Running Her Mouth: It's A Show Day

Blog Mission, In Simple Terms

"I'm a road-runner, baby." Jr. Walker

I'm a road-runner running and writing a blog consisting of run~on sentences about running while sharing a deep concentration with the music in my ears, so that one day my boys, Elijah and Levi, will be able to read up and keep it real; Run~ons just may be the most effective way to convey my health seeking mission to people who don't know me or do, but then I pretty much like the idea that language/structure can be as playful as the subject itself, plus the reader may decide that running~on in a run~on sentence kind~of~way, might be beneficial to him or her that is right now, as of this moment here, basically undiscovered or unawakened.

The blog used to be heavily augmented by my facebook page which featured SOTD (song of the day), however I don't have the time to do that anymore; the blog has also taken on a very flexible schedule of it's own where I closely examine pretty much anything I want, in my own special way, something that piqued my interest during the previous month; if it piques yours, well, that would be pretty cool, too.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

It's A Show Day

The Disco Biscuits tonight at the Hampton Beach Casino, NH

I love show days. I wake up and the first thing I think about is heading out for a beer and then off to the venue. Today is no exception! I'm ready... it isn't Phish, but it's a show. For Phish, I'd make an entire day of it ?(or string a bunch together so it goes on for a couple of weeks:). Shows are spiritual! Inspired by the music, each and everyone of us. Live music is easy and complicated at the same time. What kind of art is music? A vibration, of course that's what sound is. But if you think about a painting, the strokes and colors that compose the work are done at the artists discretion but with no real impression on the one who stands before it. The work just is...like in Heidegger. That open lighted place that exists for the work to impress itself upon the viewer without the artists direction, he becomes incidental to the work and it stands alone. Live music? It's similar. Think about the instruments as the medium and the work? The collective sounds, the composition. And the audience? We experience the work of art. And we bring to it ourselves, our experiences and feelings; we each bring our own personal compositions to the music, making the entire happening of this art beautiful and important. The musicians become incidental to this happening and the music stands alone. I wish everyday were a show day!

Today's run: I ran point to point for an hour. Felt real good! Ran past a light where about 50 dudes in leather and on motorcycles watched me go by and collectively missed the light. lol.

I feel no pain at the bone where the hamstring attaches and was strained. The pain I feel now is on the skin. It turns out I gave myself frost bite by freezing my skin to the ice I was using to alleviate the hammy strain. My skin has partly melted off and partly bubbled up (due to the reaction the ibuprophen gel had to the extreme temp of the ice) and it is red and raw. It is very painful and I am eating ibuprohen like a champ and applying neosporin to the area. Fun times!

But my run was really great.

I felt really strong and quick. My breathing was easy. I was not stressed. Employed my arms big time today. My runs look more and more like tempo's. This is exciting for me! I have been on a quest for the tempo run, to be consistent on the run without fluctuations in pace.

Time to take Levi to the library and pick up the Lore of Running, it just arrived through inter library loan. I hope you have a beautiful day