Showing posts with label playlist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label playlist. Show all posts

Monday, April 12, 2010

More rest, little bit longer, new music

Took the weekend off again. Slowly but surely things are improving. Half my friends are encouraging me to get back out there, and the other half are calling me an idiot for running in the first place and inviting injury.

I'm definitely not going hard, but I did feel good enough to go a bit further today, up Gay Woodfield Museum College Samford Gay Home. So far, so good. Definitely starting to warm up quite a bit out there. It was 70 F when I left. I uploaded some new tunes to my tune-o-matic, so I listened to those.

Playlist
Cooperation -Franco & Sam Mangwana
Prodigal Son -Rolling Stones
Lucifer Sam -Pink Floyd
Been Caught Stealing -Jane's Addiction
Rhinoceros -Smashing Pumpkins
Bruca Managua -Ibrahim Ferrer
The Gnome -Pink Floyd
No Expectations -Rolling Stones
Interstellar Overdrive -Pink Floyd

Times
L1 12:35
L2 3:24
L3 7:28
L4 5:42
L5 12:03
Total 41:12
Distance 4.54 miles

Monday, March 15, 2010

Two days off, short day on.

Not too long a day out there. My right calf is still a little tight. My wife is back from her trip to Belize, and the kids are off from school for Spring Break. Up Gay Street and back down Wright's Mill.

Playlist
Hosanna -Harry Belafonte
Learn To Fly -Foo Fighters
What A Day That Was -Talking Heads
Jeepster -T.Rex
International Colouring Contest -Stereolab
Superunknown -Soundgarden
God Is A Number -Sleater-Kinney
No One To Depend On -Santana

Times
L1 11:46
L2 5:49
L3 16:28
Total 34:02
Distance 4.0 miles

Friday, March 12, 2010

Friday isn't 10k day today. Day 10 of the 20 Day Challenge

So I didn't go 10 km today after the long day yesterday. I went (lemme check)...4.6 miles, or 7.4 km. Up Gay to Woodfield, then up College to Samford and back down Gay to home. A bit wet out, not really raining though. A bit warm for spandex again, but I wore it anyway. It felt really pretty good out there, even though I have an avulsion on my left heel. I bandaided that bad boy up and ran with it. It didn't seem to bother me.

Playlist-Reggae
Trenchtown Rock -Bob Marley and the Wailers
African -Peter Tosh
New Name -Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus
Chiney Man -Culture
Coming In From The Cold -Bob Marley and the Wailers
Cold Blood -Peter Tosh
Babylon -Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus
Mystic Man -Peter Tosh

Times
L1 11:57
L2 3:16
L3 7:02
L4 5:34
L5 11:07
Total 38:55. Pretty good on the way out and quite happy with the way back. I don't think I'll be able to get out this weekend, so I'm glad to have made it to the halfway mark well ahead of the 15th. Also, I managed to get in 26-plus this week, which was another goal of mine that I failed to mention. Under 12 minutes appears to be two PB's for the legs to the stop sign and back. While I don't think I'll keep an eye on every split's PB, that one's kind of a landmark worth celebrating.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

A Day of Rest was a Good Idea

Felt much better today. Good enough to run 10.2 miles. It was warm out there, and I probably should plan on running this route in much warmer weather without some sort of rehydration scheme. Down Ogletree Road and back, then down to Chewacla and home. Another all-African playlist. Why do I like African music for long runs? I think because most of the songs I listen to are amazingly upbeat, and they're also typically longer than pop songs, so I can listen to a few of them and keep a mood going.

Playlist
Makojo -Chief Osita Osadebe
Sweeper Soul -Super Mambo 69
Dadje Von O Von Non -Gnonnas Pedro et Ses Dadjes
River Luv Rite -Oneness of Juju
Marie Jose -Ryco Jazz
No Condition Is Permanent -Marijata
Indoda Yejazi Elimnyama -Amaswazi Emvelo
Lela-Lela -Kanda Bongo Man
Honton Soukpo Gnon -Antoine Dougbe
Qhude Manikiniki -Umahlathini Nabo
Afro Funk -Peter King
Cantique -Kanda Bongo Man
Gaweizo -Moussa Poussy
El Son Te Llama -Orchestra Baobab
Coumba -Orchestra Baobab
Soyeya -Saadou Bori
Howkouna -Ali Farka Toure

