tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207007932026-10-19T12:16:23.603-04:00Daddy Runs FastPlaywright. Father. Quinquagenarian runner.pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2728125tag: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.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-90009316446826066072026-09-20T15:09:03.715-04:002026-09-20T15:10:18.929-04:00Things are going great ... and they're only getting better.I cannot see anything.Forty years ago I was just beginning my college experience, and it was a lot. I think of what was on the television in he communal spaces. In my dorm, that was in the basement, and it was mostly music videos. In Hog's dorm it was Transformers. Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 28:18
Pace: 9:07
The music videos all seemed to be communicating the same thing -- neon and pastelpengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-74921705190059534552026-09-18T07:34:20.863-04:002026-09-18T07:52:57.411-04:00Who's going to plug their ears when you scream?As if the collective reputationof runners wasn't bad enough.The ADS has been hitting me very, very hard. Woke up on Thursday after a full night's sleep with something like a hangover. Only I haven't had alcohol since last Friday afternoon. Which just goes to show.But seriously, I have been hit with rounds of brain farts and it is not pleasant. I hope these subside soon.This is a new era. No pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-48869539020982701862026-09-16T07:41:27.510-04:002026-09-17T07:15:31.235-04:00There’s life after high school.“Lombardo” at Pandemonium this weekend!Beautiful days. Very busy. Talented, engaged actors. More performances in the mix. Evenings on the side porch with my partner, watching the game.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 28:19
Pace: 9:08We are mindful, which is is nice. It doesn't last, which is acceptable. Already psyching myself up to attend Pandemonium and not drink. And that's okay.I haven't gone sopengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-85866958101355007592026-09-14T07:25:48.074-04:002026-09-17T07:15:08.242-04:00When the seasons change will you stand by me?Lovely cool morning. We are having a dry season. Not a bad time for it, considering all the NA craft beer concerns which are popping up.And we're home.Aftermath 0123Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 28:01
Pace: 9:04
It's taken four years, but I have finally completed the first season of Zombies Run ... which debuted what? Fourteen years ago? We've been through so much, and yet it is as relevant as pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-35886394681750073002026-09-12T07:56:02.634-04:002026-09-12T08:47:23.198-04:00Hug you to death.Things are changing, question mark? She is coming home this weekend. And I feel as uncertain about that as I have been about her being away.It will be a dry fall, and I am looking forward to that. It's been a long and lonely summer. Yeah. Lonely. And I have been unhappy about that. I have done my best to take care of myself. Now I know I can take care of myself, Big deal, who cares. Didn't think pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-22163178461350509692026-09-10T19:34:38.206-04:002026-09-10T19:34:38.206-04:00Somewhere deep inside something's got a hold on you ...Shortly after Crowded House released their second album, Temple of Low Men, I encountered my former roommate who said he had been listening to it. I asked him how it was and he said, entirely deadpan, "It's terrible."I said, "Oh. I heard that. That's a shame."He responded with some irritation, "What? Where did you hear that? It's amazing."I sputtered something like, "Oh, I mean. Maybe I didn't? Ipengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-74423916427858275282026-09-08T07:23:44.590-04:002026-09-08T07:23:44.590-04:00Why do I scream for pleasure?We miss you, Paul.Forty years ago Crowded House released their debut, eponymously titled album. I was a freshman and as soon as I could I signed up to be a DJ for the green radio station, this disc was in the "new releases" section and we were strongly encouraged to play the new releases. I may have played the lead off track, it didn't make a huge impression at that time.Then again, neither did pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-61686010750348967042026-09-06T10:16:20.320-04:002026-09-07T12:12:08.680-04:00Wherever there is comfort there is pain.On this date, twenty years ago, I was deep into marathon training. Five miles on a Wednesday."Okay, that hurt. I neglected (forgot?) my shin stretches before going out, and now they both are singing. The front of each shin was bright and pained, it made for little, tiny - but swift - steps. Hmn. Gotta watch that."Indeed. Here we are, without pain in our legs at all. I was developing muscles on pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-9353367105810195402026-09-04T08:07:19.966-04:002026-09-05T08:17:13.052-04:00I really miss hanging on each other's words.Crazy, there's six first-run movies at the Cedar Lee this weekend that I have already seen.Muggy days, rain and heat. I hope the fall is cool and long.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 28:09
Pace: 9:04We had a power outage last night (always hated that word, "outage") which I managed by reading with a flashlight on the side porch. We have a gas stove so I was able to make ramen.
Route: Forest Hill pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20700793.post-67731560700447971372026-09-02T07:21:15.116-04:002026-09-02T07:21:15.117-04:00Come running at the drop of a hat.And did we complete fifteen runs in August? Yes, we did.Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 29:04
Pace: 9:22
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 77°
Climate: warm & humid
Mood: a tad wearyNew For 2026 PlaylistMy Dead Astronaut- Robyn Hitchcockthe feeling - Steve LacyAmerican Cars - Noah KahanIn The Stars - The Rolling StonesI Won't Be Home Tonight - Tony CareySun and Moon pengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.com0