11 Mile Run: Jemison Park - Shades Creek Circle

Finally, I have worked enough of a base to run my favorite loop here in Birmingham. The even better news is that now I feel confident enough to enter for the Mercedes 1/2 Marathon scheduled for next weekend. The run felt great! Today, I listened to the latest Phedippidations and jammed to Velvet Revolver and Sum 41. The Velvet Revolver CD has some super good running tracks and some ok music. One of these days, I need to identify the songs from the CD that just crank for running and put them in a playing list. I nearly gave up on this CD thanks to the sneaky attempt to prevent mp3 ripping on it. I don't share music files. And, I seldom do anything other then listen with my mp3 player. I find it easier to buy CD's then buying by track especially since I don't have an iPod and don't benefit from iTunes. The upside is that I learned the importance of turning off auto-launch for CD's. I removed BMG's load of a hidden driver that prevented the copy and prevented them from taking the same sneaky path to dropping hidden files on my machine in the future. I ended the run with Sum 41 which is a cranking band. Data: Distance: 11 Miles Time: 1:48:04 Heart Rate: 154 Pace: 9:49 Weather: Clear skies, 28 degrees