Ego Trip

Another lovely day in San Francisco, another 5 mile run.  Today I went the other direction, up into the Presidio and over to the head of the Golden Gate Bridge.  After my last experience with running on the bridge, (it sucked, too many aimless gawking tourists to bump into, I advise against it) I opted to take a picture and turn around, knowing that I had a good run in.  Again, I had to stretch it out by going down a block or two, but I got it to exactly 5.00 miles.  For no particular reason, I thought I'd make a very egoistical playlist.

Playlist	In the Key of "I"
I Luv I Jah	Bad Brains
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend	Ramones
I Stole Your Love	KISS
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart	Wilco
I Lost It	Lucinda Williams
I Got The Feelin'	James Brown
I Fink U Freeky	Die Antwoord
I Feel Fine	The Beatles
I Do	J. Geils Band
I Wanna Be Sedated	Ramones
I Wanna Roo You	Van Morrison
I Am That I Am	Peter Tosh

Distance 5.00 miles
Cumulative 20.16 miles
Time 43:49
Pace 8:45 min/mile

Start of June, Summer 5K series

Tonight the summer 5K series started over at the High School.  There was a bit of high drama, as I tried to entice my daughters to participate in the 1 mile fun run.  My elder daughter wanted to run the 5K, but hadn't been training as I'd encouraged her to.  My younger daughter was keen to run, but had a hard time pacing herself, and pooped out.  My wife ran the 1 mile with them, and helped the little one get across the finish line with me.  I told the elder that if she trained with me she could start the 5Ks with me next week.

As for me, I felt pretty good on the course, and I think I achieved a PB for this route.  Yep, I beat my previous PB by over a minute.  As you can see from my measurement, it's a bit longer than 3.1 miles, so I don't feel too bad about being a bit slower on my 5K times.  Also, it was warm but not blazing out there.

Playlist
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	AC/DC
Sure Shot	Beastie Boys
Diamond Dogs	David Bowie
I Lost It	Lucinda Williams
I'm Amazed	My Morning Jacket
Here It Goes Again	OK Go

Distance 3.25 mi
Cumulative 3.25 mi
Time 24:22
Pace 7:29 min/mi

Goodbye SF, Hello August

Last run in cool San Francisco, up into the Presidio, around the golf course and back down and around Mountain Lake Park. Then around Presidio Landmark and down part of the Anza Trail, which wasn't on the gmaps-pedometer :( Also on this uncharted leg, I ran out of playlist, so I stopped to re-up it. I emerged over near Baker Beach, and came back up Lincoln to 25th Ave and home via Lake St. I'm going to miss this weather, for sure.

Yesterday my wife and I went to visit some other neighborhoods, namely the upper Haight and Japantown. We came across the SF Marathon coming through. Also, I stopped at Amoeba Music and got some new CDs to plug into the tune-o-matic, some of which featured in today's playlist :)

Playlist (mostly 80s and 90s again)
Working For Vacation -Cibo Matto
Solsbury Hill -Peter Gabriel
Right Place, Wrong Time -Dr. John the Night Tripper
Pictures of Matchstick Men -Camper Van Beethoven
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key -Billy Bragg and Wilco
Shock the Monkey -Peter Gabriel
Driver 8 -REM
Tide is High -Blondie
Sledgehammer -Peter Gabriel
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road -Lucinda Williams
Catapult -REM
Devil's Roof -Throwing Muses

Times
L1 37:48
L2 (pause for playlist adjustment, a bit longer than 0:54, really)
L3 11:40
Total 50:23

Distance 3.8+1.2+0.4 =5.4 miles?
Cumulative 5.4 miles