The last time I was in Portland, Oregon, was in 2013 and I was in town to complete my 21st marathon (and second Portland Marathon). Ten years later a marathon wasn’t involved, nor was there any running. Turns out, walking was the most challenging portion of this trip. In July 2022, when Bruce Springsteen and…
Category: Music
music monday: think about it
Anybody who is on the internet, watches tv, takes in the morning/afternoon/nightly news, listens to the radio, walks across the street, talks to people, eats, drinks, pays bills, wears clothes, uses the restroom…knows the world has all sorts of crazy going on and especially with current laws being passed you can be left scratching your…
music (manic) monday: prince
Since the news broke out this past Thursday about Prince’s death, I’ve been in this state of mourning for someone I didn’t know and never got to see live in concert. There have been countless celebrity deaths, especially musician deaths this year alone, and never has one affected me quite like this one. Not even…
music monday: move your body
Based on the weekend of running I just had, this song absolutely captured it best! The first time I heard “Move Your Body” by Sia there was no doubt I was going to make it a Music Monday song because it’s hands down one GREAT running song! It’s fast and tells you exactly what you need…
music monday: break my stride
There has been a brief break in the Music Monday postings and while it wasn’t exactly intentional, it has been a little necessary. Life has been treading on the hectic and busy side, not to mention a shifting side (I’ll get to that in the next post), and sadly Music Monday did not make my high priority…
the price you pay for the boss
Starting last week’s training after running the Run Deo Run 50K, I knew I’d have some challenges. Having a couple of days off would be expected for me and it would leave Wednesday to run. At least that was the initial plan…until I was faced with seeing The Boss.
music monday: overnight
In case you were wondering where Music Monday was, well wonder no more. The past couple of weeks have been pretty busy in my corner and I couldn’t muster up the energy or time to write them up. Sorry. I hope you didn’t have too many sleepless nights concerned if Music Monday was coming back. Well, it is!
music monday: i love la
Today’s Music Monday was pretty much a no-brainer. Considering next Sunday is the LA Marathon, I had to go with “I Love LA” by Randy Newman since it’s the song that sends off the runners through 26.2 miles of Los Angeles! More specifically, Downtown LA, Echo Park, Silverlake, Los Feliz, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills,…