Marie W. Wooten Memorial 5K

I ran the second annual Marie Wooten Memorial 5K this morning.  The route was the same, so it seemed a little more familiar this time.  I saw a lot of my colleagues from the College of Science and Math out there, and I finished in a reasonable time.  I was trying to go fast and keep up.

Playlist
Crawl	Kings of Leon
Fok Julle Naiers	Die Antwoord
Jump Around	House of Pain
El Microfono	Mexican Institute of Sound
Born Free	MIA
How Many More Times	Led Zeppelin

Time 22:21.  Reckon that's a PB, though maybe a slightly shorter route
Distance 3.1 (3.02 according to Map My Run)
Cumulative 22.63 miles
Pace 7:41 min/mi

Run around Campus/Sweatin' to the 80s

I had to move a vehicle from one parking lot to another parking lot across campus for work purposes, so I decided to make a run out of it by taking the long way back from lot A to lot B. Lot A is the Hemlock Lot, and lot B is over by Funchess Hall. So let's see. I don't know that I can or want to describe the route, and I don't know that I'll do it again, so maybe I'll just call it a new route and cut to the playlist and numbers. It was all over and around AU campus, though.

Playlist	Esoterica from the 80s
Moon Rocks	Talking Heads
She Blinded Me With Science	Thomas Dolby
Genius of Love	Tom Tom Club
Blister in the Sun	Violent Femmes
Mexican Radio	Wall of Voodoo
The New World	X
Once In A Lifetime	Talking Heads
Motel Room In My Bed	X
Bust A Move	Young MC
Steppin' Out	Steel Pulse
Gardening At Night	REM
Round and Round	Ratt

Distance 5.53 mi

Cumulative 19.61 mi

Time 45:37

Pace 8:17 min/mi. Don't think I've been that fast in a while.

A new long route

A new long route today. A beautiful Spring day. I went out to Ogletree to the end, then up Moore's Mill to Samford and back via Gay St. I put together a playlist of some stuff plus a lot of slack key guitar (which I'm trying to learn how to play), then ran out of tunes and decided to add Meat Puppets II to my playlist. Sweet.

Playlist	slack key, meat puppets, etc.
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	Willie Nelson
La Paloma	Ray Kane
Hula Blues	Sonny Chillingworth
Ho'omalu Slack Key	Sonny Chillingworth
Wai Hu'ihu'I O Ke Aniani	Gabby Pahinui
Radio Hula	Ledward Kaapana
Haleakala	Gabby Pahinui
He'eia	Gabby Pahinui
I Ka Po Meke Ao	Gabby Pahinui
Palolo	Gabby Pahinui
Isa Lei	Keola Beamer
Nanea Kou Maka I Ka Le'ale'a	Ray Kane
Mino'aka	Keola Beamer
Moana's Laundry Basket	Keola Beamer
I Lost It	Lucinda Williams
Sweet Caroline	Neil Diamond
Coumba	Orchestra Baobab
Split Myself In Two	Meat Puppets
Magic Toy Missing	Meat Puppets
Lost	Meat Puppets
Plateau	Meat Puppets
Aurora Borealis	Meat Puppets
We're Here	Meat Puppets
Climbing	Meat Puppets
New Gods	Meat Puppets
Oh, Me	Meat Puppets
Lake of Fire	Meat Puppets
I'm A Mindless Idiot	Meat Puppets

Distance 9.13 mi

Cumulative distance 14.08 mi

Pace 8:46 min/mi

Start of April

Due to business, I've had to skip getting up to 50 miles last month, and gotten a late start on April. Today, I opted to go up and into Grove Hill, out towards University, up Moore's Mill to Dean, and back down to University and home. Turns out it's not quite five miles. One more good run will have me back on track for my monthly goal, though. Hopefully I can find the inspiration for those eight nine ten mile runs again.

