ORN: 3.0 miles in 31:25, which, sad to say, is my best average pace since mid-May. I ran east instead of west on the Riverwalk and saw a ton of ducks. I finished the workout with three strides of approximately 50 meters each. They were slightly unpleasant, given the heat.
In case your only source of news is my blog [Loki help you], I ought to mention that George Carlin has died of a heart attack at the ripe old age of 71. I loved the guy and his mad wisdoms. There's this scene in Mel Brook's "History of the World, Part One," where Brooks is in Roman times, in line for unemployment benefits, and he lists his occupation to the clerk as "standup philosopher." That's what Carlin was. He spoke the unvarnished truth that court jesters have been allowed to speak for centuries. And, yes, he taught me how to curse with class. One of the first comedy albums I ever heard was his 1978 album Indecent Exposure [which we might have had on 8-track.] It was so rip-roaringly funny and mind-blowing, that I listened to it about a million times during my late-childhood/early-adolescence.
On the exercise tip, because I am a sucker for a well-designed website, training program, and challenge with t-shirts, I have decided to sign up for the Hundred Pushup Challenge. I signed up for a similar program back in the mid-1990s, but we called it boot camp. The idea is to gradually build up to 100 push-ups over the course of a few weeks. We used to do something similar in the military called "pyramids," and so this program makes sense to me since I've seen it work before. I've been working on push-ups anyway, doing 20-25 before bed each night. However, I have been inconsistent with it. With charts and milestones, I expect to be rockin' 100 push ups in no time.
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