Times
L1 (Home-Stop Sign) 8:29
L2 (SS-Windway) 11:53
L3 (W-Moore's Mill) 18:31
L4 (MM-W) 19:00
L5 (W-SS) 12:41
L6 (SS-Chewacla) 7:53
L7 (C-SS) 8:13
L8 (SS-Home) 9:03
Total 1:36:42. Slower on all the return lengths. Oh well, a long run is still a good run, if it doesn't hurt me.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Short Day

What used to be a regular huff is now a short day, the trip down to Chewacla and back. According to the gmap pedometer, that a route of 3.55 miles (5.77 km), give or take. I may have to burn a rest day tomorrow, as I'm starting to feel some aches and creaks. Not just because it's supposed to rain, really.

Playlist. Shhh... Instrumental
How D'ya Do -Gabby Pahinui
Nuevo Pueblo -Buena Vista Social Club
Well, You Needn't -Thelonious Monk
Spanish Key -Miles Davis

Times
L1 8:11
L2 7:06
L3 7:04
L4 7:30
Total 29:50. What used to be my goal is now the effort of a "slow day". Yay. Faster on the return splits. Yay. I've been working on pumping my arms to go a little faster, especially climbing hills.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Warming Up

Today was the first day in shorts/no spandex and short sleeves. I'm not sure if it's the weather, my lunch or the challenge I've laid before myself, but I was feeling a bit sluggish out there. The route, University, Donahue, Magnolia, Gay, Thach, Armstrong, Gay, Home.

Playlist "World Music" or African and Hawaiian.
Okuzua -Orchestra Lissanga
Wai Hu'ihu'i O Ke Aniani -Gabby Pahinui
Dadje Von O Von Non -Gnonnas Pedro et Ses Dadjes
He'eia -Gabby Pahinui
Dofana -Ali Farka Toure
Qhude Manikiniki -Umahlathini Nabo
My Little Grass Shack -Gabby Pahinui
Goye Kur -Ali Farka Toure
Cinquante Six -Ali Farka Toure
Mauna Loa -Gabby Pahinui
Mahini Me -Ali Farka Toure
Nansi Imali -Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Makojo -Chief Osita Osadebe

Times
L1 14:18 (Home->Donahue)
L2 16:27 (Donahue ->Magnolia)
L3 5:15 (Magnolia->Gay)
L4 6:36 (Gay, Armstrong, Samford)
L5 6:04 (Samford/Gay->Gay/Woodfield SS)
L6 12:25 (SS->Home)
Total 1:01:04

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Another Pleasant Valley Sunday, on Thursday

A new route through a fairly new neighborhood nearby. I've avoided it thus far, as all my driving through the neighborhood kind of creeped me out, in how all the houses look exactly the same, and bear the name of the flora and fauna they've replaced. My subdivision is not better in this latter regard, though I'm not sure what a tanglewood is, anyway.

Playlist
Sissyneck -Beck
L.A. Woman -The Doors
I'll Stick Around -Foo Fighters
What Is Life -George Harrison
Purple Haze -Jimi Hendrix
Corona -Minutemen
Standing On The Verge of Getting It On -Funkadelic
Maiden's Milk -Meat Puppets
Cobbler -Meat Puppets
You're My Best Friend -Queen
Pink Eye (On My Leg) -Ween

Times
L1 11:30 (through neighborhood 'X')
L2 21:06 (Jct Ogletree Rd)
L3 7:38 (Ogletree SS ->Home, reckon that's a personal record for that leg!)
Total 40:13
Distance 4.9 miles A little over 8 minute miles. Not bad though, for the 4th day in a row. Good on last split, no doubt

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Double Cross, Wright's Mill and Gay

Another day, another new route, another mix of old routes. Up to Wright's Mill, down Woodfield to Gay, Up to Samford, back to the top of Wright's Mill to Woodfield, and back down Gay to home.

Playlist (Hippity Hop)
Parental Discretion Iz Advised -N.W.A.
Ms. Jackson -Outkast
The Humpty Dance -Digital Underground
Catch All This -Del Tha Funky Homosapien
The Next Episode -Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
Gin and Juice -Snoop Dogg
Gold -GZA
Wack MC's -Del tha Funky Homosapien
You're Gonna Get Yours -Public Enemy
Finger Lickin' Good -Beastie Boys

Times
L1 (Wright's Mill to Woodfield/Gay) 15:00
L2 (W/G to Samford) 5:28
L3 (Samford to W/G) 7:38
L4 10:57
Total 39:04
Distance 4.6 Not too long, but it's my third day in a row.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Back to an old favorite

The Shel Toomer bike path. A bit damp, but not really raining. Pretty nice day for it. I felt a little logy on the trail, but I did well. Slacked a bit on the way back, but finished strong.

