N.D. -Flaming Lips
Atomic Dog -George Clinton
Lust For Life -Iggy Pop
Suffragette City -David Bowie
Ruby -Kaiser Chiefs
Sour Cherry -the Kills
Calling Dr. Love -KISS
Big Chief -Professor Longhair
Candy Store Rock -Led Zeppelin
Swimming Ground -Meat Puppets
All Apologies -Nirvana
The Sky is Fallin' -Queens of the Stone Age
Driver 8 -R.E.M.

Times
L1 16:05
L2 18:36
L3 5:24
L4 7:14
L5 7:48
L6 3:33
L7 12:07
L8 0:47

Distance 7.2 miles
Cumulative distance 7.2 miles