Last of September

Up Gay Street to Samford, back via College, Donahue, University. Thought about turning into Town Creek Park, didn't do it. I feel like I have a lot to do at work, and I need to get in there. I think I'm doing all right, mileage-wise. Another Stones-rich playlist.

Playlist-Song	Artist
You Got the Silver	Rolling Stones
Good Vibrations	Beach Boys
Stray Cat Blues	Rolling Stones
The Man Who Sold the World	David Bowie
Seen and Not Seen	Talking Heads
B*tch	Rolling Stones
2000 Light Years From Home	Rolling Stones
Turn It On	Flaming Lips
Walk On By	CAKE
Diamond Dogs	David Bowie
What Is Life	George Harrison

Times
L1	11:45
L2	5:35
L3	6:44
L4	5:58
L5	12:10
L6	0:49
Total	43:01

Distance 5.1 miles
Cumulative distance 56.5 miles. A good jump in mileage.

West Pace mileage recalculation

Have I been miscalculating? So my newer longer route out the bike path I previously had at, what, 7. something? Now I remeasure and it comes out around 6.8. Boo. That burns me up a bit. Anyway, I did this route plus a little extra, and it came out to 7.3 miles. I often find it difficult mentally to go past my designated finish point, so today I wanted to break myself of that habit and push just a little bit further. So I went around the block for an extra 0.4. This month, anyway, I know I've got an honest 39+ logged, and enough to fill in, in case I shorted myself on any of the previous months by my poor measuring skills, self-directed blame which I share with gmap-pedometer. No wait, on looking back the fault is entirely my own. The 7.8 mile route included Old Wright's Mill, which added an extra mile. And I think I only botched one other run, in this month, so I think it's okay, I only have to do a little bit of editing to fix everything. Tonight I heading up to Birmingham to see one of my favorite bands, Meat Puppets at the Bottletree. I added their new album to the end of this playlist, and only got into the first two songs.

Playlist mostly mellow
Dead Flowers Rolling Stones
Jack-Ass Beck
Who Loves the Sun Velvet Underground
Rainy Day Woman Waylon Jennings
Burning Down the House Talking Heads
Where I'm From Shelby Lynne
Life on Mars? Seu Jorge
Gardening At Night R.E.M.
Windy and Warm Richard Kiser
Ambulance Blues Neil Young
Walk On the Wild Side Lou Reed
Smile Lily Allen
Notion Kings of Leon
Slavedriver Jenny and Johnny
It's Summertime Flaming Lips
Incomplete Meat Puppets
Orange Meat Puppets

Times
L1 8:16
L2 6:39
L3 12:22
L4 8:57
L5 8:57
L6 7:29
L7 7:07
L8 0:58
L9 3:22
L10 0:56
Total 1:05:04
I did manage to achieve 6.8 miles in just over an hour, so it does make finishing the half marathon in under 2 hours seem plausible if not likely.

Distance 7.3 miles
Cumulative distance 51.4 miles. I've gone back to my last run on this route and edited the mileage, so everything should be correct now.

Bit warmer out = walking on long route.

Much as I don't like to walk, I prefer it to hurting myself. I didn't get out this morning because I had duties with which to dispatch. So, duty done, I got out on a run. It rained cats and dogs last night, but today was rather warm and muggy, and a bit overcast as well. I decided I wanted to go out Ogletree again, since I feel like I need to acclimate to long runs, and I've been doing well. I was doing all right, but getting a bit tired on the way out. On the way back, I decided I needed a short break, so I walked a bit, about 0.2 miles, by my guess.

Playlist
Evil Urges	My Morning Jacket
Jeepster	T.Rex
Epistle to Dippy	Donovan
Round and Round	Ratt
Sex On Fire	Kings of Leon
Dreadlock Holiday	10cc
Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed	David Bowie
Slavedriver	Jenny and Johnny
Hold On Loosely	.38 Special
What New York Used To Be	the Kills
Ventilator Blues	Rolling Stones
Heroes	David Bowie
Atomic Dog	George Clinton
L.M.L.Y.P.	Ween
Ball and Biscuit	White Stripes
Too Hot	the Specials
Houses in Motion	Talking Heads

Times
L1 8'12
L2 11'22
L3 18'52
L4 19'12
L5 7'57
L6 3'37 (walking)
L7 3'23
L8 8'08
L9 0'43"
Total 1:21:23


Distance 8.6-0.2 (walking) =8.4
Cumulative distance 36.7+8.4=44.1. Monthly quota accomplished with 9 days to go in a short month. (little bit proud).

IT

A shortish run over to my friends' house. I was pleasantly surprised to measure it again, 3.1 miles. I realize shortly into my run that my playlist had a theme, so I decided to alter IT to go with IT.