Playlist
Changes -David Bowie
Our Lips Are Sealed -The Go-Go's
What Is And What Should Never Be -Led Zeppelin
Straight Outta Compton -N.W.A
Buk-In-Hamm Palace -Peter Tosh
The Day I Tried To Live -Soundgarden
Hands All Over -Soundgarden
White Girl -X
Beginning to See the Light -Velvet Underground
Pretty Girl -Ween
Rudie Can't Fail -The Specials
My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mamma -Frank Zappa
Fish, Chips and Sweat -Funkadelic
Little Wing -Jimi Hendrix

Times
L1 8:02
L2 6:35
L3 13:43
L4 14:11
L5 7:29
L6 7:54
Total 57:54

Monday, March 1, 2010

New Month, New Route, Will I ever go back to my old ways?

Another couple of days off, followed by another long run. I'm not sure how this pattern affects my desired goals, i.e. getting more fit, losing weight, going longer, getting ready for half- or full-marathon. Most of the route I've done before, only now I've mish-mashed them into a new combination. Down University up to Donahue, up onto campus and up to Magnolia, across College and down Gay to Thach, Armstrong to Samford and back home via Gay St.

Playlist
Over the Hills and Far Away -Led Zeppelin
Alone + Easy Target -Foo Fighters
Crazy Train -Ozzy Osbourne
Superunknown -Soundgarden
The Distance -Cake
Chest Fever -The Band
Don't Sh*t Where You Eat -Ween
God is a Number -Sleater-Kinney
Dr. Lee, PhD -Beastie Boys (with Lee "Scratch" Perry)
Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell -Flaming Lips
Gold -GZA
For Your Life -Led Zeppelin
Coming In Hot -Peter Tosh
Xtabenium -Acme Rocket Quartet

Times
L1 (Home-> Donahue) 14:32
L2 (Donahue->College) 3:16
L3 (College-> Samford?) 4:33
L4 (?->Toomer's Corner) 13:58
L5 (Toomer's -> Samford/Gay) 7:01
L6 (Samford->Woodfield) 6:01
L7 (Woodfield-> Home) 11:54
Total 1:01:14
Distance 7.0 miles

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Yet Another New Route

After the 13.2 miler, and a couple of days of rest, going out for an hour doesn't feel like much at all. It felt surprisingly nice, actually. I took two days off, which wasn't in the plan, but Tuesday I had some parental responsibilities to attend to, and yesterday, even after togging up, I didn't feel up to it. So today I went up Gay Street, across Armstrong to Thach, over to Brookside, back down Samford to College, down to Art Museum and Woodfield to Gay and back home. At first it felt a bit chilly, but I feel pretty darn okay now.

Playlist, a hodgepodge featuring some new tunes to the Tune-O-Matic
Time is Too Expensive -Del tha Funky Homosapien
Lady Day and John Coltrane -Gil Scott-Heron
So Easy -Eagles of Death Metal
I Gotcha Back -Genius/GZA
Gold -Genius/GZA
Whorehoppin' (Sh*t, G*dd*mn) -Eagles of Death Metal
Stay Close to Me -Bad Brains
Loser -Beck
Wow and Flutter -Stereolab
Pump It Up -Elvis Costello
Outshined -Soundgarden
The Whistling Song -Meat Puppets
Jimmy James -Beastie Boys
Kooks -David Bowie
Turn It On -Flaming Lips
Whip It -Devo
What Goes On -Velvet Underground

Times
L1 (Woodfield Stop Sign) 12:17
L2 (Gay/Samford) 6:31
L3 (Armstrong/Thach/Samford loop) 19:41
L4 (College St) 7:03
L5 (Woodfield) 3:18
L6 (Woodfield SS--> Home) 11:30
Total 1:00:21
Distance 6.8 miles
8.8 minute miles.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Another New Route

First day without spandex in a while. It was nice out, but I like how the spandex keeps my downtown region nicely secured, if you catch my TMI. Another new route, this time up Wright's Mill Rd. toward downtown, through AU campus again, and back via the Arboretum, Art Museum, Woodfield, and Gay Street