Playlist
All Apologies	Nirvana
Jump Around	House of Pain
The Jean Genie	David Bowie
Walk On By	Cake
Strange Apparition	Beck
Draw the Line	Aerosmith
Manic Depression	Jimi Hendrix
Tougher Than It Is	Cake
A Little Better	Gnarls Barkley
Notion	Kings of Leon
Heart of Glass	Blondie
Epistle to Dippy	Donovan

Distance 4.95 mi

Cumulative 4.95 mi

Time 42:42

Pace 8:38 min/mi

Misty Mississippi Morning

I was on a field trip for work at Grand Bay NERR near Moss Point MS, and I wanted another try for the run from the dormitory to the boat ramp, as I did last year. Also, this time I thought I'd use the mapping app.

I left just before daylight, and the sun was coming out just as I dipped my toe in the bayou to turn around. I was worried about alligators, but then I didn't see any.

Playlist
Abbey Road -the Beatles
(Come Together to Mean Mr. Mustard)

Distance 4.49 mi
Cumulative 47.23 miles
Pace 8:45 min/mi

Quota for March!

I've been in the swing of things and managed to hit my monthly quota over a week early. I went up Whippoorwill (three sets of double letters, I observed as I passed the entrance sign at the top of the big hill). On the way back, I went down Old Wright's Mill, which I thought would have gotten me over 8 miles today, but not quite. Anyway, a good run. Knock on wood, I'm feeling good. The playlist includes a number of songs I'm currently learning to play, including some Hawaiian slack-key guitar. I was also trying to think up a new challenge for my next birthday year. I'm thinking about doing the Music City Half Marathon at the end of April for my third in this year, and for next year: 40 miles/month, with no runs under 4 miles and at least 10 a month? A full marathon (that's 42+ km)? I've got a little time to figure it all out.

Playlist	eclectico
Manteca	Dizzy Gillespie
Isa Lei	Keola Beamer
Mino'aka	Keola Beamer
Moana's Laundry Basket	Keola Beamer
Papa's Okolehau	Keola Beamer
I Ka Pi Me Ke Ao	Keola Beamer
Blue Ridge Mountain Home	Flatt and Scruggs
Crazy Heart	Hank Williams
Paradise	John Prine
Rowboat	Johnny Cash
The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)	Waylon Jennings
Good Hearted Woman	Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	Willie Nelson
I'm the Man Who Loves You	Wilco
Heavy Metal Drummer	Wilco
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart	Wilco
War on War	Wilco
Sugar Never Tasted So Good	White Stripes
Do	White Stripes
The New World	X
Motel Room In My Bed	X
Stray Cat Blues	Rolling Stones

Distance 7.79 mi

Cumulative 42.73 mi

Time 1:08:37

Pace 8:49 min/mi

Warming up/West Pace

It's starting to get warm out there. And here it is the first day of Spring? Happy Vernal Equinox!

For today's route, I hit the Shel Toomer Bike path and out around West Pace. It was the first time with the MapMyRun app, so I was able to measure it: 6.89 miles. Also, I recently was introduced to some Wilco that I really like. I've heard Mermaid Avenue, but it didn't really turned my knobs. But Yankee Hotel Foxtrot? That's some crazy good shtuff, there. Today's playlist features it prominently, to wit:

Playlist
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart	Wilco
Sugar Never Tasted So Good	White Stripes
Heavy Metal Drummer	Wilco
Who Loves the Sun	Velvet Underground
I'm the Man Who Loves You	Wilco
Live With Me	Rolling Stones
Kamera	Wilco
Evil Urges	My Morning Jacket
Do Nothing	the Specials
Reggaemyelitis	Peter Tosh
Here Comes Your Man	Pixies
Time to Pretend	MGMT
Inspector Gadget	Lee "Scratch" Perry
Monkey	Matthew Dear
How Many More Times	Led Zeppelin

Distance 6.89 mi

Cumulative 34.94 mi

Time 59:09

Pace 8:36 min/mi