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Miles run: 5.07
Time: 53:20
Pace: a lousy 10:30
HR: (forgot to start the hear rate monitor)
Perceived effort: 7
Temp: 25°
On the iPod: the entire “Witching Hour” album by Ladytron

Things I noticed:

• The Witching Hour is reminiscent of The Cocteau Twins. I still like their older album, Light and Magic, better.
• Knees feel fine. Everything in general felt fine.
• Stomach was the culprit tonight. Dinner, even though only a spiffy salad from Legend’s, sat kinda uncomfortably.
• A swath of trees have been cut down on Northern Pines road on my 5 mile loop. The scent was that of a Christmas tree farm. The landscape of a war zone.
• The moon was sooo bright my shadow was cast in razor sharp precision on the road. Only turned the flashlight on when cars whizzed by.
• About 75% of cars give me a courteously wide berth. I can tell the other 25% or so are muttering under their breath at me.
• A house I’ve passed for years on Northern Pines now has a nice new outdoor kennel built on. A friendly German Shepard now lives there. And… the huge old tree out front is missing. All these changes in one week!
• The more things you take for granted, the more things want to change.
• I wish my HR monitor automatically started recording data when my HR went above a certain threshold. Wouldn’t that be nice?
• At work, Hanad & I noticed that the apostrophe and letter ‘L’ are on the same key on our fancy-shmancy PDA/cellphones. Coincidence? I think not. Think of all the contractions you type ending in ‘ll.
• My flashlight is my cycling headlight. Bright LED sucker. Small, comfortable to hold. But, damn, the switch is inconvenient to work! It’s a slide switch all the way at the end opposite the bulb. There’s no way I can work it with one hand. Annoying.
• After 3.5 miles, I found a rhythm. ‘Course at 3.5 miles a long slow downhill also starts. But still, it’s nice to have a good section somewhere along the run.
• Just earlier at 3 miles I came to an intersection and choice. I was feeling relatively good, albeit VERY slow. Do I increase the loop from 5 to 7ish? Haven’t gone that way before. Opted to stick to the plan and add miles if I still felt good.
• Stuck to the plan and finished right at 5.
• Why Ladytron? It’s electro music. Sort of a cross between electronica (or techno) and ambient-house. I love electronica. Loved it before it was even a genre. I remember listening to Rockit by Herbie Hancock or anything by the Art of Noise and thinking “THIS is it. THIS is what I love to listen to.”

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