Playlist. Enough with the alphabet, just some songs I wanted to hear.
Xtabenium -Acme Rocket Quartet
(I Love It When You) Call Me Names -Joan Armatradding
I Felt Like A Gringo -Minutemen
I Wanna Rock -Twisted Sister
I'm A Mindless Idiot -Meat Puppets
Jimmy The Exploder -White Stripes
Let Forever Be -Chemical Brothers
Rock & Roll -Lou Reed and Velvet Underground
The Song Remains The Same -Led Zeppelin
The Stallion Pt. 3 -Ween
I Wanna Know If It's Good To You -Funkadelic
To Kingdom Come -The Band
Rosa Parks -Outkast

Time
49:23
Distance 5.7 miles

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Onto Auburn campus

New route again. I went over the Interstate and to the left this time, down the big hill of University and back up to Donahue, up to campus, cut over by the President's house, down Samford and home via Gay St. I'm losing my fear of big hills.

Playlist, O to U.
One Nation Under a Groove -Funkadelic
Our Lips Are Sealed -The Go-gos
Peas and Rice -Blind Blake and his Royal Victorians
Pilot Can At The Queer Eye of God -Flaming Lips
Queen Bitch -David Bowie
Qhude Manikiniki -Umahlathini Nabo
Roses are Free -Ween
Ruby Sees All -Cake
Shadow Stabbing -Cake
Small Axe -Bob Marley and the Wailers
Take Me Away -Ween
Train in Vain -The Clash
Universal Corner -X
Up On The Sun -Meat Puppets

Time
48:21. Distance 5.4 miles. Includes a stop at a traffic light. A rare stop for me.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

New Route, New Long or From Fat to Ashes

Today's title is a reflection of my love for Bullwinkle cartoons, which always had two titles. Yesterday was Mardi Gras, and I did party hardily, feasting on jambalaya with lots of naughty cholesterol-bearing meats, and drinking a generous amount of beer and wine (though not a ridiculous amount). Today, therefore is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, and though I'm not a devout person, I do like to engage in the spiritual fasting of the Lenten Season, giving up a vice or other bad habit for the forty days 'till Easter Sunday. This year, I'm going to try giving up meat (except fish), which I've cut way back on anyway to try and get my cholesterol numbers back into whack. And to celebrate and atone for yesterday's excesses, I decided to take a new route, which turned into a new long. I decided to go along University to Moore's Mill, down the big hill and back up the other side to Ogletree, and once I got back to Wright's Mill, I decided to head out to Shel Toomer and back, rather than just head home. I'm not exactly sure how long the run was, but I was out almost 2 hours, and got to O in the alphabet using a new double A to Z playlist. To wit...

Playlist (the playlist is too long to tag every artist, which has been happening more and more as I run farther)

Andy Warhol -David Bowie
Armagideon Time -The Clash
Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos -Public Enemy
Burning Down the House -Talking Heads
Celebration Day -Led Zeppelin
Confusion Fog -Meat Puppets
Day Tripper -The Beatles
Diamond Dogs -David Bowie
Enchanted Pork Fist -Meat Puppets
Egg Man -Beastie Boys
Funky Dollar Bill -Funkadelic
Frank's Wild Years -Tom Waits
Gabrielle -Ween
Go With The Flow -Queens of the Stone Age
Hang On St. Christopher -Tom Waits
Here Comes Your Man -Pixies
I Against I -Bad Brains
In Heaven There Is No Beer -Brave Combo
Jack-Ass -Beck
Jimmy's Got A Little Bit of Bitch In Him -Funkadelic
Kaw-liga -Hank Williams
The KKK Took My Baby Away -The Ramones
Les Yper-Sound -Stereolab
Little Sister -Queens of the Stone Age
Maiden's Milk -Meat Puppets
Moonage Daydream -David Bowie
A Night In Tunisia -Dizzy Gillespie
Novacane -Beck
One Nation Under A Groove -Funkadelic


Times
L1 (Home to Moores Mill overpass) 13:13
L2 (Moore's Mill to Ogletree) 11:50
L3 (Ogletree Rd) 31:49
L4 (Stop Sign to Shel Toomer) 7:38
L5 (Shel Toomer path out) 15:06
L6 (Shel Toomer path back) 15:07
L7 (Chewacla to stop sign) 8:09
L8 (SS home) 8:34
Total 1:51:26

According to the GoogleMaps pedometer link, this route was about 11.8 miles, so I think I'm almost ready for a half marathon!

