Levy walk

Man, it feels like bad weather. It's windy and gloomy, 78 degrees with 81-percent humidity, and the weathermen and weather.com won't shut up; there's lots of red on the map. After spending most of the day on Professor Pete's Silver Bullet Lock of a Lifetime Kentucky Derby Superfecta Spectacular, I walked through Levy for 38:47.

Levy walk

I randomly walked through Levy this afternoon for 33:26.

Central Avenue/Hash

HOT SPRINGS — I walked and jogged for 36 minutes around Oaklawn Park, primarily on Central Avenue, to cover a little less than three miles this afternoon. I also lost $40 betting on turtles and slugs disguised as thoroughbreds.

I walked and jogged about two miles from the White Water Tavern tonight with the Hash.

Levy Loop

I walked, jogged, and ran the Levy Loop this evening in 19:23, with splits of 10:14 and 9:09. I ran the mile from 0.5 to 1.5 in 8:40.

Ghetto Cat Loop/Orange Street intervals

I jogged and walked the Ghetto Cat Loop this morning in 23:49.

Tonight, starting at about 8 o'clock, I ran 4X400 meters with a three-minute walk-jog interval in 1:52.4, 1:48.2, 1:53.9, and 1:49.9. Nos. 1 and 3 were run north on Orange, and the others south. There was a 10-15 mph north wind. These weren't too stressful.

Current 5K standings for Arkansas men over 50 (through April 24)

18 minutes
Keith Willsey, 53, 18:42
19
Gary Davis, 53, 19:04
David McCormick, 55, 19:11
20
Tim Gross, 52, 20:08
Rick Simpkins, 54, 20:23
Brad Ward, 52, 20:37
Stephen Graham, 55, 20:43
21
Bo Smith, 51, 21:10
Mike Christenson, 58, 21:20
Steve Hollowell, 50, 21:26
Kevin Jarratt, 51, 21:28
Kenny Tidwell, 51, 21:34
Brian Wilmoth, 52, 21:35
Greg Taylor, 52, 21:36
Dick Miller, 56, 21:54
Chuck Fincher, 58, 21:56
Michael Lehman, 53, 21:59
22
Peter Tanguay, 53, 22:04
Tom Clement, 55, 22:12
Kirk Riley, 58, 22:14
Tim Oster, 54, 22:27
Jimmy Green, 66, 22:27
Neal Hefner, 56, 22:36
Chuck Fincher, 56, 22:44
Bill Crow, 57, 22:44
Eugene Atha, 54, 22:45
Jeff Hathaway, 50, 22:46
Frank Massingill, 51, 22:47
Bo Harrison, 50, 22:51
Charles Halliburton, 50, 22:54
23
Cliff Ferren, 54, 23:00
Sam Taggart, 63, 23:06
Tom Aspel, 54, 23:07
Gary Keedy, 62, 23:19
Randall Thompson, 52, 23:29
Ross Bolding, 64, 23:30
Keith Geraghty, 53, 23:32
Roy Hayward, 64, 23:37
Moki Lowe, 52, 23:42
Terry Oxandale, 53, 23:49
George Roscoe, 55, 23:51
Reza Yousefi, 56, 23:51
Ben Mayes, 54, 23:50
Eddie Dowdy, 50, 23:53
Raymond Hobbs, 51, 23:56
Lee Brown, 50, 23:57
24
Phillip Wells, 60, 24:03
Lester Davidson, 57, 24:15
Tony Bodon, 50, 24:21
Roy Smith, 60, 24:21
Joe Pool, 58, 24:26
Joe Milligan, 60, 24:30
Marc Oudin, 50, 24:28
Bill Ruck, 59, 24:30
Jeff Maxwell, 53, 24:36
Lester Davidson, 57, 24:39
David Gulliver, 58, 24:42
Roger Smart, 53, 24:43
Rick Estep, 59, 24:45
Carl Imler, 60, 24:47
Dave Felker, 51, 24:49
Roy Smith, 60, 24:50
Ben Owens Jr., 51, 24:50
Emmet Barnett, 53, 24:54
Gary Greenlee, 52, 24:56
Charles Schroer, 51, 24:57
25
Pete Perkins, 51, 25:02

Ghetto Cat Loop/Hash

At 9:28 a.m. Central, it's 60 degrees and sunnier than two motherfuckers. Good yard-cutting weather. I walked and jogged the Ghetto Cat Loop in 25:38.

This afternoon I jogged a little but mostly walked for 45 minutes with BJ, Reverend Bob, and a Taiwanese women named Michelle from a warehouse in Maumelle on Zach and Lacey's Hash run.

Levy Loop/Park Hill Loop

Last night at about 8 o'clock Central, after I netted $23.40 on a trip to Oaklawn Park with Tim Cooper, I jogged and walked the Levy Loop in 24:20.

I jogged the Park Hill Loop this evening in 52:34, with splits of 11:02, 11:42, 10:12, 10:20, and 9:18.

Levy Loop/Sweetheart Loop

I walked the Levy Loop this afternoon, with about five minutes of knee-testing jogs, in 27:17. My knee feels much better, a relief, since this morning when I stumbled out of bed as if I had one of those weird neurological diseases.

