tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207007932026-06-09T17:03:23.061-04:00Daddy Runs FastPlaywright. Father. Quinquagenarian runner.pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2663125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-50133789539533719972026-06-07T09:47:42.153-04:002026-06-07T09:49:01.234-04:00I sense. I feel.Pride weekend in the CLE. I thought of dropping in, but I have many things to do, many beautiful, creative things, right here at home. That, and the cat always wants to be outside these days. He used to rummage around in the tall grass, now he just wants to laze in the sun. Who can blame him.Distance: 4.4 miles
Duration: 41:00
Pace: 9:20
Metropolis - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)Love pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-32394416128415510662026-06-05T07:40:00.000-04:002026-06-05T10:40:26.884-04:00It's great to see you but I'm running late.Took a dip yesterday, I was so thrilled to wake up all alert and positive on Wednesday only to be totally exhausted by the end of that day and dragging my ass Thursday morning. But hey, you're not twenty-one anymore. I mean, in maturity, sure. But just because you have briefly stopped intoxicating yourself, you're not just going to reset.Speaking of being twenty-one again, I choose College Music.pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-44837156223752145012026-06-03T07:57:13.462-04:002026-06-03T07:58:01.741-04:00He running the game.Twenty years ago, on June 11, 2006, I received confirmation that I had been accepted into that year's New York City Marathon."How the hell does one train for a marathon? I have books, and have consulted websites, and yet I am still trying to figure out how to work it into the schedule. Not the race, the training."This language, or something very close to it, was used in And Then You Die. I was pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-66634142077419548082026-06-01T07:58:00.000-04:002026-06-01T20:52:31.593-04:00Make you feel like a queen on a throne.Got to choose the playlist the night before, just got to. And what better way to celebrate the first day of June?Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 27:38
Pace: 8:54
And speaking of new beginnings, I need a detox. This last week -- no, let's be honest, for weeks, months, even, I have been drinking consistently, every night. At least one drink, but usually two. And since the wife has been out of town, pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-43213249623076638402026-05-30T11:18:35.130-04:002026-05-30T15:11:53.371-04:00Life is short.A chore-free Saturday. How far will we run?Distance: 5.75 miles
Duration: 53:45
Pace: 9:20The wife is having a tremendous west coast adventure (see photo) and I am celebrating the completion of the school year.When she goes out of town, I have these fantasies of organizing and de-cluttering and that often lasts six hours on the first day.As she is out over two weekends, not just one, I am hoping pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-31563993399945140112026-05-28T08:32:58.452-04:002026-05-29T22:02:02.966-04:00Leaving me here on my own.The days are full and occupied. I have something of a groove? The running, yes. And the writing, journaling mostly, but there's also the reading. Turning old ideas around in my head, trying to see something new, to interpret a classic story through a modern lens.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 27:42
Pace: 8:55
Putting things away, throwing things away, selling them on eBay. Yesterday, I pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-78730865176871135462026-05-26T07:53:00.000-04:002026-05-27T17:49:26.286-04:00Nice try. Get out the way.One more week in the school year. Soon we will put this mess behind us, I hope. It's not even a full week, and yet. It feels as though a month is laid out before me.Last night, I heard some reassuring words. Sometimes I lose faith. Sometimes faith is provided to me without my asking.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 27:53
Pace: 8:59
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 63°
Climate: gorgeous
Mood: pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-13339884242827965762026-05-24T11:11:41.469-04:002026-05-25T11:59:09.200-04:00Wonder why you stopped getting high.The wife has departed for points west, not to return for almost two weeks. The elder will join me in a day or so, but they have such a busy schedule I will still be largely on my own.The school year winds to a close, there is so much yet to do. The question is whether I will be able to take advantage of my time alone to be productive, remain focused, and feel satisfied with how I am spending my pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-60655835731396379032026-05-22T19:02:30.850-04:002026-05-24T08:58:42.949-04:00Evel Knievel, you got nothing on me.Beautiful days, busy days, dizzy days. Teaching in West Geauga, interviewing candidates downtown, Wednesday I visited my elementary school in my old hometown. Surprised its lasted this long, I have been wanting to see inside of it before it inevitably disappears.Elementary School Run (1974-1978)New York Groove - Ace FrehleyYoung Americans (178 BPM) - David BowieWhen the Whip Comes Down&pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-80063237982531924732026-05-20T07:31:00.000-04:002026-05-20T10:31:50.508-04:00Don't it get you moving?Winding down the school year, lots of teaching, making up for those who walked out. My love departs this weekend, on a work trip (and side vacation) and she will be gone for two weeks. Have we ever been apart so long?Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 26:50
Pace: 8:39The past several days have been hot! Today, it is cool. And I don't care for cool.
