Training for my next Half-Marathon started today. Officially. I clarify the "officially" because today was a rest day. Why you start a running program with a rest day I'll never know. I didn't write the program, I just follow it. It has worked for my last two Halfs so it should work again this year. Well I think I did Novice 1 before and now I am on Hal Higdon's Novice 2.
Unofficially I started the training last week. I needed some pre-training training after the sloth-like vacation I took the week before. I'm sure three miles tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday won't be that bad. Of course I foolishly pushed myself a bit on my bicycle yesterday. Did I pull something in my leg? Maybe. With luck it's a minor grievance and won't hinder me too much.
Monday, July 20, 2015
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Who's Winning?
I'm fighting nostalgia today. Right now I am listening to the "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" Score/Soundtrack. Oh, it's excellent by the way. I used to own it back in the day. I would spend hours building up my Lego castle sets, listening to this soundtrack and living out my medieval fantasies.
I love "Prince of Thieves" unabashedly. I realize it's ridiculous but I don't care. It came out when I was 12 or 13 and it hit me right. Action, Bows and swords, that Bryan Adams song, Christian Slater, Alan Rickman giving it his all ("Because it's dull you twit, it'll hurt more!") and a kick ass score, what more do you need at 13? For me, nothing. I can still watch and love that movie.
So, even though I can just listen this score with the press of a button on the Internet, I want more. I want to own a physical copy of it. And not just any physical copy. I want it on goddamn cassette like I used to have it.* And lo and behold, for less than 5 bucks it could be mine thanks to the power of eBay. So this is the nostalgia battle today. This and the Batman Score which I also listened to while building Lego sets (city, not castle) If I buy it, would I listen to it more than once? Would I have to then find some old Castle Lego sets to try to relive my youth?
Decisions Decisions...
*My memory is hazy, but now I am thinking that I might have had it on CD. So now what I'm really battling is false nostalgia.
I love "Prince of Thieves" unabashedly. I realize it's ridiculous but I don't care. It came out when I was 12 or 13 and it hit me right. Action, Bows and swords, that Bryan Adams song, Christian Slater, Alan Rickman giving it his all ("Because it's dull you twit, it'll hurt more!") and a kick ass score, what more do you need at 13? For me, nothing. I can still watch and love that movie.
So, even though I can just listen this score with the press of a button on the Internet, I want more. I want to own a physical copy of it. And not just any physical copy. I want it on goddamn cassette like I used to have it.* And lo and behold, for less than 5 bucks it could be mine thanks to the power of eBay. So this is the nostalgia battle today. This and the Batman Score which I also listened to while building Lego sets (city, not castle) If I buy it, would I listen to it more than once? Would I have to then find some old Castle Lego sets to try to relive my youth?
Decisions Decisions...
*My memory is hazy, but now I am thinking that I might have had it on CD. So now what I'm really battling is false nostalgia.
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