Monday, February 15, 2010

double A to Z

Back out after the 5k. One day of rest. All the snow is gone, except for the muddy, shrinking snowmen. A pretty nice day, though chilly enough for spandex. I went back out to the Shel Toomer bike path, with a playlist featuring two songs for every letter of the alphabet. The only missing letter is X. I think I know of one really good song to fill that void. Anyway, the playlist, which I got through to H.

Playlist
Alabama Chrome -Jim White
Andy Warhol -David Bowie
Babylon System -Bob Marley
Beercan -Beck
Calling Dr. Love -KISS
Carbon Monoxide -Cake
Draw the Line -Aerosmith
Don't Believe the Hype -Public Enemy
Exactly Where I'm At -Ween
Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache) -Cake
Fell in Love With A Girl -White Stripes
Flaming Heart -Meat Puppets
Get On The Good Foot -James Brown
The Great Curve -Talking Heads
He'eia -Gabby Pahinui

Times
L1 8:07
L2 6:46
L3 13:34
L4 13:36
L5 7:07
L 7:50
Total 57:02 New personal best for that route

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Helping Haiti 5k

Yesterday it snowed. They say it is rare for Alabama, but in the four years that I've lived here it's happened twice. It's very beautiful, I must say, but it did give me pause this morning as I got out to hit the road for the Helping Haiti 5K. I got to see a friend from my lab there and her fiance. It was nice to catch up with them a bit before the start. Also, I donated my two old pairs of trainers (yes, the ones with the dog poo on them, freshly scraped were one of those pairs). So now I am down to my one pair, which are probably almost ready to be replaced. Maybe for my birthday in May.

I got off to a good start, as I watched the top runners jet out in a knot. I stayed in the less dense second knot of runners, including one kid maybe 10 or 11 who I passed after the first half mile or so. He finished strong, under 30:00 minutes, I believe. Most of his contemporaries ran in the 1 mile, so I know that kid will probably go far, literally and figuratively. For my own part, I stayed about in the same spot for most of the course, after the first mile, although I did have an older gentleman overtake me in the last mile. I finished in just under 24:00 minutes, probably 23:56 or so, which I'm happy with given what I've been training at, the weather conditions (not too icy, overall), &c.

After I finished, I cheered Becca and John in, as they ran together. They made it in under 30:00 as well, which Becca was quite happy with. I ate some bananas, drank some water, chatted with a couple I recently met who are headed off to Africa next month, and brought some doughnuts home for my girls. I'm still paranoid about cholesterol and trying to get my weight down, so no doughnuts for me. We had pizza last night, and given my new phobia I'm glad I didn't wake up dead. Everything in moderation, I suppose, including moderation.

Playlist. The same as the other day, Sissyneck-->Clampdown.
Time 23:56 or so. I'll call it an unofficial PB, at least in the Auburn era of timed running.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Sweet Virginia

I didn't listen to this song today, but there's a line in the song that struck a chord with me. And my shoes. Last night I was wearing the recently cleaned old New Balance shoes and misstepped in the dark. I thought, perhaps rather than scrape, I could run to get the mashed excreta off my shoes. Another reason this song resonated today was my route. Apparently I've been running the wrong course for this Saturday's Race to Help Haiti. I've been running all the way up Wright's Mill Rd to Samford and back to Gay Street, but the proper route cuts back over to Gay St. via Virginia St. I don't think it's much of a difference distance wise, but it does add an extra dip and climb. So I ran the proper course today, out of sequence since I wanted to try for a decent time but not end up doubling the route. Theoretically, this is an easy day. It's pretty cold out there (count my blessings, most of the rest of the country is deep under snow right now), and I wasn't feeling fantastically great out there, but my time was OK.

