Levy Loop

I walked the Levy Loop this afternoon in 29:28. My splits were 15:42 and 13:46. I walked in dark green pants and the black Polo shirt I wore for the HashSpace golf picture taken at that crappy San Antonio course in early December, 2007. I planned to go for an easy thirty-one minute walk, but then decided to break thirty, and then got carried away. It's amazing how well that shirt's held up.

33rd Street Loop

I walked the 33rd Street Loop at lunchtime today in 1:16:18.

Park Hill Loop

I walked the Park Hill Loop this morning in 1:16:50.

Old Center Point Road

NASHVILLE—I walked two miles on Old Center Point Road this morning in 32:20

Orange Street Loop/York Gary Loop

I walked and jogged the Orange Street Loop this morning in 36:55.

This evening in Nashville I walked the York Gary Loop in 32:31.

Maple Street Loop

I walked the Maple Street Loop this morning in 31:31.

Maple Street Loop/River Trail

I jogged the Maple Street Loop this morning in 20:59, with splits of 10:47, and 10:11. I ran pretty fast the last nineteen seconds to break twenty-one minutes.

Man, I saw a Jenna White character today. I walked six miles on the River Trail, in 1:33:24, to make room for beer as I watch Alabama bury the Razorbacks this afternoon, but had forgotten this was the day of the Big Dam Bridge 100-mile bike race. So, I got to spend ninety minutes watching a bike race from the course itself. It was fun, pure entertainment. Miss Bike Race appeared late. She was small, maybe a little chunky, in purple and gold, with freckles and a two-million-dollar I-love-everyone-including-you smile that actually made me consider driving to the finish. I probably should've, just to know whether the JW comparison holds weight. It could be that bike helmets fall into the same, cuteness-enhancing category as baseball hats.

38th Street Loop/Ghetto Cat Loop

I walked the 38th Street Loop this morning in 30:47 through the densest fog I've seen in years. I had to look out for cars and school buses.

I walked the Ghetto Cat Loop this afternoon in 32:35. Earlier, after visiting Dad and several old family friends in Hot Springs, I turned an hour and a half at Oaklawn Park into a net of $30.10.

OVERHEARD
"I see you back to walking again. Do enough for me, 'cause my feet hurt too much."
—sixty-five-year-old woman in a part of Levy that makes my part look nice

River Trail/Levy Loop Classic

I walked and jogged four miles on the River Trail from the Big Dam Bridge this morning in 48:07. I haven't eaten very much the last week or so, which might explain why my legs were deader than the guy Troy Davis either did or didn't shoot right in the fucking coconut.

This afternoon, starting at about 4:15, I walked Levy Loop Classic in 28:57. I didn't plan to walk that fast, but cold rain started with a mile to go. I finished drenched.

OVERHEARD
"Hey, Pete. If you're going to wear peach shoes, you gotta go faster than that."
—an Orange Street neighbor named John Zarlingo from his front porch. He was talking about my new Asics DS Trainers. They're white, with an orange sole and black and orange stripes. The shoe strings are white and orange. They look peach.

Ridge Road Loop

I walked the Ridge Road Loop this afternoon in 1:03:08. It was a warm afternoon with shit loads of people out. Lot's of kids. A fireman in Park Hill told me I had on good-looking shoes. He said, "Do they make you fast?" A borderline pretty, redneck chick a block away on Orange said, "Howdy," kind of loudly from her front porch.

Chandler Street Loop/35th Street Loop

I walked, jogged, and ran the Chandler Street Loop this morning in 36:08.

Why can't they leave running shoes alone? The Asics people can suck my ass for fucking up the DS Trainer. I jogged and walked the four-mile 35th Street Loop tonight in the last pair I'll buy in 45:47.

Sweetheart Loop

I walked the Sweetheart Loop this morning in 43:21.

Hash

I ran for almost the entire Hash run this afternoon, for 37:15 at Burns Park. I'm calling it three miles.

Levy Loop/Levy Loop

This new blogspot design doesn't force me to do all sorts of silly things to overcome its displeasure that I'm not signed up through Google. Now it's as easy for me to sign in as it was in the beginning. That written, I walked the Levy Loop this morning in 30:20.

Late this afternoon, I walked and jogged the Levy Loop in 26:42.

Orange Street Loop/River Trail

It's nice to be home. It's cool out this morning, overcast, and a little wet. Tonight, radio announcers will not be able to resist saying, "It's a perfect night for high school football." I walked and jogged the Orange Street Loop this morning in 37:21.

I jogged five miles on the River Trail out and back from the Big Dam Bridge this afternoon in 52:39, with splits of 10:31, 10:07, 10:49, 10:44, and 10:28. It rained throughout. It's 69°F in my house at 5:32 p.m. I might have to turn on the heater tonight.

York Gary Loop

NASHVILLE—I walked the York Gary Loop this morning in 29:21.

Southwest Nashville/York Gary Loop

NASHVILLE—I walked through southwest Nashville this morning for 1:08:10.

I ran for a total of ten minutes, and otherwise walked the York Gary Loop in 24:23. I took the Dr. Scholls inserts out of my Asics and they felt fine tonight, a bit fast. It's 8:33. If everything goes well, I should be darn close to home about this time tomorrow night. If not already sitting on the old green love seat.

Old Center Point Road

NASHVILLE—Man, I wish I weren't here. I jogged four miles on Old Center Point Road this evening in 43:08, with splits of 10:40, 10:47, 10:41, and 10:59. I finished A Different Closet today. I started it on Sept. 20 last year. Now all I have to do is have Walt number the pages for me, or show me how to number them. I know that sounds simple. Then I guess I'll have to find someone to agree to let me mail it to them.

Levy Loop/York Gary Loop

I walked and jogged the Levy Loop this morning in 24:34.