Tonight, starting at about 9:15 Central, I jogged the Sweetheart Loop in 31:10, with splits of 11:34, 10:13, and 9:23.

Sweetheart Loop/First Tee/Levy Loop

My left knee hurts today. I limp for the first handful of steps, then it feels better, but not great. I can't run. This morning I walked the Levy Loop in 32:19.

Yesterday morning I walked and jogged the Sweetheart Loop in 34:50, with splits of 12:40, 11:22, and 10:48. Then Randall Hunhoff and I played First Tee in the afternoon. I scored 51, with 4 bogies, 4 doubles, and 1 triple. Randall scored a 40.

Orange Street Loop

Emily ran the Boston Marathon 5K in 23:33 to establish my 5K goal for 2010. I don't want to hear, "Fuck, she had another 37.5 kilometers to run." What do I care? That's not my fault. I'm shooting for 23:32. To start, I walked and jogged the Orange Street Loop in 33:15, with splits of 11:10, 11:01, and 11:04. That was after Petey King taught me to play golf for, I think, the seventh time since 1995, and I spent 90 minutes hitting a bucket of balls and a couple of dozen chips at Burns Park.

Levy Loop

I jogged and walked the Levy Loop this evening in 22:23.

OVERHEARD
"If you can't win the Masters, I guess the Verizon Heritage is the next best thing."
—Jim Furky

Park Hill Loop

I jogged and walked the Park Hill Loop this afternoon in 57:56, with splits of 12:13, 11:39, 11:32, 11:41, and 10:51.

Sweetheart Loop

I walked and jogged the Sweetheart Loop this morning in 35:06, with splits of 12:50, 11:14, and 11:02, and am drenched in sweat for the first time this year.

35th Street Loop

It has been unseasonably warm in Levy the last few days, with highs in the mid-80s. Today, at 2:25 p.m. Central, it is 80 with a light breeze, wonderful. I jogged and walked the 35th Street Loop, an hour after discovering the great tax reward handed the unemployed, in 44:54, with splits of 11:52, 11:02, 11:12, and 10:48.

Ghetto Cat Loop

I jogged and walked the Ghetto Cat Loop this morning in 24:33.

Lev Loop

I jogged and walked the Levy Loop this morning in 24:53.

Levy Loop/Chandler Street Loop

I walked and jogged the Levy Loop this afternoon in 25:37.

This evening, starting at about 8 Central, I jogged and walked the Chandler Street Loop in 34:58, with splits of 11:27, 12:05, and 11:26. My 5K time of 25:02 currently ranks 33rd among 50-and-over Arkansans, so it's time to get back to work. That doesn't mean I will, only that it's time.

Hash

We Hashers ran from Shadow Lakes, a west Little Rock apartment complex; I was out for about 45 mintues and probably covered a little over three miles.

Chandler Street Loop

At 11:29 a.m. Central, it is strikingly blue and 69 degrees with a breeze softer than Pam's belly, plus the air's drier than Melba toast; it's perfect for watching CBS the whole goddamn day. But first I walked and jogged the Chandler Street Loop 37:00, with splits of 12:33, 12:40, and 11:47.

Orange Street Loop

I walked and jogged the Orange Street Loop this evening in 37:01, with splits of 12:40, 12:21, and 12:00.

Sweetheart Loop

I walked and jogged the Sweetheart Loop this evening in 37:53, with splits of 13:19, 12:44, and 11:50.

Ghetto Cat Loop

I walked and jogged the Ghetto Cat Lop in 25:01.

First Tee/Levy Loop

I played First Tee this morning and afternoon with Rob Wistrand and scored a 115, with nines of 61 and 54. Rob scored a 103. Early this evening, i walked the Levy Loop in 31:20.

Levy Loop

I walked the Levy Loop this evening in 32:28.

Hash

I ran and walked for about 40 minutes to cover roughly three miles with the Hash this afternoon in Burns Park.

Sweetheart Loop

I walked and jogged the Sweetheart Loop in 36:22, with splits of 13:02, 11:38, and 11:43.

North Little Rock High

My legs felt tired this morning. I stopped after 2X1000 meters at the North Little Rock High track run in 5:17 and 5:04 with a four-minute, 400 walk/jog interval, before they got hard. My new plan includes not doing shit until tomorrow night.

First Tee/Maple Street Loop

I drove the the North Little Rock High track to do 1000s this morning, but after I jogged a quarter, and as I stretched, at least 100 high school PE students showed up to run and walk. I said, "Fuck it," and left.

Rob Wistrand and I started nine holes at First Tee at about noon and each scored 50. I had 2 pars, 3 bogies, 2 doubles, 1 triple, and 1 quadruple, and used 18 putts. I started bogey, quad, triple, then played the final six holes at six-over. I parred No. 4 with a driver, a 180-yard four-iron, and two putts from 40 feet. Rob's scoring was even odder; he had 1 birdie, 3 pars, 2 bogies, 1 triple, 1 quadruple, and 1 hexagonal (a five-putt 10 on No. 4). So, one-over for six, 13-over for the other three.

It reached 80 for the first time this year; a bone-dry 80 that feels great.

This evening, starting at about 8 Central, I jogged the Maple Street Loop in 21:24, with splits of 10:50 and 10:34.