7.6mi, 72:42, 31 DEC 10, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink:
Dos Gringos, "Going In For Guns"
James Horner, "Battle in the Mutara Nebula"
James Horner, "Futile Escape"
John Williams, "Adventures on Earth"
Gunther and the Sunshine Girls, "Touch Me"

WX at 1000: 33 (1) 32 (0) 29.59 (1002) SSW 9 fog RH 93 WC 24 (-4)

Odometer X: N/A (old pair of shoes, last run almost a year ago...)

Z3.
Average/max heart rate = 162/174

I slept in yesterday but I needed to get out and get a run in, and I did. What I didn't count on was the streets being iced over because of a layer of sleet that landed last night. I vaguely heard it coming down but it would have been high adventure in anything not spiked, so I dusted off my shoes that have sheet metal screws in it.

I didn't concentrate on pace as much as I did relative effort. For going 7.6mi, I felt okay, but the proof will be in tomorrow's recovery run that I will need to do.

The problem in today's run was a suitable iThink. Almost no one else was out there, which was fine. I'm not sure what made me think of John Williams' "Adventures on Earth" (from his soundtrack to the film E.T.) but I hadn't thought of it in almost 25 years. Literally. I think I was in 8th grade when I first heard it on the 1983 album Out of This World, which Williams conducted with the Boston Pops Orchestra. I think the opening motif in that mirrored the sound of the sheet metal screws on wet pavement, actually.

I saw Restrepo not long ago (and now own it on disk) but this particular scene made me laugh my ass off. Hence the Gunther song. Awesome. And now I have the Song of the Day...

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:36 08:36 08:36 08:36 1.00
1.00 18:00 09:24 09:24 09:00 2.00
1.00 27:43 09:43 09:43 09:14 3.00
1.00 37:21 09:38 09:38 09:20 4.00
1.00 47:12 09:51 09:51 09:26 5.00
1.00 56:57 09:45 09:45 09:30 6.00
1.00 07:38 10:41 10:41 09:40 7.00
0.60 12:42 05:04 08:27 09:34 7.60

2.33mi + 4,000m on Concept2 Model D, 22:23 + 17:07, 29 DEC 10, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink: "The model of a modern university" (thank you, Johns Hopkins alumni spam!)

WX at 0700: 37 (3) DP 35 (2) BP 29.77 (1008) S 12 mist RH 93

Odometer 2: 270.3mi equivalency

Z3 ingress, Z4 row/Z5 finish, Z4 egress.
Average/max heart rate = 155/172 run only

Today's iThink was a true earwig that would not dislodge. I guess if I'd really tried, I'd have dug out Dos Gringos' "Going in For Guns" or "The Legend of Shaved Dog's Ass" which are old faithfuls when I wanted to forcibly eject children's music from my mind.

I was thinking about trying to hit the gym for a session on the erg as I've been trying to get back into physical therapy in earnest. It's getting there, but I don't think I've ever had a leisurely session on the erg. Today was no exception; I was holding zone 4 in the last 1500m just to hang on, and went for my usual zone 5 effort at the finish, which inevitably creates enough lactic acid (or whatever) that I feel like I want to woof. Yay.

But not as yay as the run back. I tried really hard not to look at the clock on the runs, because I know those times suck monkey balls.

Is it bad when it's over freezing and I realize sweatpants and a sweatshirt are too much snivel gear for the temperature? Sad, sad, sad.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.17 10:51 10:51 09:16 09:16 1.17
1.21 22:23 11:32 09:32 09:24 2.38

Distance: 4000
Time: 00:17:07
Avg/500m: 02:08
Drag Factor: 115
Per Mile: 00:06:53

the next thing I want to see on the big screen

I really want to see Blue Valentine, but I'm not sure if I will want to see it for the right reasons. Probably the same reason I want to see Everyone Else, as much as I probably don't need to see that either. And so it goes.

3.35mi, 32:12, 28 DEC 10, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink:
The Bats, "Courage"
Mr. Mister, "Kyrie" (I have no idea why.)

WX at 0700: 23.0 (-5.0) 21.0 (-6.1) 30.12 (1019) WSW 6 RH 91 WC 15 (-9)

Odometer 2: 266.5mi

Z3 low.
Average/max heart rate = 159/180

Good god did this day suck. I was tired from yesterday's long run, so I decided to go for distance, not pace or speed. Whee.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:23 09:23 09:23 09:23 1.00
1.00 18:55 09:32 09:32 09:28 2.00
1.00 28:48 09:53 09:53 09:36 3.00
0.35 32:42 03:54 11:09 09:46 3.35

6.51mi, 58:58, 27 DEC 10, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink: Michael Kamen, Band of Brothers Theme No. 2

WX at 0900: 21.9 (-5.6) 19.9 (-6.7) 30.29 (1025) S 12 mist RH 91 WC 10

Odometer 2: 263.1mi

Z3.
Average/max heart rate = 158/172

It's good to be back from vacation and the insanity that characterizes it. Today was not going to be fast, but I wanted at least six miles of wogging. I got it.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:22 08:22 08:22 08:22 1.00
1.00 17:24 09:02 09:02 08:42 2.00
1.00 26:25 09:01 09:01 08:48 3.00
1.00 35:43 09:18 09:18 08:56 4.00
1.00 45:13 09:30 09:30 09:03 5.00
1.00 54:21 09:08 09:08 09:03 6.00
0.51 58:58 04:37 09:03 09:03 6.51

The Coolest Thing Ever

This'll get you in the holiday spirit!

