tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207007932026-11-10T04:34:51.488-05:00Daddy Runs FastPlaywright. Father. Quinquagenarian runner.pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2738125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-69126659572026382842026-11-08T13:21:31.577-05:002026-11-08T21:39:53.525-05:00Life's what you make it. Celebrate it.The halls, downtown, are decked. That they decorations came out the day after election day was truly shocking. And symbolic, I suppose.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 28:07
Pace: 9:03And like that, it's winter. Winterish. Damp and cold. Fire and thick socks and comforters and maybe time t take in the side porch. Still unpacking from last weekend's show, putting away things.A couple days ago, the pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-54650912718584153552026-11-06T10:09:40.117-05:002026-11-08T10:46:42.336-05:00Bright and early for their daily races.Breaking Point 89Here's the thing about Sugar Season (yes, we're still talking about Sugar Season) the SUGAR will BE THERE. There is NO NEED to seek the SUGAR, the SUGAR will FIND YOU.The other day, it was the middle of the morning. And I got a cookie from the coffee house. Because, why not, I'm underweight, I can afford this (THAT IS NOT HOW FOOD WORKS) and what happened? At lunchtime it was pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-64017359229246146322026-11-04T08:03:38.152-05:002026-11-04T20:49:57.536-05:00Get the hell out.Brief trip to Cincinnati and back, to hear the boy play the jazz. A time to relax and talk, or to just say nothing. November now, and the weather holds.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 25:53
Pace: 8:20
Sudden obsession with the Substack but it's a hobby. Conflicted as to whether I should let anyone know I even have it. Every new thing it's like, "Hey! This is the new thing!" It's not a new thing, pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-39094226829599862012026-11-02T09:39:40.205-05:002026-11-03T21:03:21.960-05:00The Devil will find work for idle hands to do.We turn the clocks back and all hell breaks loose. Couldn't sleep last night, woke around three am to work on some new project. A new project? You haven't even finished the old ones! Anyway, I am trying out a Substack. We'll see how long that holds my interest.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 26:35
Pace: 8:34Twenty years ago today, we were preparing to fly to New York City for the big race.A pace pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-11126531296777104252026-10-31T16:38:03.899-04:002026-10-31T16:39:02.550-04:00You keep me running round and round.We voted!I will be in a state on anxiety until strike tonight is complete.Then, who knows. Relaxation? We shall see. But it has been a great weekend.Distance: 3.75 miles
Duration: 32:18
Pace: 8:36SIXTEEN runs in October! FUCK yeah!
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 59°
Climate: light clouds & cool: ideal
Mood: good, actually
Monster Bash!Living On the Ceiling - Rosetta StoneToo Many pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-73003871912258631222026-10-29T13:04:05.221-04:002026-10-29T15:39:42.462-04:00I'm a lyrical poet.Twenty years ago today, I ran five miles and the only thing I posted was the header "That sucked." I believe the reason for this was an argument my wife and I had right before heading out that made me miserable.An anonymous commentator, one who had been following my my progress, wrote:Well, what did you expect? You didn't stretch or drink. You listened to no music, it took no time and you weighedpengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-7730784883646554942026-10-27T15:24:33.775-04:002026-10-29T12:05:40.086-04:00Went the distance.It's a big week. I'm teaching the Death of a Salesman residency, the same residency I was teaching twenty-five years ago. It's changed a little, not much. The kids haven't changed much, either. It's a bit surprising to hear high school juniors in Chagrin Falls remarking about how bad the economy is, but I guess I'm glad they know. Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 28:03
Pace: 9:02Anyway, pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-71712106775302142222026-10-25T08:47:43.741-04:002026-10-25T08:47:43.741-04:00I'd die without you.Someone must explain to me these Saturday/Sunday headaches. I used to think o no, I had two drinks last night and now my head hurts. I am a bad person. But there is no drinking, no drugs. Just sleep. Must I wake up at five or six to have coffee on weekend mornings? I mean, I can do that. Then there is the old man, who disrupts me regularly. I just want to have a weekend free from discomfort pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-26767971518331918942026-10-23T08:35:44.224-04:002026-10-24T15:08:11.564-04:00I am not going out like any punk bitch.2275 Professor StreetThen (1992) & Then (2018)(coffee shop formerly known as Beviamo)Cat kept me up all night. He can go months without sleeping with me, then he remembers how nice it is. And I am glad he still gets out of bed to pee. But then he wants back in.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 27:28
Pace: 8:51 The next week will be a bear. I teach five classes a day, every day next week. pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-246263358614616642026-10-21T08:25:35.975-04:002026-10-21T08:25:35.975-04:00Again ... I said I was a time bomb.Exhausted, distracted. A bit overwhelmed.And that was before we watched the documentary.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 27:51
Pace: 8:59
The big, full days continue. And that's what you wanted, right?
