My weekend in pictures
Coffee plus accordion. another typical morning.
This weekend my friend Dominic ran 154.2 miles to raise money for parkinsons. Here's me joining him for the last day of running.
Routing out the last miles of the 154.2.
what an emotional finish! Dominic did awesome! 154.2 miles in 40 hours.
Some of the support crew at the finish. Dom's Mom, his two sisters, me, Dom, Dom's Dad, Kate and Jimmy
And finally, on Sunday afternoon I recorded background vocals for Nina Storey's new album.
So much good stuff wrapped into one weekend! Certainly fitting for a blog titled “music and long slow distances”.
CD Release- Video Clips
Here are a couple clips from the CD release show. CD is available at www.digstation.com/katelynbenton
First Video- new song makes it’s public debut.
Invisible Man By Katelyn Benton
Second Video- Talking about recording the CD and performing Take Me Back (By Katelyn Benton)
188 Miles for Parkison’s Disease and other updates
I got this picture from my friend Toby’s camera. The music video could be done by this weekend- stay tuned….
This Sunday night is my CD release party/show (for Los Angeles). So far the turn out looks like it will be pretty good. I’m still really excited that the venue isn’t having a drink/food minimum or charging a cover. I mean, my friends will drink and eat, it’s just nice to be able to tell people it’s a free show and actually have it be free.
Finally – a running update – Next weekend is the Ragnar Relay. It is a race from Santa Barbara to Dana Point. The distance is 188 miles and it is divided between up to 12 people with 3-4 running legs each. My buddy Dominic is doing it, only he’s doing the entire distance himself! (His blog is here, his training is mind-boggling)
Dominic is raising money for Parkinson’s research. His Dad has Parkinson’s.
I volunteered to keep Dominic company during his late night runs. I mean, I’m not running 188 miles, probably more like 20, but I like to feel like I’m contributing to his cause in some way by at least relieving a little of the emotional stress of 188 miles.
Seriously, check out his blog. My brothers are both insane athletes, and Dominic’s training still blows my mind.
New shows – travel planned
I’ve been preoccupied spinning my wheels with things that I’m not going to post about just yet (music video is so close to being finished), however, I have been busy booking shows and travel plans for the summer. I have my Los Angeles CD release party/show next weekend at the Culver Hotel in Culver City. They are being very generous and allowing me to have my show there and not charge admission. So cool.
I’ll be in Baton Rouge during the first week of May doing some press interviews and a small CD release show. I’m currently planning on being in Denver at the end of May, then back in Louisiana at the end of June, and back in Denver at the end of July/beginning of August. If I can manage it financially, I’d like to continue the constant traveling and performing between these three cities. We’ll see how it goes.
I’m not training for anything right now, which is a new feeling. I have been hitting weights more frequently and have noticed a very quick and noticeable change in my body. I haven’t been running the long distances that I had been doing over the winter, but when I go out for runs, I’m feeling very strong and comfortable. I have a 7 mile loop that I like to do as somewhat of a time trial to see where I stand. I try and run it at a comfortable pace, one that I could hold for a marathon, and I’ve actually dropped about 2 minutes off of it in the last 4 weeks. Anyway, I hate to say it, but when I don’t plan my schedule around my training, my music (business wise) progresses much smoother. I’m not saying I’ll stop training, but maybe I’ll limit it to 1-2 ultras, 2 winter marathons, and some 10k races in the summer.
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