Levy Loop/North Little Rock High

I walked the Levy Loop in 30:21 this morning.

This evening, at the North Little Rock High track, I ran 8X200 meters with a nearly full recovery for intervals; 200 walks in about 1:50. I did the 200s in 61.9, 60.1, 58.7, 57.8, 57.8, 57.1, 57.4, and 54.7. This was an easy workout, though typical of my runs the last 25 years, my legs felt dead. I jogged an 800 in 6:14 to warmup and an 800 warmdown in 5:37 to complete three miles in 34:36.

Ghetto Cat Loop

I walked the Ghetto Cat Loop this morning in 30:20.

Ghetto Cat Loop/Levy Loop

I walked the Ghetto Cat Loop this morning in 30:28.

It's cold; 35 at 6:16 p.m. Central. I jogged the Levy Loop in 22:11, with splits of 11:29 and 10:42.

Levy Loop

I walked the Levy Loop in 31:20. I felt tired.

Maybe I'm worn out from the Green Bay Packers' 120.50-108.33 loss to Walt Webb's Fat Bitches in the Democrat Football League championship game.

Levy Loop

I jogged and walked the Levy Loop in 24:23.

Levy Loop/Orange Street Loop

I walked the Levy Loop this morning in 30:11. Tim Cooper called five minutes after I walked in, and I road with him to Oaklawn Park where I lost $14.20. We then ate at La Hacienda. We were served by a waitress who was a cross between Greta Kuntzweiler and Na Yeon Choi, breathtakingly petepretty. The food was delicious, including hot refried beans with white cheese shredded over them (which inspired a telling of the "I'm not a bean person" story). Then I ran and walked the Orange Street Loop in 32:48, with splits of 11:03, 11:02, and 10:43.

Old Center Point Road

NASHVILLE, Ark. — I ran six miles out-and-back on Old Center Point Road this morning in 58:46 , with splits of 10:20, 10:02, 9:40, 9:43, 9:09, and 9:52. I only pushed it the fifth mile, and was somewhat whipped for the final, uphill mile. This was the best run I have experienced in a while, and my best morning run in close to forever.

I walked the Levy Loop on Wednesday and the two-mile York Gary Chevrolet Loop last night.

Orange Street Loop

I ran the Orange Street Loop in 26:50 this evening, with splits of 9:18, 8:20, and 9:12. Again, I made it a bit of tempo run, trying to give a little more of a go through the second mile. It felt fine.

I walked the Ghetto Cat Loop in 29:44 yesterday afternoon, and the Levy Loop in 29:12 this morning.

Hash

I set the Baby Jesus 4K this morning, walking two and a half miles in 41:38. Then, between drunks, watched the Green Bay Packers advance to their second DFL championship game. Green Bay beat Dead Elway, 135.84-132.08, winning on a last-second, goal-line tackle of Adrian Peterson at about 9 p.m. Central. We play the Fat fucking Bitches in the Democrat Football League championship game. Fuck Walt. Fuck his team. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.

Ghetto Cat Loop/33rd Street Loop

I ran the 33rd Street Loop late this afternoon in 49:04, with splits of 10:04, 9:50, 9:38, 9:46, and 9:46. Yesterday morning I walked the Ghetto Cat Loop in 29:23.

North Little Rock High

After losing $25 at Oaklawn Park on a trip there with Tim Cooper, and eating a large vanilla ice cream cone from Kastle Kreme, I ran 5X400 meters at the North Little Rock High track in 1:50, 1:52, 1:43, 1:47, and 1:36. They were easy, even the last one. I jogged and walked three laps to warm up and down.

Levy Loop/First Tee

I walked the Levy Loop in 30:18 this morning and then played nine holes at First Tee with Jeff Krupsaw, where I scored a 59, losing the Broadmoor-Levy Cup to Krupsaw and his 56. I had 4 bogies, 1 double, 2 triples, 1 pentagonal, and 1 hexagonal. I led Krupsaw by three strokes with two holes to play, then played Nos. 8 and 9 in 11 and 8, respectively.

Orange Street Loop

This was a decent run, sort of a modified tempo outing on the Orange Street Loop, completed in 27:24. I started at a trot, speeded up gradually through the second half mile mile, pushed the second mile, and then cruised in, with splits of 9:31, 8:47, and 9:06. I was slightly hampered by mismatched shoes; I had a relatively new, size-10 running shoe on my right foot, and a size-10 1/2 walking shoe on my left. The running shoes have about 200 miles on them. The walking shoes are the only shoes I have worn daily since early April. I knew something was wrong when, after about half a mile, I realized my left foot was flopping around a little and the Dr. Scholls deal had shifted forward.

I walked the Levy Loop yesterday evening in 29:29, and the Ghetto Cat Loop this morning in 29:18.

The Green Bay Packers advanced to the Democrat Football League playoff semifinals with a 162.95-101.49 crushing of Krup's Kids. Next we play the top-ranked team, Dead Elway, a team we beat by .74 points four or five weeks ago. Good news is that one of its star wide receivers, Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals, hurt his knee last night. I don't think it's serious, but remain hopeful. Our game's winner will play the winner between the Fat Chicks (Walt Webb) and the Purple People Eaters (Kane Webb)* in the DFL final. The winner there will play the DFL 2 champion in the Cooper Bowl.

*my nicknames for these teams are Dead Meat, Fat Bitches, and Purple-Headed Cock Eaters.

Hash

I walked and jogged about two miles on Bill Brass' Hash run around the Capitol Building.

