It was raining when I got home last night so I was worried I’d have another soaking run, but when I hit the road this morning the sun was rising and the clouds had mostly disappeared. It was pretty brisk — low 60s, I’m guessing — but I ran hard to compensate for the pizza and beer at last night’s office Christmas party and was nice and warm after a mile or two.
Usually I shoot for five miles on Thursdays, but I decided to knock out a 10k today instead. A 10k is just a little less than six and a quarter miles, I learned from my Nike Running app. Bad route-estimating on my part led to me hitting a full seven miles before I made it back to the house, though. (I knew I shouldn’t have added the extra loop into Beverly Hills, but I love seeing all the Hannukah lights competing with the Christmas lights over there.)
Sidebar: Yesterday I learned that Norah Jones is the daughter of the recently-deceased Ravi Shankar. I’m learning something new every day!
I just finished a 7.02 mi run with a pace of 9'09"/mi with Nike+ Running. #nikeplus
— David Vincent Gagne (@davidgagne) December 13, 2012
Here are the songs I heard on my run:
- One Week — Barenaked Ladies
- Free Fallin’ — Petty, Tom
- Bones — Killers, The
- How’s My Driving, Doug Hastings? — Less Than Jake
- My Coco — Stellastarr*
- I’m Looking Through You — Beatles, The
- Two Way Action — Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
- Death and All His Friends — Coldplay
- Devil Inside — INXS
- Runnin’ Down a Dream — Petty, Tom
- Last Nite — Strokes, The
- Mr. Brightside — Killers, The
- Counting Down The Hours — Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
- Laid — James
- Wake Up — Rage Against the Machine