Back to boring old me.
Dang Nabbit…I wish it would rain here already so I have an excuse for not leaving the house and running again…It’s getting to be 2 pm Chicago time and the storms I was promised this morning have yet to show up. Good Lord I might have to actually get up and go out!
Bugger, I’m tired and sore. I pushed it on through yesterday and ran five whole miles. Not a lot to some, I know, but I’m a novice here. Amateur athlete, with loose use of the term “athlete”. I have the Scenic 5 in September and this was my first run at that distance. (I’ve run farther before but that was way before, and not relevant to this time period in my life). It took a little over an hour. I guess that’s not too bad. I will be happy for the race if I complete it under one hour. That’s my goal. I felt really good running too. I thought I was going at a good pace, but when I got to the end of the trail I run, it’s only 3.6 miles, and I realized I would have to go past the car and keep running as if to do it twice, I got all psyched out and quivery. Then I felt heavy and hot and thought I should just stop. I don’t HAVE to run five miles this very minute. So, I kept going, sloppily, but I logged the miles. Then I was sore all night. Ate a very healthy dinner. Nothing extra. (But still didn’t lose any weight! In fact I gained a pound from last week! Tumor?? Too soon to tell.)
And if you come back later, I’ll share my last and final post about the Warrior Dash. My sister’s mud camera pictures came out pretty good and there are a couple of horrendous pictures of my giant ass going over the wall that I will be willing to post here strictly for the pure hilarity they provide. I wish I was exaggerating even a little. If you can’t laugh at yourself you can always laugh at me!
Anyway, I guess since the weather isn’t cooperating, I better get out there. I’m only doing the 3.6 today so it shouldn’t be too bad.
I have a music list to share also!! It has been a really long time since I posted one. I go in waves with stuff like that. I am currently out-of-love with my I-Pod and music in general. But I needed something to get my ass around that track. This is what I used. If you run at my pace (slow) it will play the exact amount of time you will need for a five mile run! I shuffle it and keep running….Let’s call it the, “5-Mile Shuffle“ Music List!
5-Mile Shuffle Music List
These are in no particular order:
1. Waking Up In Vegas / Katy Perry
2. The Warrior / Scandal
3. Gives You Hell / The All-American Rejects
4. Stereotype / Powerman 5000
5. Famous Last Words / My Chemical Romance
6. Since You’ve Been Gone / Rainbow
7. Mmmbop / Hanson
8. Hey / Mitchel Musso
9. Free / Powerman 5000
10. If You Want My Love / Cheap Trick
11. Head On / Pixies
12. Use Somebody / Kings Of Leon
13. Champagne / Cavo
14. Here Comes The Sun / George Harrison
15. Heat Of The Moment / Asia
16. Knock On Wood / Generation Disco
17. Wonderful Night / Fatboy Slim feat. Lateef
Warriors! You need a playlist! One more time for luck!
This is my music for Warrior Dash! This is what I used to stay motivated and keep running. Maybe it will help you too! Let’s post it one more time before the race!
Play it, change it, rearrange it; Add it, delete it, use it as you need it. Good Luck to all! See you Saturday morning!! We are the Warriors!
World Turning
1. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown / Jim Croce
2. Pulp Song / Stellastarr
3. Righteous Love / Joan Osborne
4. Open My Eyes / Buckcherry
5. Say It Ain’t So / Weezer
6. No One / Alicia Keys
7. Hemorrhage (In My Hands) / Fuel
8. Sex And Candy / Marcy Playground
9. The In Crowd / Mitchel Musso
10. Umbrella (Travis Barker Remix) / Rihanna
11. Leavin’ / Jesse McCartney
12. Right Round / Flo Rida
The Crayon Box
I tried to keep them in magical, Rainbow order. (ROY G BIV +) But mix them up if you like, they get kind of janky toward the end anyway.