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 51°
Climate: pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-85937309316192895472026-05-18T07:48:00.909-04:002026-05-19T13:52:08.299-04:00Why do you feel so underrated?In-person callbacks. I hope we all survive.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 27:49
Pace: 8:58Make sure those earbuds are charged, my friend.
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 71°
Climate: clear & warm
Mood: hopeful?Suddenly, summer.
Stretches:
Water: yes
Weight: 170 lbs. (+7.0)
Planks: TBA
Push-ups: yes
Sit-Ups: yesWhat's That Lyric?Banquet - Bloc Partypengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-53055867480228278832026-05-16T11:39:52.140-04:002026-05-17T14:35:23.838-04:00Move your feet (to the rhythm of love).Le Hoodoo Gurus third album, Blow Your Cool! was a banger that arrived during spring quarter my freshman year at Ohio University.It was a hot and sweaty season, we spent a great deal of time out of doors, throwing frisbee, drinking beer, and hanging brain. This one played on boomboxes in the quad, out the windows of our dorms, and on my Walkman headphones as I tried, tentatively, to develop pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-66267536735992578192026-05-15T07:49:11.158-04:002026-05-15T15:36:34.687-04:00The echo machine ran wild.US CoverI have older brothers, and they have friends who became my friends and so I was into a lot of cool stuff many of my contemporaries were not, like indie movies from the 1970s, and some truly great albums.One guy did a two-person, acoustic gig with his roommate /in their mod at O.U. which went over gangbusters for the twenty or so people who were in attendance, and I got a bootleg recordingpengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-1340367468558817982026-05-13T16:07:02.967-04:002026-05-14T20:14:12.429-04:00Hey. Only fools rush in and only time will tell if we stand the test of time.This week has been challenging. A post-Mother's Day ball game was less-than pleasant because the air was just a bit too chilly (we did defeat the Angels, however.) Then on Tuesday, I played substitute at my old middle school (not the same building, but like ship of Theseus, it occupies the same space) and, I'm not getting into this, but agreeing to let my colleague run the class they way shepengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-6875614651275961132026-05-09T15:51:00.003-04:002026-05-09T15:51:40.173-04:00Chase the rainbow's end.Blew my Connections streak today. I'd like to think I did it on purpose, I mean, I kind of did, because I didn't care. I was ten days short of a year.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 26:35
Pace: 8:34
Get that? Every day since last May, I have been using part of my brain, fretting I would blow my streak. That's not a game, that's not enjoyable. That is a task.
