Still Summer Stones Run
So today is Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention.
I'm so happy that 16.something million dollars of taxpayer money is being used to fund something that is absolutely NOT needed.
The same is (will be) true for the Republican Convention.
Gifts, Cash Bonuses Allowed at Conventions -- on Taxpayers' Tab
"up to $20,000 in public money can be used at each convention to purchase gifts for staff and volunteers of up to $150 each.
Ain't that swell?!
At least Congress is doing something for us... they did make July "National Watermelon Month."
 | 2:05 p.m. -- 90° F, way sunny, way warm, hot really, not pleasant. |
| Tuesday Afternoon Run: 16 minutes 47 seconds | - 3:02 |
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Twas a dumb, dumb thing to run during the hottest part of the day. Twas dumb only because it was just so friggin' exhausting. The heat zapped the energy from me and didn't allow me to run as long as I would have liked (20 minutes.) I also had to run in two parts again.
Part One -- 12 minutes even... well, 12:02 actually. Really easy going the first two songs but soon after that I started getting tired and it was a bit of a challenge to finish up. I could have quit, wanted to about 20 times, but my End Cue was just a short time away. I just concentrated times 50 on reaching my goal and while 12 minutes seemed like it would never arrive, I finally got there.
Intermission: I had turned around about midway through Part One and arrived back at my frozen (and quickly thawing) Gatorade ... yet again, yet again, yet again (for hot, hot weather) the same old story. Sat in the shade, sipped, rested, eventually began to hike down the trail.
Part Two -- one more song, 4:45, went pretty easily and I could have even run longer.
Overall: not bad but I should have gone out in the morning when it was only warm and not hot. Only problem with the morning is there are parts of the trail with long grass/weeds and with all the dew in the morning (i.e. Morning Dew) my shoes and socks woulda been soaked. Ahh well, maybe I'll just have to put up with that now and again.
 Running tunes... | |
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| Sympathy For The Devil No Expectations Dear Doctor Parachute Woman Jigsaw Puzzle Street Fighting Man Prodigal Son Stray Cat Blues Factory Girl Salt Of The Earth |  |
128 kbps dload @ The Roadhouse 320 kbps mp3 download
from: The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
not released until 1996
Nice makeup, Mick. You look pretty.
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^ The Rolling Stones,
God Bless America?
4 comments:
Hiya Zoooma, That is so awesome that you ran. It's funny that you said "nice makeup, Mick" because I was thinking the same thing except also that Mick Jagger looks like a really ugly woman. yl
I'd also go with Stray Cat Blues and Salt Of The Earth being at the zenith of the Stones output. The rest of the album, feh.
I still find it crazy you are running in such heat when for so long you've been describing temps in the 10-30 degree range.
Ugly woman? No, Mick's a beautiful woman!!!
Yeah, Stray Cat Blues and Salt of the Earth are definitely two of the better tunes on here, methinks, behind the Symphony and Street Fighting Man.
And yeah, Sam, I ran a few times outdoors when it was between about 10 and freezing... but now that I'm in South Carolina, I gots ta get me exercise in so I'm tryin' to not let the heat keep from running. It ain't easy but I gotta do what I gotta do!
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