Love Your Heart 2011

Ran the Love Your Heart again. Last year I clocked in around 58:40, this year my goal was to get as close to 50 minutes as I could. I came in about 56:20, so better than last year, but not too close to 50:00. Maybe I'll keep improving. This year the course was the same, but instead of starting at the top of Chewacla and heading all the way down the bike path and back, it started at the entrance to Chewacla, then up to the top of the Park and back, then out the bike path and back. Once again, I did a good job of passing folks on the hills. I didn't see too many familiar faces out there, Wayne apparently did not run, but I did see my friend Corey who ran barefoot.

Playlist
Rusty Cage -Soundgarden
Prodigal Son -Rolling Stones
Armagideon Time -the Clash
THe Jean Genie -David Bowie
Shadow Stabbing -CAKE
Heroes -David Bowie
Queen B*tch -David Bowie
El Microfono -Mexican Institute of Sound
Black Country Rock -David Bowie
Coming in Hot -Peter Tosh
Sissyneck -Beck
Hyphy -Federation
She Don't Use Jelly -Flaming Lips
Run (I'm a Natural Disaster) -Gnarls Barkley

Time
56:18 (or so)

Distance 6.1 miles
Cumulative distance 19.5 miles

Warmup for Love Your Heart

Love Your Heart 10k is this weekend. I ran it last year, and just signed up to run it again this year, thanks to the spurring of my buddy, Wayne. He's maybe a couple of years younger than me, similar height, slimmer and a lot faster. So it makes me happy that he encourages me to take part in these things. First day out in shorts and t-shirt this year. Ran down the bike path and back, most of the course of the LYH.

Playlist
They'll Need a Crane -They Might Be Giants
As Good As I Can Feel -Funkadelic
Making Flippy Floppy -Talking Heads
1999 -Prince
On A Plain -Nirvana
Rock Problems -the Hold Steady
Search and Destroy -Iggy and the Stooges
Enchanted Pork Fist -Meat Puppets
Mexican Radio -Wall of Voodoo
El Microfono -Mexican Institute of Sound
Caught Up In You -.38 Special
Bust a Move -Young MC
The World's A Mess, It's In My Kiss -X
All I Do Is Win -DJ Khaled
Don't Let's Start -TMBG
Roses Are Free -Ween

Times
L1 15:23 (home to bike path)
L2 12:59 (1st leg of bike path)
L3 4:00 (2nd leg, down to dip into car lot)
L4 11:16 (rest of bike path)
L5 8:17 (end bike path to Ogletree)
L6 7:53 (Ogletree to Tanglewood)
L7 0:52 (home)
Total 1:00:40

Distance 6.4 miles
Cumulative distance 13.4 miles

Love Your Heart 10K

Well, this was the first time I paid to go running in a while. It was a lot of fun. The course ran from the top of Chewacla State Park, down to the Shel Toomer Bike Path and back to the top of Chewacla. I was a bit afraid of the climb back to the top, but it wasn't so bad. I had a lot of gas left for the kick, and passed a few people accelerating up the last hills. I made it in under an hour, so I'm happy with that for a first race in a few years.

For the playlist, I made an on-the-go one, so the songs played in
alphabetical order.

Playlist
Academia -Sia
Atomic Dog -George Clinton
Aurora Borealis -Meat Puppets
Bang a Gong (Get It On) -T.Rex
Bicycle Race -Queen
California Love -2Pac, Dr. Dre, and Roger Troutman
Clampdown -The Clash
Dixie Chicken -Little Feat
Exactly Where I'm At -Ween
Fish, Chips, and Sweat -Funkadelic
Girl -Beck
Give It Up Or Turnit Loose -James Brown
Ham 'N Eggs -A Tribe Called Quest
Hang On St. Christopher -Tom Waits
Hit It and Quit It -Funkadelic
Iron Man -Black Sabbath

Time (by my mark)
58:40