1. Lil’ Red Riding Hood / Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
2. 99 Red Balloons / Nena
3. Red House / Jimi Hendrix
4. Red Hot Java Blues / Matt Hendricks
5. Redneck Woman / Gretchen Wilson
6. I Saw Red / Warrant
7. Little Red Corvette / Prince
8. Red Red Wine / UB40
9. Red House / Buddy Guy
10. 99 Red Balloons / Goldfinger
11. Orange Crush / R.E.M.
12. Orange Amber / The Vines
13. Tequila Sunrise / The Eagles
14. Sunset Grill / Don Henley
15. Amber / 311
16. Mellow Yellow / Donovan
17. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road / Elton John
18. Yellow Submarine / The Beatles
19. Yellow Ledbetter / Pearl Jam
20. Green Cotton Dress / Correatown
21. The Green Manalishi / Judas Priest
22. Pale Green Stars / Everclear
23. Green-Eyed Lady / Sugarloaf
24. See Green, See Blue / Jaymay
25. Blue Sky / The Allman Brothers Band
26. Blue Letter / Fleetwood Mac
27. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / Willie Nelson
28. Blue Bayou / Linda Ronstadt
29. Blue Jeans / Silvertide
30. Behind Blue Eyes / The Who
31. Blue Denim / Stevie Nicks
32. Blue Moon / Sha-Na-Na
33. Devil Dressed In Blue / Right Away, Great Captain!
34. Post Blue / Placebo
35. Forever In Blue Jeans / Neil Diamond
36. Devil With The Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly / Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
37. True Blue / Madonna
38. Blue Jeans And A Rosary / Kid Rock
39. Blue Suede Shoes / Elvis Presley
40. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes / Crosby, Stills & Nash
41. Blue Shadows / The Blasters
42. Blue Highway / Billy Idol
43. Blue Lamp / Stevie Nicks
44. Gray Or Blue / Jaymay
45. Silver, Blue and Gold / Bad Company
46. Mood Indigo / Nina Simone
47. Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue / Crystal Gayle
48. Violet And Blue / Stevie Nicks
49. Violet / Hole
50. Purple Haze / Jimi Hendrix
51. Purple Rain / Prince
52. Brown Eyed Girl / Van Morrison
53. Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Waylon Jennings
54. Brown Sugar / The Rolling Stones
55. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown / Jim Croce
56. Mr. Brownstone / Guns N’ Roses
57. The Boys Of Summer / Don Henley
58. Brown Eyed Girl / Everclear
59. Back In Black / AC/DC
60. Little Black Backpack / Stroke 9
61. Black On Black / Dalbello
62. Black Hole Sun / Soundgarden
63. Black Magic Woman / Santana
64. Paint It Black / The Rolling Stones
65. Black Betty / Ram Jam
66. Black / Pearl Jam
67. Black Eyed Dog / Nick Drake
68. Welcome To The Black Parade / My Chemical Romance
69. Black Dog / Led Zeppelin
70. Man In Black / Johnny Cash
71. Man In The Long Black Coat / Joan Osborne
72. Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) / The Hollies
73. Black Balloon / Goo Goo Dolls
74. Black Is Black / Los Bravos
75. Fell On Black Days / Soundgarden
76. Black Velvet / Alannah Myles
77. Black Horse And The Cherry Tree / KT Tunstall
78. Black Or White / Michael Jackson
79. Black And White Thunderbird / Britt Savage, Fred Mollin And The Blue Sea Band & Jaime Babbitt
80. White Wedding / Billy Idol
81. White Horse / Taylor Swift
82. Dirty White Boy / Foreigner
83. White Flag / Dido
84. Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) / The Offspring
85. White Houses / Vanessa Carlton
86. White & Nerdy / Weird Al Yankovic
87. Silver Springs / Fleetwood Mac
88. Grey / Amie Miriello
89. Pink Houses / John Mellencamp
90. Black & Gold / Sam Sparro
91. Gold / John Stewart
92. Heart Of Gold / Neil Young With The Stray Gators
93. Gold Lion / Yeah Yeah Yeahs
94. Gold And Braid / Stevie Nicks
95. Streets Of Gold / Needtobreathe
96. After The Goldrush / Neil Young
97. Almost Golden / Courtney Love
98. Sister Golden Hair / America
99. Gold Dust Woman / Fleetwood Mac
100. Bold As Love / The Pretenders
101. Karma Chameleon / Culture Club
Ethen’s Train & Fire List
1. Crazy Train / Ozzy Osbourne
2. Morning Train (Nine To Five) / Sheena Easton
3. My Engine Is With You / Bush
4. Rock N Roll Train / AC/DC
5. That’s Alright / Fleetwood Mac
6. Downbound Train / Bruce Springsteen
7. Peace Train / Cat Stevens
8. A Train Not Running / Chris Knight
9. Nightrain / Guns N’ Roses
10. Machinehead / Bush
11. Fire Woman / The Cult
12. Light My Fire / The Doors
13. I’m On Fire / Bruce Springsteen