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 42°
Climate: clear & cool
Mood: angstySince the show closed, I have had a pull in the left side of my neck. This may be because ... well, it may be because of pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-33292696414191581922026-10-19T08:23:36.629-04:002026-10-19T08:24:03.270-04:00Your feet are going to be on the ground.Late 1991This past week has been an historic emotional epic. I was depressed and anxious in the lead up to these I Hate This house performances, which is entirely normal and to be expected, and then every single one of these performance was wonderful, and better than wonderful.Diana came into town to see it. I can't begin to put into words how grateful I am.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration:pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-71728370263497190022026-10-17T11:52:07.301-04:002026-10-18T18:40:06.912-04:00Whatever words I say I will always love you.A Facebook post from East Cleveland Mayor Sandra Morgan:The restoration work has started in historic Forest Hill Park! I’m thankful for our partnership with the Metroparks and look forward to our work together: taking down dead and vulnerable trees, repairing the boathouse, clearing away bramble and more. There’s so much more to come: stay tuned!🌳Can't tell you how excited I am about this. The pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-60866053542935585052026-10-15T08:11:23.780-04:002026-10-15T17:38:34.379-04:00I'm not the kind of girl who likes to be alone.We begin. A five-night run of I Hate This hosted in our own home. I've been wanting to bring this back to honor the 25th anniversary of the birth of our first child, and some time over the summer (probably when I was running) I got this idea.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 27:08
Pace: 8:45
FOREST HILL PARK UPDATE: Things are happening! Negotiations with Metroparks have reopened, and this week pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-13393749335794062242026-10-13T07:55:29.273-04:002026-10-14T07:57:04.125-04:00Never was a story of more woe, than this of Romeo ...Keep going.Fuck. I'll come in again.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 28:14
Pace: 9:06
Oh! What a week. What a month! And here we go. I have a week of house performances starting tonight. Then there's the series against Tampa. Oh! Writing workshops, supervision, got to organize props for that other play.
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 67°
Climate: muggy!
Mood: goodEric Lee & Tracey Gilbert"pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-91662115737417145932026-10-11T09:12:05.561-04:002026-10-14T07:58:14.149-04:00Twenty-six years, on my way to hell.Fall 1994 is about a lot of things. It's about both of them. Falling in an out of love again. Romeo & Juliet and walks though Harlem. Concerts and concerts and movies and parties and bad, bad acts. It was about being in my twenties.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 27:32
Pace: 8:52
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 59°
Climate: after the rain, just lovely
Mood: goodThis is what we pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-23387625590197169492026-10-09T07:30:00.000-04:002026-10-10T21:55:19.342-04:00Then he ran."Lapdog"Peter de SèveThe New YorkerOct. 12, 2026Twenty years ago, I took a 48 hour trip to London to share I Hate This with members of the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (SANDS UK). It was a conference where the director wanted to pitch a tour of the show around Great Britain.Yes, in the midst of marathon training, I took a very brief transatlantic journey. "A small man, on the pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-50635857686847000622026-10-07T08:18:36.644-04:002026-10-07T18:48:57.973-04:00I'll burn me through Ohio.Josh Ritter at The Rialto (2023)Fall continues. Summer fades. The other night I listened to the playlist I made from the setlist of Josh Ritter at the Rialto in Tucson, Arizona. We saw him in October 2023, when we took the train to the Southwest.Distance: 3.15 mile
Duration: 28:06
Pace: 8:55