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 67°pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-84567964270847832282026-05-07T18:44:00.005-04:002026-05-09T08:54:00.318-04:00Make your lungs hold breath inside.Roger Daltrey at Woodstock, where they performedalmost the entire thing even though no one therehad heard any of it before.We probably watched Ken Russell's film adaptation of Tommy (1975) in the early 1980s. I found it unsettling, which is only appropriate.Distance: 4 miles
Duration: 36:09
Pace: 9:00
In the 1990s, a local theater produced the musical adaptation, and even cast an actualpengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-87254945102364101822026-05-05T06:34:00.005-04:002026-05-09T08:54:17.568-04:00You're gonna hit the road.When I was in the Twin Cities last month, I heard the finale to The Who's Tommy as part of the 1969 playlist. I have learned a great deal about the creation of this particular album thanks to Andrew Hickey and his 500 Songs podcast.Distance: 4.25 miles
Duration: 38:45
Pace: 9:07
One of my brothers got big into this when I was maybe twelve years old. Sounds about right. I listened first, put pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-84075257240185909182026-05-03T13:20:00.006-04:002026-05-04T09:21:46.742-04:00The most alive I've ever been.Friends and neighbors ... 60 Playlists for 60 Years.2026 PlaylistThe Arbiter - Bryce Pinkham and the Company of CHESSNUEVAYoL (Live at Super Bowl LX) - Bad BunnyThe Great Divide - Noah Kahandrop dead - Olivia RodrigoDopamine - RobynDry Spell - Kasey MusgravesDance No More - Harry StylesStampede - Genesis OwusuPunk Rocky - A$AP RockyYep, we saw Chess on pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-65914582761348331292026-05-01T19:23:00.001-04:002026-05-01T19:23:27.870-04:00Don't you run away now.Twenty years ago, on May 1, 2006, I described how our elder child was "in training" in preparation for for a one mile run that weekend. They were three. Whose idea was it for them to train? I have a feeling it was theirs.Playlist:Every Day Is Exactly the Same - Nine Inch NailsDistance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 27:48
Pace: 8:58Fifty years ago, we were celebrating the Bicentennial.
Route: Forest Hill pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-40052260501806001672026-04-29T07:37:00.003-04:002026-04-29T07:37:48.651-04:00My heart is aching.Body by PerrierForty years ago, I would run occasionally. Honestly, it wasn't much of a thing. I was dating a young woman who had first inspired me to run when we were in middle school together. She's call and ask if I'd like to go for a run and we would run. Distance: 3,1 miles
Duration: 27:58
Pace: Actually we would run a little bit and then walk and talk. It wasn't dating in middle pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-15583631042582665022026-04-27T07:35:00.003-04:002026-04-27T09:39:15.259-04:00Did you get off on a bad foot, baby?Content advisory: Discussion of D's.D's what? Deez nuts.Thirty years ago, I would run occasionally. I weighed somewhere between 180 and 190 pounds, still smoked, and would huff my way around the neighborhood dressed in a cotton T-shirt, cut-off sweats, and traditional cotton briefs. No special gear, even the shoes were several years old at this point, and much too small.Distance: 3.1 miles
pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-63321675886451774642026-04-25T16:24:00.002-04:002026-04-27T08:28:38.046-04:00Everybody, let's move.So that happened.Twenty years ago, I was in pre-training preparation for my first marathon. Scheduled training would begin in July. By April I was already running much more than I ever had in the past (and keeping a log of every run right here) and had developed shin splints.It felt like running on broken legs. I found shin bandages -- which I wore upside-down the first couple times -- iced my pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-81628201710755891692026-04-23T07:30:00.007-04:002026-04-25T09:58:47.608-04:00Light a fire, hit and run.Actual work conversation yesterday.What a decade it has been. The kids are quick to point out it wasn't a great world when Obama was president, but at least there was a certain degree of accountability and considerably less bullshit.Or not. I don't know. I suppose this was inevitable. It's going to be quite the Semiquincentennial this summer.Distance: 4.2 miles
Duration: 37:29
Pace: 8:55Here is pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-7103295070266992262026-04-21T18:10:00.006-04:002026-04-21T18:12:12.788-04:00Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain.Never celebrate early.Joshua Jackson passes Carson Melloto win the Delaware Marathon4/19/2026Twenty-seven years ago yesterday two students committed an act of terror at one Colorado high school, and since then nothing has changed. In fact, it's gotten worse. This is not a good country. And it was never a great one.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 28:12
Pace: 9:06
DOGBERRY:
But, masters, pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-2412889501327682422026-04-19T14:50:00.007-04:002026-04-20T08:08:31.161-04:00How can someone so young say words so sad?Drive like your kids.Take the note, guy.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 27:33
Pace: 8:50
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 47°
Climate: sunny & cool
Mood: I mean1987 PlaylistAhead - WireThe Perfect Girl - The CureThe Badger Song - The Dead MilkmenThe Dead Heart - Midnight OilI Don't Know - The ReplacementsHeartbreak Beat - The Psychedelic FursSheila Take a Bow&pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0