Progress- sort of.
I feel like I’m in a vacuum these days. The weeks are flying by and I’m constantly feeling like I can’t quite keep up with everything that I want to be doing. I want to start recording this week. That’s my goal. I’d like to have the EP finished (at least recorded) by Christmas and I need to get to work. Also, I have not been putting enough time in to writing. Goal for the week- get a new song out.
I got new shoes. I didn’t get another pair of Mizuno Inspires (which is what I’ve been running in for 4 years). The running store that I work at didn’t have a pair in my size and I really couldn’t wait another day for new shoes. Even just standing in the worn out Mizunos made my knees and back hurt. I ended up getting the Asics 2120. They’re working out pretty well. I’ll still end up getting another pair of Mizunos, money willing. This was the last 2120 in my size and the 2130′s came out a while ago, so I probably won’t find another pair even if I wanted to.
I went to Las Vegas this past week, which sort of botched my 24 miler on Saturday. I should have stayed in Vegas another night to hang out with my Mom (in town for a class), rather than try to do that run. I got back in town Friday night and woke up at 5:00 on Saturday to start running. I felt great actually, I was running quick miles and feeling strong, but I had to stop after about 2 hours in to adjust my slipping socks. Turns out it wasn’t my sock slipping and bunching, it was blisters that had developed from wearing dress shoes walking around the Vegas strip all night on Thursday. Ahh the things you don’t notice while enjoying dollar margaritas. Anyway, I cut back to my car at that point not wanting to risk my feet being covered in irritated blisters. I’ve done a few 20 milers recently and I know that skipping this 24-miler isn’t detrimental, but I was still pretty cranky about not finishing. On the up side, the sunrise that I caught was incredible.
Max and I are finding it a little more difficult to keep our meals inexpensive yet healthy and balanced. We live off of mostly eggs, chicken, and pasta. If you have any cheap meal ideas let me know- sample grocery lists would be good too.
Otherwise I’m going to keep living off of the fruit smoothie Power Bars. So good.
Here’s a picture from the most windy and fun day at the beach last weekend.
Old video of me and my Grandmother
This is me and my grandmother. She was a concert pianist. She’s awesome.
Great show and a 20-miler
I’ve spent the last 20 minutes rocking the foam roller to try and undo what my worn out running shoes have been doing while watching a replay of the women’s olympic marathon. I’ve got a gnarly pinched feeling in my IT band up in my hip on the right side and I am not too psyched about it. It’s time for new shoes. It’s been time for new shoes. Now I really can’t wait any longer.
The 20-miler went well this past weekend. It felt natural and relaxed and was the easiest 20-miler I’ve ever done. I was running a good 1:20 slower than my race pace, which was good. The utility belt went over well. I hate having things on me when I’m running, so getting a 4-water bottle utility built (I used the Amphipod RunLight 4) was a big step up for me. It irritated me for the first mile. I didn’t like the added weight of water on my back and sides, but by 5k in I had stopped noticing completely and was very grateful to have the fluids at my disposal. Taking the belt off at the end felt like heaven though, and the only soreness I had from this 20 mile run was my abs, probably from compensating the weight of the water on my back.
I played a show in Hermosa Beach on Friday night at Live at the Lounge. It went great. I had a great time and I loved the venue. The sound man, Eddie, was awesome (and friendly). I’m going to get a video of the show soon. I’ll post it here when I do.
The owner of the club gave me some kudos after my set which made me feel good. My project this week is to get some more shows booked from now through November. I have too much open space and I want to build up my fan base so that when my EP eventually does come out, I’ve got an audience anticipating its arrival.
So far I’m still enjoying the gig at the running store. Most of the people seem cool and it’s fun to talk to runners all day long.
Hopefully the next time I talk to you I will have a new pair of Mizuno Inspires on my feet.
