iThink: Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 in d minor, Movement No. 4, Allegro non troppo
WX at 0600: 48.0 (8.9) DP 44.1 (6.7) BP 30.14 (1020) N 8 RH 86
Odometer 1: 191.9mi
Z3 low.
Average/max heart rate = 151/174
The classical iThink this morning was based on listening to Shostakovich this weekend while working on some historiography - and reading the description that came with it on NPR:
"The resounding march that ends the movement represents the triumph of evil over good. The apparent optimism of the concluding pages is, as one colleague of the composer put it, no more than the forced smile of a torture victim as he is being stretched on the rack."
Oh hell yeah.
The 1959 New York Philharmonic recording of the Allegro non troppo is far faster than his 1979 recording (also with the NY Philharmonic) at Bunka Kaikan. I like speed and fury more, and it lends a sense of urgency that isn't present in the 1979 recording.
There was no speed or fury in this morning's run, although I also haven't slept for shit this weekend, and if I think I need 8 ounces of Jeremiah Weed to sufficiently gear down at night, maybe it's a problem.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:20 09:20 09:20 09:20 1.00
1.00 19:17 09:57 09:57 09:39 2.00
1.00 29:10 09:53 09:53 09:43 3.00
1.00 39:00 09:50 09:50 09:45 4.00
1.00 48:09 09:09 09:09 09:38 5.00
0.25 50:24 02:15 09:00 09:36 5.25
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