Playlist

This week has been insane! I've basically been working from 7:00am to 6:00pm each day. I had a board meeting one evening, a birthday party another, and then I worked on my master's thesis two of the evenings. I've been exhausted.

This morning was my first relaxed morning of the week, and my first opportunity to go out and do what I enjoy...run! Baxter came with me, and I didn't even remember to put on my stop watch because I just wanted to get out and do it, rather than be concerned with timing myself.

It was much cooler today than it has been recently, so that made the run more pleasant, and helped Baxter stay cool enough to continue jogging with me.

There were a ton of people out this morning, covered in sweat. Most of them were wearing ribbons around their necks, so I figured there must have been a race this morning. In fact, it was the Minnesota Half Marathon in Saint Paul. During our usual loop, Baxter and I ran by the remnant of the start line and check in. I really want to run a race at some point. Maybe next spring.

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine asked me for the playlist that I listen to while I'm on my runs; so, here it is:

• Can't Buy Me Love, The Beatles
• Cramp Your Style, Breakestra
• Crazy, Gnarls Barkley
• Darts of Pleasure, Franz Ferdinand
• Drumming Song, Florence + the Machine
• Gone Daddy Gone, Gnarls Barkley
• Hollaback Girl, Gwen Stefani
• I Feel It All, Feist
• Kiss With a Fist, Florence + the Machine
• Last Nite, The Strokes
• Lisztomania, Phoenix
• Paper Planes, M.I.A.
• Stickshifts and Safetybelts, CAKE
• Stronger, Kanye West
• The Denial Twist, The White Stripes
• Viva La Vida, Coldplay
• Youthless, Beck
• Bright Lights Bigger City, Cee Lo Green
• F**k You, Cee Lo Green
• Love Gun, Cee Lo Green
• Satisfied, Cee Lo Green
• It's OK, Cee Lo Green
• What Park of Forever, Cee Lo Green
• Thriller, Michael Jackson

This is a lot of music, but I have, on occasion, needed all of it for a run. Granted, it's been awhile. Right now, Stronger by Kanye West is strategically placed close to the end of my longer runs right now. There is something about that song that helps me finish "strong" and gives me better running posture.