Playlist (more eclectic on-the-go)
Sissyneck -Beck
Tougher Than It Is -Cake
The W.A.N.D. -Flaming Lips
Walk On By -Cake
The Book I Read -Talking Heads
Buddy Holly -Weezer
Clampdown -The Clash
Cold Sweat -James Brown
Crazy -Gnarls Barkley
Fish, Chips and Sweat -Funkadelic
Guns of Brixton -The Clash
Hot Pink -Meat Puppets

Times
L1 (to Loftin) 6:57
L2 (the proper 5k, out of order) 26:47
L3 (back home) 6:34
Total 40:18.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Practicing for the 5k

I thought I'd practice for next weekends 5k, taking the course from start to finish, which meant I had to jog up to the corner of Gay and Samford. Knowing that, I took it easy on the way up Gay Street, as you can see from the time to the 1st stop sign, which I've been getting to in 12 minutes in recent attempts. My right foot has been blistery, but I've started soaking in Epsom salt to try and soothe it.

Playlist (more of the on the go one from the 10 k, M-->T)
Mushroom Men -Les Claypool
The Next Episode -Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
Novacane -Beck
Once in a Lifetime -Talking Heads
Push Th' Little Daisies -Ween
Queen Bitch -David Bowie
Rastafari Is -Peter Tosh
Rebel Rebel -David Bowie
Rock & Roll -Lou Reed and Velvet Underground
Settin' The Woods On Fire -Hank Williams
She Don't Use Jelly -Flaming Lips
Smiley Faces -Gnarls Barkley
The Song Remains The Same -Led Zeppelin
Straight Outta Compton -N.W.A.
Sugar Never Tasted So Good - White Stripes
Sweet Emotion -Aerosmith
There Goes My Gun -Pixies

Times
L1 (Home --> Gay/Woodfield stop sign) 13:07
L2 (stop sign --> Gay/Samford) 6:38
L3 (the 5 k route) 26:14
L4 6:14
L5 12:23
Total 1:05:00 I'm starting to feel like an hour isn't such a long time to be on the road, which is good.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Afreakin'

Saturday, 6 February, is the annual Love Your Heart Run, sponsored by AORTA (which I'm thinking of joining, but haven't yet). I'm planning on running in the 10K. So I wanted to go on a long run sometime this week (other than the 10K, which for me is a long run), but didn't get out that long on Monday or Tuesday. So I thought I'd go today. Now, when I ran track back in high school (I was a sprinter), we'd always take an easy day before a meet, so I thought that's what I'd do. I went out to the Shel Toomer Bike Path, which I reclocked with a digital odometer, and it came out to 3.2 miles each way, so it's actually a bit longer than I thought. I made a conscious decision to take it slowly, which I haven't really done in a while, though it was my original plan. It actually felt amazingly good, which surprised me. On the way back, I tried to speed up on the uphills, just for a bit of a challenge. An all-African playlist today.

Playlist
Shakalaode -Wganda Kenya (actually a Fela cover)
Heavy Heavy Heavy -Geraldo Pino
Beaux Dimanches -Amadou and Miriam
Gazera -Moussa Poussy
Jiin Ma Jiin Ma -Orchestra Baobab
Sai -Kanda Bongo Man
Qhude Manikiniki -Umahlathini Nabo
River Luv Rite -Oneness of Juju
Mondo Soul Funky -Ebo Taylor Jr. and Wuta Wazuri
Kovita Gbe De Towe -Antoine Dougbe
Marie Jose -Ryco Jazz

Times
L1 9:03
L2 7:36
L3 15:25
L4 15:45
L5 8:11
L6 8:30
Total 1:04:40. So, I wasn't going for speed, but I did want to make sure the last split was better than the first, to make sure I wasn't getting too fatigued. Also, I'm feeling good. And my time wasn't that far off from previous runs.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Beck to Chewacla

I wanted to go on a long run today, but I promised my daughter I'd lunch with her today at her school. Good thing I didn't, because I was pretty hurtin' on the way back. I tried to beat my personal best on the route out to Chewacla and back and came close, but the last leg was giving me grief. An all-Beck playlist

Sissyneck -From "Odelay"
Novacane -From "Odelay"
Gamma Ray -From "Modern Guilt"
Strange Apparition -From "The Information"
F***ing With My Head -From "Mellow Gold"
Sexx Laws -From "Midnite Vultures"
Send a Message to Her -From "Guero"
Nicotine & Gravy -From "Midnite Vultures"

Times
L1 7:37
L2 6:21
L3 7:12
L4 8:02
Total 29:12 I guess it was really leg 3 that hurt my time the most? Still made it in under 30:00 for only the second time, so I shouldn't be too broken up about it. Oh wait, on reflection, that is a PB. YAY!