Camp Robinson/War Memorial Golf Course

I alternated one-minute jogs with four-minute walks to complete the 5.4 miles to Camp Robinson and back on the Levy Trail this afternoon in 1:25:02.
Smart senior golf card holders, like me, can make Hindman Park and War Memorial Golf Courses into practice gems. Just show up a couple of hours before sunset, when no one wants to plunk down $11-20 to play less than a full round of golf, and they have the whole fucking course to themselves. Tonight I started at 6:20 p.m., played the front nine and Nos. 12, 14, and 18 on the back. I scored a 45 for the front and had one bogey and two doubles on the three final holes. I may as well have owned the course. I never saw anyone, except a few guys in carts playing the last few holes when I got there.

Levy Trail 5K/Hash

I alternated one-minute jogs with four-minute walks to complete the Levy Trail 5K this morning, at about 10 a.m., in 44:57. I went through three miles in 43:37.
This afternoon I walked and jogged for about forty minutes with the Little Rock Hash from Mayweather Park, which is about five blocks away from Tom and Corky Zaloudek's house.

Downtown Little Rock/War Memorial Golf Course

I walked with Ron and Elaine, Jayme and her hot new girlfriend Kayla, and Y.T. for 1:59:19 this morning. We went a little over six miles from the Clinton Library to MacArthur Park and then the River Trail en route to the River Market. It was fun and relatively comfortable. It's suddenly dry and almost cool here.
I did something this evening I wish I had thought of earlier in the summer: At about 7 p.m., I drove fast as hell to War Memorial Golf Course, where I played Nos. 1, 2, 7, 8, and Nos. 10 and 12 with two balls, so a total of eight holes. It was almost dark when I walked off the No. 12 green, which is about two-hundred yards from the clubhouse parking lot. I had 1 birdie, 2 pars, 3 bogies, and 2 doubles, and used 13 putts. By the way, I put a new, extra-large grip on a 1970 women's putter (an Acushnet Bulls Eye La Femme) with which I cannot miss. It's probably going to make me rich and more famous than two motherfuckers.

Senior Center

I walked three miles at the Senior Center this morning in 46:22.

OVERHEARD

"Well, everybody's gotta do that sometimes."
—woman on a weight machine at the Senior Center to another who said, "It looks like all he's going to do is sit there and stare out the window."

"I saw Dunkirk last night. I didn't think it was all that great a movie."
—silver haired woman on a treadmill at the Senior Center

Burns Park Loop

I walked the Burns Park Loop with Bill and Jan Brass, Y.T., and Sandy Venable this morning in 1:51:04. Jan and I met for the first time (and I'm gonna put the over-under on the years of hers and Bill's marriage at twenty-four).

War Memorial Golf Course/Senior Center

John Czarnecki and I played War Memorial Golf Course this morning. I scored 81, with nines of 42 and 39, and used 30 putts. John scored 102. I had 1 birdie, 4 pars, 9 bogies, 3 doubles, and 1 triple. My legs feel about as good as they have ever felt after a round of golf.
This afternoon I walked two miles at the Senior Center in 31:22.

Lakewood Lake No. 2

Ron and Elaine and I walked for 53:12 this morning from the Lakewood Lake No. 2 parking lot and back.

FUCK...
...Mayor Pete

War Memorial Golf Course/Senior Center

John Czarnecki, Tims Biggs, Ed Pennington, and I played War Memorial Golf Course this morning. I scored 90, John 92, Ed 93, and Tim 102. I used 37 putts. The score doesn't reflect it, but I played better today than I have since 2011 or 2012. Two drives averaged 227 yards. I walked off four three-woods that averaged 212. Also, for the first time since 2011, I felt comfortable and confident hitting full iron shots. I hit only one really crappy, shank-like shot through the whole round. On top of all that, it wasn't particularly hot today. I'm home watching Gunsmoke without any thought of changing clothes.
I had 3 pars, 7 bogies, 6 doubles, 1 triple, and 1 quadruple.
I walked two miles on the Senior Center track this afternoon in 35:49.

Levy Trail North/Senior Center

One of the nice things about Jordan Spieth winning major golf tournaments is that there's no need to stick around for his post-game interview. Immediately after spending six hours in front of my televisions, I walked the Levy Trail North in 34:56. I planned to go four miles, but it was so hot that I turned around and now plan to drive to the Senior Center for Miles three and four.
I walked two miles around the 13.5-laps-a-mile Senior Center track this afternoon in 31:58.

OVERHEARD
"The problem with them x-rays is how much they cost you. You start getting them x-rays, you start running up your money bill."
—seventy-year old man on a treadmill at the Hays Senior Center

Levy Trail

I walked on the Levy Trail to the north end of the pavement and back this morning in 35:44. My over-under for the length is 2.17 miles.

