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Interesting. Not as motivated by the 00s playlists as I have been by the previous years' ... they provide energetic, syncopated beats, but the lyrics and production values are so sterile. I must truly be getting old. At the close of the 20th century, I was listening to a lot of electronic music, to be sure. But it was on the darker side, moody. Not surprising, this in keeping with my general

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Do you like to read this blog? Then hit the survey for Cleveland Scene Best of 2012 and vote Daddy Runs Fast for best Cleveland blog. Distance: 4 miles Route: Neighborhood loop Good Lord. I have run 35 times since New Year's. In 2011 I ran 74 times ALL YEAR. Used ear buds today, waiting for my new 'phones. Why do I dislike earbuds? Simple, they will not stay in my ears while running. Okay,

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Week 5 Total: 29 miles Training to Date: 123 miles Five weeks? For reals? Well, I'll be. One more month and it will be Spring. The winter has been mild, so far, but that does not mean anything. It could turn fierce soon, and stay that way until April. For now I am grateful for clear pavement. Distance: 4 miles Route: Neighborhood loop Temperature: 28º Climate: cool & dry Weight: 174.5 lbs.

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Gazebo at Wilson Mills & SOM Ctr. That is not merely how we do it. That is why we do it. Motivation has been a challenge. My schedule has left me exhausted and weak. I would rather, barring the limits of human endurance, rise early and get these long runs over with before the kids wake up. It's that "over with" that isn't working for me. It's completely the wrong mindset. I have to want to do

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Headphones fragged. For that matter, so have my shoes, a very long time ago. Must go shopping before Saturday. What's the forecast for Saturday? Rainy and 42º How far we running? 13 miles. A half marathon. Before you've had pancakes. Distance: 4 miles Route: To Parkside Blvd. and back. My shins ache, my knees hurt, and now my right hip has been acting up -- not when I am running, only the

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Pretty fly. Fumes. Shins. Exhaustion. Nerve. Resignation. Oh, my hip. Distance: 4 miles Route: To Parkside Blvd. and back. Really wanted to get out into the beautiful sunshine, but running in the rough slush was a hard slog, and made my shins ACHE. It's no fun going slow when the weather's good. Temperature: 39º Climate: spring, again? patchy snow, wet pavement. Weight: 171.5 lbs. Snack:

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Rosalind (Christie) Hicks: Poirot does not look like you. Peter Ustinov: He does now. The tour of The Mysterious Affair at Styles opens tonight at the Alcazar at 8 PM. You should join us, it is free and open to the public. I should be excited. I feel ill. I do not recall feeling this horrible the date of an opening before. Running should have made me feel better, instead it made me sad and angry

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Weekends mean additional sleep ... and headaches. Headaches from an altered schedule, from drink, from rich food, from additional sleep -- all of which leads to dehydration. I feel it in my sinuses, they close in, it is hard to breathe, and it is hard to think clearly. Simple tasks I can accomplish, intricate ones make me irritated and unhappy. I take pseudoephedrine, I wear a nasal strip, I

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Have you seen me? I am from Cleveland, y'all. This is not a blizzard. This is called snow. Distance: 8 miles Route: 5 laps around the block, then to Green Rd. and back This endeavor is insane. And yet, it keeps me sane. I am currently exhausted. And yet this exercise keeps me alert and alive. I am sore and worn. Yet, I am losing weight, breathing more freely, and fit into my pants. My right

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Yesterday afternoon I was leading a workshop at my kids' elementary school. I'm working with fifth grade girls during lunch hour, they are the Young Ladies of Noble and we are putting together a production for Women's History Month. Anyway, their advisor told me class ended at 12:15, we would need to break at 12:10 to put the room back in order. I'm keeping my eye on the clock, but we are doing

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Two deer ... and a skunk. So, I no longer have a therma-fleece. But the weather has been so temperate that, as long as it remains above freezing, I can wear my jacket. However, today it was at freezing, and so I put on a cotton hoodie beneath my jacket. That was comfortable, but also pretty sweaty. Distance: 4 miles Route: To Parkside Blvd. and back. Must remember to sprint at the end. Trying

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And now, monotony. Not during the runs themselves, but the motivation to depart. To get out of the house, to hit the road. Four miles? Really? Again? It doesn't feel as though it is adding up to anything. What if I had to run the marathon today, I would not be ready. These legs, these lungs could not accomplish that. And that is why we train. Why we commit. So on an ordinary day, when it seems

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Week 3 Total: 26 miles Took the boy to the Rock Hall again, to catch the Women Who Rock exhibit before it closes. Can't believe I actually sat through an 80-minute U2 concert movie, but the boy got a lot out of it. Never realized what a pretty voice the Edge has. I lack sufficient daily hydration. Distance: 4 miles Route: To Parkside Blvd. and back. I believe I run too fast on these daily,

