35th Street Loop/Orange Street Loop

I walked the 35th Street Loop at lunchtime today in 59:01. At 12:14 p.m., it's sunny and 63°F. It's the middle of winter, and I have spent the day with my windows and front door open. It's fucking perfect. I walked and jogged the Orange Street Loop this afternoon in 35:19. I saw Sam on Maple Street, and Jo on Orange, halfway between here and 47th.

Sweetheart Loop

I walked the Sweetheart Loop this morning in 46:13.

The 2012 Oaklawn Park season begins two weeks from today.

Levy Loop Classic

I walked Levy Loop Classic this morning in 28:48.

Chandler Street Loop

I walked the Chandler Street Loop tonight in 47:05.

38th Street Loop

I walked the 38th Street Loop tonight in 30:47.

Ghetto Cat Loop

So far it's been a warmer but wetter winter than normal. It's rained all day. The cats are all inside, including Samantha, who was a superstar yesterday. BJ's wife Linda, and Christine, the wife of a new Hasher named Cornhole, spent much of the late afternoon carrying her around my yard. I walked the Ghetto Cat Loop through light rain this afternoon in 29:20.

Levy Loop

I just stepped in this morning from setting the 1,981st annual Baby Jesus Memorial Two-Mile Race to Hell and Back for the Little Rock Hash House Harriers. It took me about thirty-seven minutes, which included a stop to talk to a woman named Ally on Hillside Drive. She was out to take her dog for a walk. She told me she had lost ninety-eight pounds in the last four years, and was just about to start jogging.

There was a five-way tie for first place in the Baby Jesus Memorial Two-Mile Race to Hell and Back. Hashers named David, Scott, Kayce Hall, and Zach and Lacey ran the course in 18:58. I thought for sure someone would break my Levy Loop course record of 14:52, set in 1997, but most of the runners showed up drunk or stuffed full of Christmas food.

Cooper Bowl
COMPLETE SELLOUTS 137.78, GREEN BAY PACKERS 97.31: Aaron Rodgers threw five touchdown passes on Sunday night, his highest total of the season, but they were not enough for the Democrat Football League Packers. The Sellouts easily held on to win their fifth Cooper Bowl.
"Oh well," Packers owner Pete Perkins said. "As I've always said, it's better to have loved and lost than to have never lost at all. Now I can return to my original interest in real football."
Perkins also owns part of the National Football League Packers, who took advantage of Rodgers' performance for a 35-21 victory over the Chicago Bears. The Packers improved to 14-1 and clinched home-field advantage through the playoffs.

Chandler Street Loop

I walked the Chandler Street Loop this evening in 48:47.

The Democrat Football League Green Bay Packers are getting pounded in the Cooper Bowl; the Complete Sellouts lead 137.78-57.16 after Saturday's games. Have you heard of Aaron Rodgers? He's a quarterback, and one of two people who play for the DFL and NFL Packers. The other is a defensive back named Tramon Williams. I think in the history of the DFL, a quarterback has never scored more than fifty points, or a defensive back more than twenty. The NFL Packers play tomorrow night. The DFL Packers will need record-shattering performances. I look forward to Beat the Streak.

Park Hill Loop

I walked and jogged the Park Hill Loop this evening in 1:04:14.

Orange Street Loop

I walked the Orange Street Loop this evening in 42:25.

Levy Loop

I walked the Levy Loop early this afternoon in 31:24.

35th Street Loop

I walked the 35th Street Loop this evening 1:02:09.

38th Street Loop

I walked the 38th Street Loop at lunchtime in 29:36. On Emerson Drive, with about three quarters of a mile to go, I noticed a tiny zip-lock plastic bag right in the middle of the street. I picked it up and immediately knew from the smell that it was marijuana.* I plan to keep it, just in case the NFL Packers make the Super Bowl. Pot is a wonderful antidote for anxiety.

*there are frequently twenty-something-year-old boys gathered in the driveway of the nearest house to where I found the bag

Hash

I mostly walked for 1:04:12 on Basil Julian's Hash run from the Rebsamen Tennis Center this afternoon to cover about four miles.

GREEN BAY PACKERS 108.84, DADBURN GALLINAPPERS 92.05: The Packers are in the Democrat Football League Cooper Bowl for the second time, and the first since 2001. They will play the Complete Sellouts, 115.01-104.97 winners over the 546 Posse. The Sellouts have won three Cooper Bowls since the DFL was formed in 1997.

Ghetto Cat Loop/Pinnacle Mountain Loop

I walked the Ghetto Cat Loop this morning in 28:57. That might've been my easiest lifetime sub-29 two-mile walk. It was 28°F when I started, and there was lots of ice on the streets. After it warmed up to 50°, I walked and jogged and climbed the Pinnacle Mountain Loop in 2:02:02. My splits were 18:38 from the Visitor's Center to the east base, 10:30 to the rocks, 25:21 to the top (reached in 54:29), 25:14 to the west base, 22:54 around to the east base, and 19:25 back. The trails were all soaking wet. My feet are cold two hours later.

Sweetheart Loop/Orange Street Loop

I walked the Sweetheart Loop this morning in 44:44. This evening, starting at about 5:45, I alternated five-minute jogs with one-minute walks to complete the Orange Street Loop in 34:25, with splits of 12:06, 11:25, 10:54.

