2008-08-16

Lousy attitude, decent run

ORN: 8.8 miles in 1:33'16".

I woke up to my six o' clock alarm, and zombified, threw on my running duds. I was out the door and plodding toward Cherokee Park. My mind wasn't hitting on all cylinders, but I knew a couple things. First, I knew there was no way I was going to handle hills. I just didn't have it in me. Rather than my hilly 9 mile course I prefer, I decided to run an out and back route through St. Matthews and on to the park. Nice and flat the whole way. Second, I knew I needed tunes. Lately, I have been running without headphones, but my motivation level on Saturday was so low that there was no way I would have survived 90 minutes of hearing my own thoughts rattling around my head. I needed to rock out.

So, appropriately geared up, I set off to the park.

And it was fine. I ran the whole way without any walk breaks. I stopped at a couple water fountains, but I don't count them as "breaks". I drank and then ran. Finishing that run felt great, not because of anything special about the run. It's just that I did it and it was behind me.

  1. Pay to Cum - Bad Brains
  2. Speed Queen (Kid Whatever Hyundai Beats Mix) - MC Frontalot
  3. Jesus And Tequila - Minutemen
  4. I Will - The Beatles
  5. California Sun - The Ramones
  6. Sieve-Fisted Find - Fugazi
  7. Work 01 - Front 242
  8. Whole Lotta Trouble - Bodeco
  9. Black Math - The White Stripes
  10. Hateful - The Clash
  11. Safely Wasting Away - Crimpshrine
  12. Blackball - KMFDM
  13. In the Cold, Cold Night - The White Stripes
  14. Untitled Song For Latin America - Minutemen
  15. #1 Hit Song - Minutemen
  16. Wild Honey Pie - The Beatles
  17. Feuer Frei! - Rammstein
  18. Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
  19. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
  20. Little Acorns - The White Stripes
  21. Mothership Connection (Star Child) [Fully Equipped Mix] - George Clinton
  22. 12XU - Minor Threat
  23. Caught Up - Crimpshrine
  24. Funkytown - Lipps, Inc.
  25. 672 - The Dresden Dolls
  26. Gravity - The Dresden Dolls
  27. Atomic Dog - George Clinton
  28. Housework - The B-52's
  29. Happiness Is a Warm Gun - The Beatles
  30. Criss Cross - Thelonious Monk

1 comment:

  1. I know exactly how you feel- Great work on getting the run completed!

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