So wrong, but so, so, right

Caprica + Futurama = Capricarama.

5.24mi, 44:38, 24 DEC 10, Kissimmee, Florida

iThink:
The Bats, "Courage"
Above and Beyond, "A Good Day"
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 "Eroica," Scherzo-Vivace

WX at 0800: 43.0 (6.1) DP 36.0 (2.2) BP 30.17 (1021) N 8 RH 76

Odometer 3: 157.75mi

Z4.
Average/max heart rate = no reading.

Perhaps it is appropriate for x-moose that I had the T.C. McQueen Workout Video stuck in my head this morning.

I ended up running generally negative splits. Rock on.

Sometimes it's good to indulge a little schadenfreude. My legs hurt this morning but I was ready to go. Sometimes it's good to indulge the desire to just whip somebody's ass. Of course, if I'm really in that mood, this applies instead.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:41 08:41 08:41 08:41 1.00
1.00 17:34 08:53 08:53 08:47 2.00
1.00 25:56 08:22 08:22 08:39 3.00
1.00 34:06 08:10 08:10 08:31 4.00
1.00 42:41 08:35 08:35 08:32 5.00
0.24 44:38 01:57 08:08 08:31 5.24

4.2mi, 36:45, 22 DEC 10, Kissimmee, Florida

iThink: Dos Gringos, "Going In For Guns"

WX at 0700: 45.0 (7.2) DP 44.1 (6.7) BP 30.13 (1020) SW 6 mist RH 96

Odometer 3: (factoring in a lot of walking on Monday and Tuesday...) 152.5mi equivalency

Z3.
Average/max heart rate = no reading (this is what I get for leaving my HRM strap at home)

Yesterday was a walk through Disney's Animal Kingdom. Whee. Last time I'd been to the WDW complex of theme parks, it was 1987 and Animal Kingdom didn't exist.

I realize why my spidey-sense goes bat shit motherfucking crazy when I go to to a theme park. It's the whole fake authenticity of it all. People want to delude themselves into having a supposedly authentic experience of going on a safari, or participating in some dig or even the rampant Harry Potter fanboying that I saw the other night.

I guess I jettisoned my childhood very, very early. I don't recall gravitating on all this when I was their age. I think by that time I was already caught up on wanting to fly jets and blow shit up under official government imprimatur.

That may explain this morning's iThink. I guess it's probably preferable to "World War III," which is the other song that comes to mind when I'm around small children for a long time.

At least if I don't run, I'm getting some substantial exercise walking from place to place all day long and being the pack mule for kids who don't want to carry stuff.

Today's agenda is a trip to Disney's Magic Kingdom. I really want to try the suggestion of riding "It's A Small World" completely plowed, but alas, there are no suds in the Magic Kingdom. Booze and fairytale dreams don't mix. Except in my universe.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:28 08:28 08:28 08:28 1.00
1.00 17:21 08:53 08:53 08:41 2.00
1.00 26:21 09:00 09:00 08:47 3.00
1.00 35:02 08:41 08:41 08:45 4.00
0.20 36:45 01:43 08:35 08:45 4.20

4.14mi, 35:21, 20 DEC 10, Kissimmee, Florida

iThink:
Bear McCreary, "The Olympic Carrier"
The Smiths, "The Queen is Dead"

WX at 0600: 41.0 (5.0) DP 37.0 (2.8) BP 30.08 (1018) NW 13 RH 85

Odometer 3: 142.5mi equivalency

Z3.
Average/max heart rate = no reading

First run in almost a whole goddamn month. Unsurprisingly, today felt okay. I'm sure I'll be feeling it tomorrow, but right now, it's good to be back on the wagon.

I will be spending the entire week with my nieces and nephews, who range in degrees of hyper from reasonable to Thorazine. It may be a good thing that I got that bottle of Glenlivet before we left. I might hit it like it's going out of style when I get back to Kansas. I need to give it a more critical look, although I think I might prefer Glenfiddich instead. But I'm cheap, and don't feel like going in for more potent shit. Yet.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:02 08:02 08:02 08:02 1.00
1.00 16:37 08:35 08:35 08:18 2.00
1.00 25:35 08:58 08:58 08:32 3.00
1.00 34:09 08:34 08:34 08:32 4.00
0.14 35:21 01:12 08:34 08:32 4.14

Seconds

I thought about this film for the first time in ages. I remember the first time I heard Mark Isham's "When Things Dream" (off the 1983 Vapor Drawings album) I was reminded of Jerry Goldsmith's soundtrack for this haunting film.

Stuck in my head

Bauhaus, "Stigmata Martyr."

I guess it's an improvement over The Smiths, "A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours" which was yesterday's.

The Coolest Thing Ever

An icon of my childhood lives again...and because it was made by the Tokyo Broadcasting System, it won't be intellectually prostituted the way an American movie house would fuck it up. Oh. Hell. Yeah.



Of course, I have no expectations whatsoever of actually being able to see this in the United States unless I get it as a Region 2 disk.

Skankify!

So say we all.