The Democrat Football League Green Bay Packers are 43.17-point favorites to defeat the Dadburn Gallinappers and advance to the Cooper Bowl, where they would play the winner between the Complete Sellouts and the 546 Posse. Yahoo predicts that the final score between the Packers and the Gallinappers will be 141.48-98.31. According to DFL Commissioner Mike Livengood, the Packers are the first team in league history to have a projected score above the 130s.

38th Street Loop

I walked the 38th Street Loop this afternoon 29:20.

34th Street Loop/Humpin' Hash

I walked the 34th Street Loop this morning in 48:23. This evening I jogged and walked a little over four miles with the Humpin' Hash. We started and ended at Doe's Eat Place, maybe a third of a mile from the State Capitol Building, and had beer stops at an Irish themed place on Main Street in North Little Rock, and then in the basement of the Flying Saucer. I had fun.

Orange Street Loop/First Tee

I jogged the Orange Street Loop this morning in 30:13, with splits of 10:37, 10:09, and 9:27. I was confident before I walked out the door that I had a chance to jog the loop non-stop. A half mile into it, my goal became to jog each mile under eleven minutes. By a mile and a half, the goal changed to breaking thirty-two minutes. Mostly, though, I wanted to feel comfortable throughout, and I did. I suspect the freshness of my legs is attributable to the fact that I walked and jogged a total of nine miles the last four days.

Jeff Krupsaw and I played our first Levy-Broadmoor Cup match since last spring. We played nine holes from the middle tees at First Tee, and I won with a 45. Krupsaw was two strokes back when we reached No. 9. I hit my tee shot within fifteen feet. Krup shanked two tee shots into the woods right and quit. I had 2 pars, 5 bogies, and 2 doubles. I used 15 putts.

Levy Loop

I walked the Levy Loop this morning in 32:01.

34th Street Loop

I measured the 34th Street Loop a couple of weeks ago, to replace the 33rd Street Loop. They're similar in several ways, notably today that they offer five- and three-mile choices. This morning I walked and jogged the three-mile version in 38:50.

Ghetto Cat Loop

I walked the Ghetto Cat Loop this morning in 32:51.

Oaklawn Park

HOT SPRINGS—I walked for 34:19 from underneath the Oaklawn Park grandstand, through the barn area, and to the far southern end of the parking lot. I went a little over two miles. I lost a total of $45 betting Tampa Bay Downs, Gulfstream Park, and Fairgrounds. The Oaklawn season starts five weeks from today.

River Trail

I walked and jogged twelve miles on the River Trail from the Big Dam Bridge this morning in 2:39:45. My fastest split was 12:56 (eighth mile), and my slowest 13:45 (fourth). My legs were beat at the end.

Orange Street Loop/Ridge Road Loop

We had two inches of snow last night. It looks nice on the yards and in the trees. The sky is blue today for the first time since Friday. I walked the Orange Street Loop this morning in 48:03. Late this afternoon I walked the Ridge Road Loop in 1:00:53.

38th Street Loop/River Trail

It's cold. I walked through a fifteen-second snow flurry this morning on the 38th Street Loop, which I finished in 30:26.

You know, when it never gets over 37°F, then it's cold here, no matter what time of year it is. It snowed and then misted on me as I walked and jogged ten miles on the River Trail, starting and ending at the I-30 bridge. It took me 2:04:33. My splits ranged from 11:55 for the sixth mile, and 12:59 for the fourth.

Chandler Street Loop

Well, the weather outside is frightful. I walked and jogged the Chandler Street Loop through cold rain and endless puddles this morning in 40:57.

Maple Street Loop/Hash

It started raining at bedtime last night and hasn't stopped. I guess it won't until tomorrow. I found a window of mere drizzle this morning, and walked the Maple Street Loop in 32:43. And it rained throughout our Hash run this afternoon, set by Petra from Alsopp Park. I got there late, and walked for a little over a half an hour with Tiny Tim Biggs.

GREEN BAY PACKERS 146.49, DE G.O.A.T. 74.36
The NFL Green Bay Packers beat the New York Giants, 31-28, and are now 12-0. The DFL Green Bay Packers beat the crap out of De G.O.A.T. to win their tenth consecutive game and finish the regular season at 10-3, and in second place. We'll next play in two weeks, in the Cooper Bowl semifinals.

Pinnacle Mountain

My calves felt fine all the way. I jogged and walked the six-mile loop from the Pinnacle Mountain Visitor's Center in 1:57:58. It took me 18:34 to get from the Center to the east base, 36:40 to climb the east side, 23:19 to descend the west side, and 39:25 to get back to the Visitor's Center.

Orange Street Loop/First Tee/Levy Loop

I walked the Orange Street Loop this morning in 45:31.

I played First Tee from the back tees this afternoon with Jung Kim, Bill Zhang, Steve Grace, and Steve Beatstra in 100, with nines of 52 and 48. I had 3 pars, 5 bogies, 8 doubles, and 3 triples. I used 33 putts. I got home a little after dark and walked the Levy Loop in 32:53.

OVERHEARD
"No. They were just two chips passing in the night."
—Steve Grace, after I asked him if our chip shots had hit each other on the No. 6 green. It was close to dusk

Sweetheart Loop/River Trail

I walked the Sweetheart Loop this morning in 44:56. This afternoon I started on the River Trail from the I-30 bridge and walked and jogged four miles out and back in 48:27, with splits of 12:38, 11:37, 12:10, and 12:02.