The Green Bay Packers lead Krup's Kids 162.95-89.34. Krup's Kids' quarterback Kurt Warner still has a game to play Monday night for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals. If Warner completes 46 passes for 555 yards and 8 touchdowns, NFL records collectively by one completion, yard, and touchdown, then we would win 162.95-157.59. Thus, we felt comfortable when Coach Lee Hardman said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah; I was gonna do Warner like Oswald done Kennedy and blow his brain into his wife's lap and shit, but why waste my time?" and quarterback Philip Rivers said, "Now we hopes Krup's Bastards loses they consolation game and shit, too."

Our points total is a team record and the most for any Democrat Football League team this season. We are two victories away from playing in our second Cooper Bowl, a game which we have not won. Next week we play Dead Elway, by far the top-rated team in our league.

Orange Street Loop

I walked one minute to start each half mile and otherwise jogged the Orange Street Loop in 33:10, with splits of 11:12, 11:17, and 10:41, starting at about 5 p.m. Central. I walked the first mile of the Levy Loop this morning but the precipitation turned from mist to heavy rain and I was not adequately dressed to tolerate a drenching at 38 degrees.

Ghetto Cat Loop

I walked the Ghetto Cat Loop in 30:34.

Levy Loop

It's 28 degrees at 10:20 a.m. Central, but calm, so far more comfortable than yesterday. I walked the Levy Loop in 29:59.69, which qualifies, I believe, as an ace.

Ghetto Cat Loop/Park Hill Loop

This was close to a tap-in birdie, from 3,520 yards: I walked the Ghetto Cat Loop this morning in 29:50 (29:49.75).

It's cold and windy, 30 degrees with a wind chill of 16, both figures one degree fairer than those current in Port Hawkesbury (D'Escousse does not appear on weather.com, at least not in Levy).

Now, at 7:38 p.m. Central, it's 31 degrees. I ran and walked the Park Hill Loop, buffered a bit by the $19.95 pants I bought this afternoon; they're a cross between the stylish, opaque panty-hose looking pants I've worn for the last five years and the thick, baggy sweat pants they gave us at Gardner Junior High in Russellville, in 57:06, with splits of 12:14, 12:22, 11:02, 11:17, and 10:11. I walked for six minutes each of the first two miles, four the next two, and one during the final.

Levy Loop

This has been a dark gray rainy day. The rain finally stopped, so I walked the Levy Loop in 29:33.

The Green Bay Packers defeated Redline 7000 and advanced to the DFL playoffs with a 107.38-76.22 victory. As the third seed, we'll start against No. 6-seeded Krup's Kids.

Levy Loop

I walked the Levy Loop this morning in 30:17.

Ghetto Cat Loop/Hash

I walked the Ghetto Cat Loop in 30:36 this morning.

This afternoon I ran virtually nonstop for 34:08 through Burns Park from and back to the Covered Bridge to cover about three miles with the Hash. I started a few minutes late, never saw anyone, and felt great, as good as I do; was almost disappointed to finish.

After Sunday's NFL games, the Green Bay Packers are not quite a lock to make the Democrat Football League playoffs for the first time since 2006. Not quite. We lead Redline 7000 by a score of 107.38-63.13. If we win, we're in. Redline will need 44.26 points from wide receiver Donald Driver of the NFL's Green Bay Packers in Monday night's game (that means 443 receiving yards or eight touchdowns, or a mixture, in that one touchdown is worth six points, as is 60 yards; it would require Driver to have far-and-away the most significant offensive performance in NFL history). If Driver does score 44.26 or more, then one of the following would also be required to eliminate my team from the DFL playoffs: defensive back Rod Woodson would have to score 14.95 or more for the NFL's Packers on Monday night. He would do that with three interceptions, or two interceptions and a touchdown. That, combined with Driver's performance, would put the Dadburn Gallinappers in. Or, wide receiver Greg Jennings would have to score 271.41 for the NFL's Packers (gain 2,715 yards or score 46 touchdowns, or a mixture), which would put the Mudville Nine in the DFL playoffs and Jennings in his own wing of the NFL Hall of Fame. Fuck, they'd quit playing football and the world would turn its attention to Beat the Streak.

Levy Loop

I can't seem to make myself walk slower; I walked the Levy Loop in 29:29 at a little after noon Central.

OVERHEARD

"Hey, you usually be jogging around here, don't you?"
— man raking leaves on Hillside Drive

Ghetto Cat Loop/Ghetto Cat-Levy Loop

I walked the Ghetto Cat Loop this morning in 29:24.

It's no-shit cold in Levy. I think our high today was around 38. It's 33 at 6:35 p.m. Central, nine degrees warmer than right now in Port Hawkesbury, Canada. Believe it or not, I am not reporting that as a complaint. I completed the Ghetto Cat and Levy Loops in 47:04, with splits of 12:17, 11:43, 11:49, and 11:15. I walked six minutes the first mile, four the second and third, and two the fourth. It was easy.

Levy Loop

This was a little better prediction result; I walked the Levy Loop in 29:46.

33rd Street Loop

I walked for a total of 54 minutes and otherwise ran the 33rd Street Loop, with the one-mile Emerson Drive Loop thrown in to make six miles, in 1:14:04, with splits of 12:44, 12:53, 12:36, 12:37, 11:49, and 11:25. It's soggy wet and windy and 42 degrees, and someone near the top of Orange Street Hill is frying bacon or sausage.

Maple Street Loop

I jogged and walked the Maple Street Loop in 25:29. It was 42 degrees in the dark, so I wore gloves and a headband. I didn't feel very good, but afterward ate a bowl of oatmeal with lots of butter, and sweetener and cinnamon and a handful of blueberries, and am now warm and comfortable.