Thursday, January 01, 2009

7.8mi, 71:41, 1 JAN 09, Bagram, Afghanistan

Day 324 of the campaign.

iThink:
New Model Army, "Bad Old World"
Dmitri Shostakovitch, Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 "Eroica," Scherzo-Vivace

WX at 2330: 28 (-2) 21 (-6) 30.09 (1019) ESE 2 smoke RH 74

Odometer 4: 39.0mi

Z2-3.
Average/max heart rate = 157/171

This is perimeter run 65.

I started out exhausted but I know I needed to run since it had been four days since I last hit the road. I know I'm starting to get fat.

I attribute the previous discussion of the killing wheel to the New Model Army song that was stuck in my head this evening, since it factors in as part of the lyrics.

I'm not sure what caused me to get the music I associate with "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" from the movie Fantasia 2000, but it stuck, and eventually passed to what I call the "T.C. McQueen Workout Video," in homage to the show Space: Above and Beyond. The episode of S:AAB that featured the Beethoven passage was "The Angriest Angel," which is an episode about loneliness and revenge, and eventually redemption. Given that I have an extremely well-developed sense of revenge lately, I thought it appropriate - and that it was interesting how many similarities I found between the character of Tyrus Cassius McQueen and various character traits I've been exhibiting lately.

Maybe not the healthiest thing. There is time to recover later.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:07 09:07 09:07 09:07 1.00
1.00 18:30 09:23 09:23 09:15 2.00
1.00 27:50 09:20 09:20 09:17 3.00
1.00 37:18 09:28 09:28 09:19 4.00
1.00 46:21 09:03 09:03 09:16 5.00
1.00 55:40 09:19 09:19 09:17 6.00
1.00 64:59 09:19 09:19 09:17 7.00
0.74 71:41 06:42 09:03 09:16 7.74

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