OBJECTIVE
12 mi.@ 7:46-8:36

ACHIEVED
13.22 mi.@ 8:43

7:05 AM 40° 74% 2 mph

After an unscheduled break in my running, I finally got back at it this morning. I feel like I just wasted the past six weeks training by missing the last six days. The holidays, cold weather, travel, and sickness all seemed to line up against me.

Thankfully the group ran today. Starting this morning's run was Augie, Jill, Michele, William, Jon, Randy, Josh and me. The pace was easy which is what I needed. Even though my legs were fresh, they may have been too fresh (as in untrained). They were quite heavy throughout. I wore my new Mizuno Wave Rider 12's. They seem okay but they're definitely different than the 11's.

Glad I got this one in.

PRE RUN
oatmeal w/brown sugar & 1% milk

POST RUN
SlimFast
blueberry & strawberry smoothie

Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around The World from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.

Interesting story behind this one ....

This cover of Stand By Me was recorded by completely unknown artists in a street virtual studio all around the world. It all started with a base track—vocals and guitar—recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California, by a street musician called Roger Ridley. The base track was then taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Grandpa Elliott—a blind singer from the French Quarter—added vocals and harmonica while listening to Ridley's base track on headphones. In the same city, Washboard Chaz's added some metal percussion to it.

And from there, it just gets rock 'n' rolling bananas: The producers took the resulting mix all through Europe, Africa, and South America, adding new tracks with multiple instruments and vocals that were assembled in the final version you are seeing in this video. All done with a simple laptop and some microphones.