Riding & Running

Yesterday I took my bicycle out and rode 16 miles. This morning I went out and ran 7 miles. Tomorrow I plan on either a long bike ride or run. One or the other. It will be early in the morning because it's supposed to get real hot outside. The marathon training goes on.

Nothing Going On Right Now

1:00:31

I ran the 8-Mile race today in a time of 1:00:31. I had set my over/under finish at 1 hour. My biggest hope was to finish under an hour but that didn't happen. Since I wasn't wearing a watch and there were no pace clocks on the road course, I didn't know what my time was until I arrived at the finish line. It wouldn't have made a difference because I was going all out throughout the race. I remember hitting the wall at Mile 5. Some of those hills were taking a toll on me. But in Mile 6 I could feel myself with a second wind and even began to pass a few runners. I almost didn't run this morning. The rain was coming down hard a few hours before the start and the idea of running in those conditions didn't trill me. I also wasn't feeling all that good. I had stomach cramps. In the end, I did go and I'm glad. It never rained during the race and the sun came out in the last mile. I think it was the 4th of July.

8-Mile Race

Tomorrow I'll run in an 8-Mile race and it looks like there will be rain in the forecast. I've run several races this year and they've all been dry. The only race I had with bad weather was the Manhattan Half Marathon in Central Park back in January. It snowed that morning so they turned it into a "Fun Run" I made up my mind it was too dangerous with the slippery conditions for me to jog around so I split. The one thing that could stop the race tomorrow is if we have lightning. They'll most likely run it in the rain. I've had my pasta dinner so now all I have to do is get some rest. Goodnight. 

Finishing Touches

I did run 7 miles today and I plan on doing an easy 3-Mile jog tomorrow. Then I should be a coiled spring for the 8-Mile race on Wednesday. Tomorrow I'll be driving to Norwalk, CT for work related things.  The Summer rolls on.

7/1/12 Set List

Here are the songs I practiced today:

Set 1
THE FRONT DESK (Entire Rock Opera)

Set 2
Action Painting
Mary Carroll
Seeing My Love
Yuka
Vegan Deli
Woe Of Man
Gazebo
Quackery
Chinese Rocks
Shattered

Getting The Led Out

Last night I saw a Led Zeppelin cover band. I thought they were really good. They did an interesting set list of songs. That's what I like about tribute bands, there is so much material to choose from that you never know what they will play. My favorite song of the night was WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS. The Jimmy Page player had a few guitars including a double neck with 12 strings. He played THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME on it. They did at least one song from every album with the exception of IN THROUGHT THE OUT DOOR. The vocalist could hit the Robert Plant scream and he played the harmonica. the rythmn section was tight. I love tribute bands.