Back on track

Even though it's later in the day than when I started on Wednesday, it wasn't too hot. We're supposed to get a storm coming through later today, so it's overcast, but not unbearably hot and bearly bearably humid. I went down an old route I haven't visited in a long while, down Wright's Mill to Chewacla and back. I feel like I'm starting to get my groove back.

Playlist
Dry and Heavy -Burning Spear
F**k You -Cee Lo Green
Electric Avenue -Eddy Grant
Atomic Dog -George Clinton
Marcus Garvey -Burning Spear
Grits Ain't Grocery -Little Milton
Mystic Man -Peter Tosh
River Luv Rite -Oneness of Juju

Times
L1 8:51
L2 7:38
L3 8:02
L4 8:03
L5 0:51
Total 33:24

Distance 3.5 miles
Cumulative distance 15.8 miles

Getting Hot in Here

Just added a year, and a new goal. I'd like to run 39 miles a month, or 3 half marathons, or both. To this end, I have to run, so I did. It's starting to get hot out there, and I felt it. I started off at about 8:45, which is currently too late to get started, which I should have known given the 5k last Saturday that started at 8:00. Even so, with such an ambitious goal, I knew that I had to push a bit, and I felt that the Gay/Samford/College/Woodfield route would accomplish that.

Playlist
El Microfono -MIS
Black Country Rock -David Bowie
As Good As I Can Feel -Funkadelic
No More Tears -Ozzy Osbourne
Baba-Ye -Mahlathini
Rudie Can't Fail -the Clash
Los Angeles -X
Lust For Life -Iggy Pop
F**kin' With My Head -Beck
Fireflies -Owl City
Lucifer Sam -Pink Floyd
Walk On By -CAKE

Times
L1 13:20
L2 6:41
L3 7:51
L4 3:43
L5 12:23
L6 0:56
Total 44:55

Distance 4.6 miles
Cumulative 12.3 miles

Marie Wooten 5K

I ran the Marie Wooten 5K this morning. It was a new course for me, starting and ending at the Beard-Eaves Coliseum on campus. I saw lots of familiar faces from the Dept of Biological Sciences.

Playlist
Baba-Ye -Mahlathini
The Way You Move -Outkast
El Microfono -Mexican Institute of Sound
Blanket of Weeds -Meat Puppets
Lust for Life -Iggy Pop
Heroes -David Bowie

Time (unofficial) 27:00
Distance 3.1 miles
Cumulative distance 7.7 miles

Not exactly a great time, but considering the amount of training I've been doing (not very much) and the temperature (rather warm) and the course (a good bit of up and down), well, that explains it. I'm not making excuses, I'm a bit old for that kind of baloney, but just considering the contributing factors.

Merry Month of May

Been off again, but I expect an uptick in activity as my classes took their final exam today. I knew I had to get out at least once before this weekend's 5k. It's a bit cooler than one might have expected, but that just made it a beautiful day for an afternoon run. Up to Samford/Gay back along College. First time in a long while. I've been trying for days to find Speakerboxxx on my hard drives, then trying to find the CD. W00t! Found it! Bowtie!

Playlist -songs getting stuck in my head
Across the Universe -the Beatles
Cooperation -Franco and Sam Mangwana
Bowtie -Outkast
Cantique -Kanda Bongo Man
The Way You Move -Outkast
El Microfono -Mexican Institute of Sound
Blanket of Weeds -Meat Puppets
Search and Destroy -Iggy and the Stooges
Sissyneck -Beck

Times
L1 12:59
L2 6:36
L3 7:53
L4 3:34
L5 11:51
L6 0:49
Total 43:41

Distance 4.6 miles
Cumulative distance 4.6 miles

Another muggy one

Weather today calls for thunderstorms, but at the moment it's just overcast and muggy. I dragged my feet a bit, but I did get out and had a nice jog up to Woodfield/Gay and back. I need to register for the Marie Wooten 5k, honoring the Dean of my College who was killed while running last Fall.

Playlist -things that are stuck in my present consciousness
Fireflies -Owl City
El Microfono -Mexican Institute of Sound
Frontier Psychiatrist -the Avalanches
I Gotcha Back -Genius/Gza
Time is Too Expensive -Del the Funky Homosapien
White Lines -Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel

Times
L1 13:02
L2 11:28
L3 0:53
Total 25:23

Distance 2.8 miles
Total 10.0 miles

Midday getting warm

I've been busy today, but I got some time between appointments to get out and run. Up to Woodfield/Gay stop sign and back. Not far, but I need to get my feet back out there. I ran in my old trainers again, I really need to get some new ones. It's getting warm out there, too. I need to try and get out there earlier.

Playlist
Fireflies -Owl City
Benzi Box -Danger Doom
Frontier Psychiatrist -the Avalanches
Ruby -Kaiser Chiefs
Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed -David Bowie
Ventilator Blues -Rolling Stones
Mexican Radio -Wall of Voodoo

Times
L1 13:03
L2 11:42
L3 0:57
Total 25:42

Distance 2.8 miles
Cumulative 7.2 miles

Mississippi mud

It's been entirely too long since I went running. Yesterday, I was out on a field trip with the class I'm teaching, and just felt the urge. We were down at the Grand Bay NERR, and I was having a hard time sleeping. I was planning on getting up early, and thought a run might be in order. The road was nice and flat, but a bit longer than I expected even though I'd driven it the day before. But it didn't hurt me that badly, though it was a bit warm for 6:30 am and very humid of course. I had my old trainers with me, which felt better than my newer ones. I think I need some new ones.

Playlist
What New York Used to Be -the Kills
El Microfono -Mexican Institute of Sound
Paper Planes -M.I.A.
Fireflies -Owl City
Rock Problems -the Hold Steady
Slave Driver -Jenny and Johnny
Been Caught Stealing -Jane's Addiction
Dreadlock Holiday -10cc
Fascinating Rhythm -Ella Fitzgerald
Frontier Psychiatrist -the Avalanches
Freedom of '76 -Ween
Guns of Brixton -the Clash

Times
L1 20:27
L2 20:23
Total 40:49

Distance
4.4 miles
Cumulative distance
4.4 miles