Over the last year and a half I have run, to say the least sporadically! Over that time span most days my wife and I were babysitting our granddaughter Emma. Emma was born in 2023 and turned 2 in February. Most weekdays we were at my daughters from 7:15 – 4:30! So i couldn’t run either before or after. Well -, Im could have after but I was too tired and dinner to make and clean-up. Anyway -, my daughter had her second baby on May 8 and is now on maternity leave from her job. Consequently while we miss Emma dearly we are slowly reclaiming our former life! For me that means maybe I can restart blogging and most importantly running.
Since around 1991, the year I turned 40 I’ve run three times per week. Twice during the week was typically a 3-4 mile run and the weekend wad a 6-8 mile run.
Well today was the second time I ran this week! yeah me! Here’s how it went.
The Run
On Tuesday I ran 2.63 miles. Well actually I ran a little over two miles, walked for a bit (uphill) and then finished the run. Overall, I ran 2.63 miles in 40:03 for a pace of 15:14 per mile. I ran the first mile in 14:34 and the second in 15:25. And while I was slow as hell, I was pleased with the run overall! Here’s where for the first time in 2025 I bore you with The Nerdy Details.
The Nerdy Details
Total Dist: 2.63 miles Time 37:47. Pace: 14:20 min/mile
Splits
Mile 1 14:04 Mile 2: 14:33 Mile 0.64 14:23 min/mi
Avg HR 144 Max HR 160 Cals Burned: 370 Cals
The good things are I ran the whole way and I almost broke 14 minutes for the first mile!
The Playlist for the Run……
The playlist for the run was a result of a conversation i had with AI on ChatGPT. (yes this solitary old man converses with AI). Anyway it started with a discussion of a song on Jesse Colin Young’s album Crazy Boy sounding a lot like Steely Dan. The AI said it was a result of Jesse moving away from his folkish roots to a more with the times sound. Which was not unlike Boz Scaggs changing his sound on Silk Degrees and going on to the most success in his career.
My follow up comment was that I was a big Boz fan from his early days with Steve Miller up to Silk Degrees. And that I had stopped following his career after he hit it big. However, I had reconnected with l his recent albums, which I have enjoyed.
Anyway the four albums that ARE in my music collection are: Boz Scaggs (self-titled solo debut), Boz Scaggs and Band, Moments, and My Time. So last night I made a playlist composed of some of my favorite tracks from those albums. It became the soundtrack for today’s run.
Links for the Further Exploration of the Music of Boz Scaggs
Artist Website
Facebook
YouTube
Instagram
Amazon
So has any one else followed Boz’s career like me? Here’s the playlist. Enjoy!