This evening at about 8:30, I jogged the York Gary Loop in Nashville in 21:09, with splits of 10:42 and 10:27. Jeff Krupsaw's fantasy team beat the crap out of the Green Bay Packers, 146.18-118.86, in our season opener.

Maple Street Loop

I jogged and walked the Maple Street Loop this morning in 23:20. As of yesterday afternoon, I have three pairs of new running shoes. I have those Saucony racing shoes I've mentioned, a pair of Saucony Tangents, which are light-weight trainers, and my fourth generation of Asics GS Trainers. I'm afraid they fucked up the Asics. They've added cushion, which is the last thing I want. I ran in them today and they felt mushy. My calves got stiff. My plan was to use the racing flats for walking, the Saucony trainers for my jog-walks, and the Asics for jogging and running. I think the Saucony Tangents might get upgraded to running shoes. We'll see.

I walked all but about two minutes of jogging for 38:40 from Butler Park with the Hash this afternoon.

Maple Street Loop/Chandler Street Loop

I jogged the Maple Street Loop this morning in 21:33, with splits of 11:05 and 10:28.

I walked the Chandler Street Loop this afternoon, starting at about three o'clock, in 44:08.

Levy Loop

I walked the Levy Loop this morning in 33:27.

Levy Loop/River Trail

I walked and jogged the Levy Loop this morning in 27:50.

Man, I hope somebody gets a kick out of this. I got a ticket today for driving without my seatbelt buckled. I was on my way to the River Trail, where I walked six miles, out and back from the Big Dam Bridge, in 1:24:16. I kept mile splits, which were between 13:13 and 14:26. I'm tired, and hungry as hell. The NFL and DFL Green Bay Packers seasons start tonight, against the New Orleans Saints and Krup's Kids. I'm excited, but not nearly enough to be over the fucking traffic ticket, my first since, I believe, 1984.

York Gary Loop/Orange Street Loop

NASHVILLE—I walked the York Gary Loop this morning in 30:56. My bare arms stung a little from the chill. My hands remain cold. Heck, I just checked the temperature, at 6:59 a.m., and it's 48°F. That's gotta be at least close to the record for September 7 in fucking Nashville, aka The Home of Heat.

I ran and walked the Orange Street Loop this evening in 33:23. My splits were 11:50, 11:05, and 10:28. It was almost an interval session; I alternated three-minute runs and two-minute walks with two-minute runs and three-minute walks.

Old Center Point Road/Nashville Country Club

NASHVILLE—I jogged four miles on Old Center Point Road this morning in 45:13, with splits of 11:43, 11:52, 10:34, and 11:04. That's my new longest non-stop run of the year.

I played the Nashville Country Club this morning and early afternoon in 103, with nines of 50 and 53, with 2 pars, 6 bogies, 4 doubles, and 6 triples. I used 39 putts.

Sweetheart Loop/York Gary Loop

I can't wait to get back from Nashville so I can golf. Heck, I might play the Nashville Country Club tomorrow. At 7:15 a.m., it's 66°F. The high today is supposed to be something like 78, with a low tonight in the 50s. We deserve three months of fall. I walked the Sweetheart Loop this morning in 48:33.

This evening in Nashville, starting at about 8:30, I jogged the York Gary Loop in 23:50, with splits of 11:53 and 11:57. It was easy, and maybe the slowest two miles ever jogged in a pair of Saucony Type A3 racing flats. I mean by anyone, ever.

Maple Street Loop/Hash

I walked the Maple Street Loop this morning in 31:48. I'm crazy about these Sacuony racing shoes. Man, they're comfortable.

I was out for 48:14 on our Hash run this afternoon, set from an apartment complex way out in west Little Rock. I probably ran for a total of twenty minutes, so will guess I covered about four miles. I got home and read that Lee Roy Selmon died, a real bummer. He was kind of a hero of mine growing up.

Chandler Street Loop/Levy Loop Classic

I walked and jogged the Chandler Street Loop in 39:12, wearing a pair of Saucony Type A3 racing flats that I bought from the half-price rack at Easy Runner. They felt great. Afterward, I stood with Jo in the Taylor's front yard for nearly an hour, talking with Jim.

Late this afternoon I walked Levy Loop Classic in 31:31. I could feel the new dryness in the air. Starting tomorrow, for at least the next week, weather.com says we'll have highs in the low eighties and lows in the mid sixties.

38th Street Loop/33rd Street Loop

I was going to run this morning, but my legs were deader than that skinny, pale, English musician I'd never heard of, whose parents said was not on drugs when she died a month or two ago, to which everyone said bullshit, let's see the blood work, so instead of running, I walked the 38th Street Loop this morning in 31:46. Maybe I'll feel better tonight.

I felt better for a while. I jogged the first two miles of the 33rd Street Loop in 23:01, but stopped and walked home. I was out for a total of 42:47. I covered a little over three miles. My splits for the two miles were 11:09 and 11:52.

Levy Loop Classic/Sweetheart Loop

I walked and ran Levy Loop Classic this morning in 27:13. I planned to walk easily all the way, but about a quarter into the second mile, Mary Lyons caught me from behind, slowed to a trot, and said, "Do you want to do a half?" I thought she meant a half mile. I didn't, but said, "Sure," and started running. Within a block I understood she meant to ask if I wanted to run a half-marathon in Conway next month. I ran probably a little under a ten-minute pace with her for about a half mile, mostly on Maple, before she turned east to go up the 47th Street hill. My legs felt great on that dash. My plan was, and remains, to run tomorrow morning. I hope I feel as good then as I do now. Maybe it was the Christian rock coming from Mary's headphone.

I walked the Sweetheart Loop this afternoon in 48:05.