The wife was surprised that was already three years ago, but I'm not. The past three years we did all the pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-66405146916853430112026-10-05T08:23:51.236-04:002026-10-14T07:59:40.568-04:00What are we running for?Still true.Attended my 40 year high school reunion Saturday night. Good time. My clique was largely absent, got to chat with two at a pre-event on Friday, but without a home base I had to get over myself and mingle and catch up with, well, everyone else.And I did. Some of them I knew but had never really had a conversation with, ever, not once, for the four, seven, maybe twelve years we had pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-53487718643910873222026-10-03T11:09:14.306-04:002026-10-03T16:53:42.937-04:00I thought that we'd always be friends.Homecoming 1985Attended the first evening of the big reunion weekend last night, and I am as insecure as I was as a teenager. I understand now that it comes off as arrogance. And I was arrogant, too, believe me. I think it's important that we have these rituals to remind us of how terrible we were and of how far we've come.Or maybe, no. No. We don't actually need that.Distance: 3.1 miles
Durationpengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-51295002682701284032026-10-01T19:32:00.000-04:002026-10-14T08:01:09.715-04:00Life is good, wild and sweet.Long days, reaching (straining) for the conclusion of rehearsal season. Knees are sore, ankles kinking. But we made fifteen runs in September. Well done.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 27:07
Pace: 8:44
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 78°
Climate: dusk, humid
Mood: stressedFall 1983 MixtapeMama (166 BPM) - GenesisTrue - Spandau BalletAll Night Long (All Night) - Lionel pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-91385573084697836152026-09-29T19:33:09.739-04:002026-09-29T19:34:02.259-04:00Hit the beat now.As long as the weather provides, I will be doing evenings. Soon enough it will be too dark for that and we will return to the recreation center. I'd love to resume cold weather runs, but my joints are just too achy for that.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 28:59
Pace: 9:02Survived the first day in schools, rising before my five o'clock alarm at 4:30 AM, we arrived at the school at 6:40 AM and pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-1026479471298647872026-09-27T11:59:09.627-04:002026-09-29T19:33:27.548-04:00I'll run away with you.We've had a great running September. Tomorrow, I will be at a school at 6:50 AM, attending an event after, and then a read through of The Right Room. It will be a hyper-long day, so I am getting that run in now.I also need to get new knee braces. The cool weather is doing me no favors.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 26:07
Pace: 8:25
Gee whiz, David! That was fast!
Route: Forest Hill Loop
pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-34412098153355871732026-09-26T09:00:25.466-04:002026-09-26T09:01:11.433-04:00Wherever you go ... there you are.DM for more information.These fall days. I can't sleep all the way to the alarm. I wake, my knees ache, my side. But so? I get up. I have a morning. I can write, eat a good breakfast. And I run. And I love the run. Not looking forward to the rec center. The park is a beautiful place to be at dawn. The geese, the deer. The turning of the leaves.Distance: 3.1
Duration: 27:03
Pace: 8:42Mypengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-12136324143070757232026-09-24T07:39:19.861-04:002026-09-24T07:39:19.862-04:00These zombies in the park.HelenArtUltra-Violet 5KRace Mission 1Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 27:12
Pace: 8:45
Yesterday began dark and miserable, cloudy and rainy and cold. By afternoon it was still cool, but sunny, bright and beautiful.Fall is lovely.
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 51°
Climate: light clouds & coolGear: long sleeves
Mood: all right!Also, though, the pain. With the cool weather has come pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-87026750227919867672026-09-22T07:59:40.203-04:002026-09-24T21:25:35.216-04:00You feel you want to run away.That's the face he makes.Saw Tony again last night, this time with Toni. I liked it better the second time. First, because I wasn't taking it too seriously. Second, because the theater was full and there was a lot of laughter. Third, she was sitting with me.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 28:54
Pace: 9:01
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 55°
Climate: crisp & ideal
Mood: down in itSongs pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0