Playlist		What to do about IT?
Turn It On		Flaming Lips
Bring It On		Gomez
Let It Bleed		Rolling Stones
Cool It Down		Velvet Underground
Here It Goes Again		OK Go
I Can't Stand It		the Specials

Times
L1	7:31
L2	9:39
L3	5:39
L4	1:13
Total	24:03

Awesome. 8 minute miles make me happy.

Distance 3.1 miles
Cumulative distance miles 35.7 miles

Ogletree longtime

This morning I debated going on this route again. On the one hand, I'm on track for my monthly quota and pride precedes a fall; so why overextend? On the other hand, I'm training for a half marathon, and long miles is the way to train. I've been getting back to that point where I feel really giddy after a run, jazzed on endorphins if you will, rarin' to get back out. Some days I feel like I should go on a second run. So, all in all, good. I did go out Ogletree to Moore's Mill and back. I'm also actively trying to shed a few pounds. I'd like to break the 2 hour mark on the half marathon, not that I want to burn up the track, but dropping a couple of # would help that and decrease the stress on the rest of my body.

Playlist another eclectic one
Cool It Down -Velvet Underground
Andy Warhol -David Bowie
Born Free -M.I.A.
Dixie Chicken -Little Feat
Fireflies -Owl City
Chiney Man -Culture
Shadow Stabbing -CAKE
Mason's Children -Grateful Dead
Notion -Kings of Leon
Party in the USA -Miley Cyrus
Here It Goes Again -OK Go
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) -The Proclaimers
Salt of the Earth -Rolling Stones
Mexican Radio -Wall of Voodoo
I Am the Fly -Wire
C.R.E.A.M -WuTang Clan
Buddy Holly -Weezer
Buckingham Green -Ween
Qhude Manikiniki -Umahlathini Nabo
Genius of Love -Tom Tom Club
She Blinded Me With Science -Thomas Dolby

Times
L1 8:14
L2 11:40
L3 18:45
L4 18:23
L5 12:35
L6 7:30
L7 0:46
Total 1:17:52

Distance 8.6 miles
Cumulative distance 32.6 miles, only halfway done with the month of September and under 6 to go for my quota. I must go beyond though. And to top it off, I reckon this time is a PB. Woot.

Shel Toomer West Pace Route again

I wanted to go on the long side again, having missed a weekend run and trying to pack on the miles before the half marathon in October, so I went out on a route I've done once before, out to the Shel Toomer Bike Path and around West Pace (the car dealerships and someday giant consumers' paradise). Remind me not to wear those shorts again. Their not really shorts, they're swim trunks, and they bunch up oddly when I run.

Playlist	-Long and Eclectic
Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go	Soft Cell
Chant a Psalm	Steel Pulse
Creep	Radiohead
Cool It Down	Velvet Underground
Yoshimi Battle the Pink Robots Pt. I	Flaming Lips
Ice Ice Baby	Vanilla Ice
Crosseyed and Painless	Talking Heads
Jeepster	T. Rex
Wat Da Hook Gon Be	Murphy Lee
There Goes My Gun	Pixies
Cracklin' Rosie	Neil Diamond
The Wurlitzer Prize	Waylon Jennings
Enchanted Porkfist	Meat Puppets
Good Vibrations	Beach Boys
Smile	Lily Allen
Round and Round	Ratt
El Bodeguero	Orquesta Aragon

Times

L1	8:32
L2	7:11
L3	22:35
L4	9:25
L5	7:55
L6	7:35
L7	0:49
Total	1:04:03

Distance 6.8 miles
Cumulative 24.0 miles

New Shoes, New Route, New Me?

Another Friday Morning. I went to the new shoe store in town, which caters to runners. I got on a treadmill there (hate those things) and got my gait diagnosed. The nice fellow there showed me how I overpronate in a neutral shoe, and hooked me up with some structured shoes to help correct that. A second trot on the treadmill showed that the new shoes were helping.

Today was my first chance to try them out, and though I usually don't go long in a brand new pair of shoes, I thought I'd chance it since I'm trying to get my mileage up, and the weather is agreeable. I went out University and up Donahue, then cut along College up to Thach, and back via Gay Street. A lot of old bits and pieces put together in a new way. Check out my first experiment with using tables for the data, below.

Playlist

Benzi Box	Danger Doom
Epistle to Dippy	Donovan
The Next Episode	Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
New Amsterdam	Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Save It For Later	The English Beat
Electric Avenue	Eddy Grant
Plastic Jesus	Flaming Lips
What Is Life	George Harrison
Bring It On	Gomez
White Lines	Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel
Rock Problems	The Hold Steady
Search and Destroy	Iggy Pop and the Stooges
Lust for Life	Iggy Pop
Sugar	Imperial Teen

Times L1	14:23
L2	6:27
L3	6:23
L4	7:45
L5	5:41
L6	10:45
L7	0:48
Total	52:13

Distance 5.9 miles
Cumulative distance 17.2 miles