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My breakfast with Gandhi. Good Lord, waking up this morning it felt as though I have not gone on a run for a month. Just seems like a long time ago. Why is that? However, today was epic. Just perfect, no pain, just a nice, long run. No issues. Route: Home to Gandhi (and back) Distance: 10 miles My first ten-miler was on July 22, 2006. I wrote:Down Mayfield to Little Italy, through University

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"The 'Batman' soundtrack?" "Throw it." Leadfoot today. Spoke too soon about shin splints, my left has been acting up all week, in spite of the exercises. Will wear a brace for Saturday's long run. 10 miles on Saturday, if the weather holds and there is no snow or ice, I plan to make the journey to see the India Cultural Garden, which is exactly five miles from my house. Distance: 4 miles Route:

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So much more fun to run when it is moderately cool and not miserable out. Just, as the kids say, saying. I walk around all day with this mustache on my face. It's horrifying. Went out chewing gum today. On my way back I pictured myself asphyxiated on someone's doorstep and spit it out. Still ... clean, fresh breath. That's it, I have to clean up. Distance: 4 miles Route: To Parkside Blvd.

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51º at 5:15 AM on January 31. All right, then. I'm wearing shorts. Distance: 4 miles Route: To Parkside Blvd. and back. Bit of a conundrum here as re: the Yearly Playlists. Following my first marathon in Nov. 2006 I took a well-deserved rest ... which lasted a bit too long. In order to motivate myself to run out-of-doors in deepest winter, beginning in February 2007 I began running to a

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Sorry, folks. It's just a Honda ad. Oh yeah. Week 2 Total: 22 miles Distance: 4 miles Route: To Parkside Blvd. and back. The wife and I went over calendars for the next several months. Busy, busy, busy. Travel, school, play, work, music, special events, social events, writing, creating, eat, breathing, living. No idea how I will fit all of these runs into my schedule, but you know? I don't care

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If it were not for my wife, I would not have gotten out of bed this morning to run. If I had not gotten out of bed to run this morning, I would not have had time to run later. If I had had a long run today, I would most likely be of a mind to bag the training. Thank you, wife. Distance: 6 miles Route: Taylor-Cedar-Warrensville/Noble-Monticello Loop 1. Almost wiped twice on Taylor Road. Ice

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Did it. I am registered to run the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon on Sunday, May 20, 2012. Distance: 4 miles Route: To Parkside Blvd. and back. Up a good part of the night, fretting. We began rehearsals last night, I need to set rules for myself and follow them. Come right home, drink tea, go to sleep. Falling asleep has been troubling the last two nights, and I woke several times thinking Time

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Distance: 4 miles Route: To Parkside Blvd. and back. Exhausted all yesterday, got to bed reasonably early (shot for 9, hit 9.45 - damn you, sexy POTUS) with a non-alocoholic beverage as my nightcap. Still, woke at 5 AM thinking ... what? No. No, can't do this. Long day today, first night of rehearsals, reports due, must rest, have solid, clear concentration ... so, of course, my mind was

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My pants are a mite looser around the waist. Not losing weight, just moving it around. Everything in its right place. The zipper on my green thermafleece jacket has bitten the dust. So now I need new shoes and a new jacket. And, you know. To register for this marathon I am supposedly training for. Just as well, temperature said above freezing but I did not believe it. If I had worn the 'fleece

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Week 1 Total: 22 miles Distance: 3 miles Route: To Green Rd. and back. As the effects of global climate change become increasingly evident, sudden mid-winter spikes in temperature lead to terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad gusts of WIND. Temperature: 41º Climate: Bright sun, snowy & slushy pavement. Weight: 179 lbs. Lunch: Tuna mac & cheese w/lima beans. Hydration? yes Stretches? yes One

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First long run of training. Would have been entirely painless, except for all the damn snow. 1. Peering over the bridge at East Green and Green, watching a family of ducks float downstream in the icy creek. This is part of the joy. 2. People exiting the drive-thru at KFC alone are inevitably fat and unhappy looking. 3. Whoever it is plowing all of the sidewalks on north-side Mayfield Rd. in

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Distance: 4 miles Route: To Parkside Blvd. and back. Day one, nervous. Day two, cocky. Day three, wretched. Woke with sinus pain. Must sleep when I can sleep. Took pain reliever, pseudoephedrine, and put on a nasal strip and hit the road. During mile three I began to feel sick to my stomach, but I pushed through and while my headache is gone, nothing would serve so well as crawling back into

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