I PLAN TO STAB...
...the next golf announcer who says, "...and well he should."

War Memorial Park Golf Course/Senior Center

I'm not sure I have ever been quite as miserably uncomfortable as I was this morning out at War Memorial Golf Course. I scored 96 and used 38 putts. Tim scored 96 and John 97. Three minutes after I walked in, everything I had on, down to my socks and underpants, was hung on the shower rod. It was 95°F with a heat index of 109 when I got home a few minutes before noon.
On my way to the course, I drove by an RBC billboard on I-630 near downtown that I had never noticed before. It stood out this morning because it had a live scoreboard from the Open Championship on it.
This afternoon I walked two miles around the tiny track at the Hays Senior Center in 31:55.

Levy Trail Loop

I walked the Levy Trail Loop early this afternoon in 36:29. At 1:48 p.m., it's 95°F with a heat index of 110.

Levy Trail

I walked on the Levy Trail and a few particularly shady side streets down around the old Dixie Pig at lunchtime for 44:51, then I watched a 13-year-old North Little Rock eighth grader beat an 18-year-old freshman Lady Razorback in the semifinal round of the Arkansas State Golf Association Girls' Matchplay Championship at Eagle Creek Golf Course (the last time I was on that course, someone made me a fried-chicken breakfast before I stunk up my part of a three-man scramble. That was in, I believe, April 2007).
This eighth-grader, a first generation American of South Korean descent named Mackenzie Lee, has a perfect swing. She weighed eighty-five pounds and averaged about 220 yards with her driver. She won five-and-four, which about like winning a football game 42-7.

River Trail

I walked 4.1 miles with Ron and Elaine and Susy and her wife Kat on the River Trail this morning from the Burns Park Golf Course. I'm not sure how long we were out, but I'm thinking about an hour and ten minutes. Later we ate at the Levy Waffle House, where I made a huge mistake. I had, ala carte, a cheese omelette, an order of bacon, and a fucking Diet Coke. That combo cost $10.70. I'm still confused.

War Memorial Park Golf Course

John Czarnecki, newcomer Ed Pennington, 73 of Sherwood, and I played War Memorial Golf Course this morning. I scored 92, John 95, and Ed 81. I had some blow-up holes, but this was otherwise the best I've played in about six weeks. I used 30 putts, a byproduct of practice and improved chipping. I had 4 pars, 7 bogies, 2 doubles, 3 triples, 1 quadruple, and 1 pentagonal (I was seven-over par for my best eleven holes and twenty-two over for my worst seven).
Ed seemed like a very nice fellow. We had a three-way phone-number exchange and tentatively agreed to play Friday.

Maple Street Loop

I walked the Maple Street Loop in 37:12 tonight after I spent the day cleaning my kitchen as I watched Sung Hyun Park win the U.S. Women's Open.

Maple Street Loop

I walked the Maple Street Loop this evening in 49:50 and had to kind of pick it up late to make sure I broke fifty.

Hindman Park Golf Course

Man, it was too fucking hot to walk Hindman Park Golf Course today. I was miserable after about five holes. I scored 106, with nines of 54 and 52. The heat index was 110 degrees when we got through. Clubs were slipping in my hands like two motherfuckers. John Czarnecki scored 119. I lost track of putts, but I think I used about eighty. I would go take a nap, but I'm too fucking tired to walk that far.

War Memorial Golf Course

John Czarnecki and I played War Memorial Golf Course this morning and afternoon. I scored 94, with nines of 47 and 47, and used 38 putts. John scored 104. The greens at War Memorial are beautiful and consistent but faster than any I remember.

Levy Trail North

I slept well last night for the first time since I hurt my neck, slightly more than eleven days ago, or some time before about 3:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 27. The neck, knock on wood (IF you know what I mean) is back in order. There was more than that, though, to why I walked Levy Trail North this morning in 30:21, but it's a long list, so fuck it.

Rebsamen Park short nine

I played one lap of the short-nine course at Rebsamen Park this afternoon but didn't keep score. I played multiple balls in a hot, muggy practice outing. I particularly worked on pitch shots and hit them well for the first time in a while. The course is in awful shape. I lost several balls right in the middle of fairways.

Levy Loop

I walked the Levy Loop tonight in 32:14.

Ghetto Cat Loop

I walked the Ghetto Cat Loop this morning in 33:27.

Firecracker Fast 5K

I walked uphill from the finish of the Firecracker Fast 5K near War Memorial Stadium to close to the finish in the Heights this morning in 45:06.

War Memorial Golf Course

I  walked War Memorial Golf Course in a few minutes over three hours this afternoon as I watched leaders play the second round of the 81st War Memorial Fourth of July Classic.