14. Fire And Ice / Pat Benatar
15. Through The Fire And Flames / Dragonforce
16. Settin’ The Woods On Fire / Johnny Burns
17. Rooms On Fire / Stevie Nicks
18. Fire / Jimi Hendrix
19. House Of Fire / Alice Cooper but sung by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
20. Wildfire / Michael Murphey
21. Crossfire / Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble
22. Paper In Fire / John Mellencamp
23. Play With Fire / The Rolling Stones
24. Fire Burning / Stevie Nicks
25. Ring Of Fire / Johnny Cash
26. She’s On Fire / Train
27. Sex On Fire / Kings Of Leon
28. All Fired Up / Pat Benatar
29. Come On Baby / Wakefield
Extra Heat
1. Heat Of The Moment / Asia
2. Burnin’ For You / Blue Oyster Cult
3. Hot Child In The City / Nick Gilder
4. The Heat / Needtobreathe
5. Freewheel Burning / Judas Priest
6. Hot Kiss / Juliette & The Licks
7. Burnin’ Up / Jonas Brothers
8. Heat Wave (Love Is Like A) / Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
9. Burning The Water Brown / Killradio
10. Hot Hot Hot / Arrow
11. Burn, Burn / Lostprophets
12. Hot Stuff (Let’s Dance) / Craig David
13. Burn Up The Road / Operator
14. Hot Rod Rock / Edd Byrnes
15. Which One Of The Two Of Us Is Gonna Burn This House Down? / The Star Spangles
16. Drunk And Hot Girls / Kanye West feat. Mos Def
17. Hot N Cold / Katy Perry
18. This Is Why I’m Hot / Mims
19. You’re So Damn Hot / OK Go
20. One Hot Coma / Paris, Texas
21. Some Like It Hot / The Power Station
22. Burning Heart / Survivor
23. They’re Red Hot / Robert Johnson
24. Burning Down The House / Talking Heads
25. Hot Night Crash / Sahara Hotnights
26. The Heat Is On / Glenn Frey
27. You Make Me Feel Like A Whore / Everclear
28. Hot For Teacher / Van Halen
29. In The Heat Of The Night / Pat Benatar
30. Hot Blooded / Foreigner
31. Burning Love / Wynonna
32. Hot In The City / Billy Idol
Angels
1. Angel / Shaggy
2. Calling All Angels / Train
3. Angel / Aerosmith
4. Earth Angel / The Penguins
5. Fallen Angel / Poison
6. Angel / Fleetwood Mac
7. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground / Willie Nelson
8. The Angels Hung Around / Rilo Kiley
9. Sleeping Angel / Stevie Nicks
10. Angels On The Moon / Thriving Ivory
11. Even Angels Fall / Jessica Riddle
12. Fly To The Angels / Slaughter
13. Lips Of An Angel / Hinder
14. Street Angel / Stevie Nicks
15. Never Said I Was An Angel / Pauline
16. Send Me An Angel / Scorpions
17. She Talks To Angels / The Black Crowes
18. Teen Angel / Mark Dinning
19. Touched By An Angel / Stevie Nicks
20. Halo / Beyoncé
21. Angel Of The Morning / Juice Newton
Devils
1. Sympathy For The Devil / The Rolling Stones
2. Going Down / Various Artists, Hair Cast
3. Devils And Gods / Tori Amos
4. Devil Without A Cause / Kid Rock
5. The Devil Called Me A Liar / Ash Grunwald
6. Devil Town / Bright Eyes
7. The Devil & Me / Clutch
8. (You’re The) Devil In Disguise / Elvis Presley
9. Devil / Stereophonics
10. The Devil’s Music / Hospital Bombers
11. Devil Inside / INXS
12. Shout At The Devil / Mötley Crüe
13. Devil Dressed In Blue / Right Away, Great Captain!
14. Snake Devil / Scary Kids, Scaring Kids
15. Devil / Staind
16. From The Devil Himself / Viva Voce
17. Devil With The Blue Dress On / Mitch Ryder
18. Devil Boy / Seven Mary Three
19. The Devil Went Down To Georgia / Charlie Daniels Band
God in Hell
1. One Of Us / Joan Osborne
2. Only God Knows Why / Kid Rock
3. God Shuffled His Feet / Crash Test Dummies
4. God Of The Mind / Disturbed
5. God Be With You / Dolores O’Riordan
6. God Protect Your Soul / Ed Harcourt
7. God Knows (You Gotta Give To Get) / El Perro Del Mar
8. Why I Don’t Believe In God / Everclear
9. Dear God / Ferras
10. Thank God I’m A Country Boy / John Denver
11. The Only God / Xandy Barry
12. God Is A DJ / Pink
13. Gives You Hell / The All-American Rejects
14. Hell Is For Children / Pat Benatar
15. Hells Bells / AC/DC
16. Hell / Foo Fighters
17. Cool As Hell / Grand Buffet
18. Right Next Door To Hell / Guns N’ Roses
19. See You In Hell / Monster Magnet
20. Run Like Hell / Pink Floyd
21. Hell’s Comin’ Down / Primal Scream
22. The Difference Between Love And Hell / Sahara Hotnights
23. Walk Through Hell / Say Anything
24. Highway To Hell / AC/DC
25. Into Hell Again / 3rd Strike
26. Private Hell / Iggy Pop
27. The Hell Song / Sum 41
just shy of pretty 