RT day #465

Today marks the pause in my August.
Was a little skeptical about riding this morning b/c I got to the station with the car and the bike tumbled out of the trunk and landed upside down as I scrambled for the train. No short-term effects were sustained, we'll see about the long-term, though.

I'm bare-backed today and listening to Blastronaut. It's good to hear it after all these years. I've listened to, and loved, this album so much since I'm 15 or 16 that I don't need to hear it again but I love waking up to it and riding to it. Started at "Panic in Hanoi" and it played through the end of the album. [A note about this video -- I cannot find a link to the orig song so this was the best I could do -- there are amazing things about it though -- namely 1) that anyone other than myself would cover it; 2) they sound nearly identical to the original; 3) that anyone other than myself would cover it.]

Of course when I hear this I think of playing it in Joel Remland's kitchen before at least 100 high school chums. Wild times of which I wish there had been more.

With yesterday's 5k, that puts me at over 100 miles ran since April (I am not counting the 2 runs in Feb., though I could) if you include the two recent Boardwalk runs.

I'm in pretty good shape for the race, which is in 9 days. Last nite we ate at the Greek festival in Island Park, so I didn't eat the healthiest dinner but that's alright. I'd feel better about it if I hadn't eaten such a huge lunch at the Pump, but these are good problems to have. I will train hard for a couple of days b/w Tues - Friday and then I'm resting.

Things is getting better. I skimmed through just to look at the pages and I realize I may be the only person to have checked out this book since its publication 20+ years ago AND I also realized upon physically seeing the pages that THERE IS NO DIALOGUE! My next sched'd read will likely be a Hemingway and I can rest easy knowing it'll show up there. AAAAHHHHH!

It's been a Smithers-free 72 hours. If only it were simultaneously Burns-free. In many ways, that's up to me and the fates.

Same rat carcass was on the road today.

It's pizza lunch with my bros today and vacation tomorrow.

Thank you for reading.