05-30-2025 Run

Had a truly restless night, don't quite know why, and still I woke up early (<>). I decided to go for a longer, flat run, so I rode my scooter down to the park and ran the loop around it. I tried to extend the loop to make it a mile, still couldn't quite get there. First mile was, as usual, my slowest, then I settled in to an 8-minute groove for the next 4 miles. I upped the tempo on the last mile and change to get to 10k distance and an 8-minute average pace.

Avg pace = 8:00/mi

Total distance = 6.28 mi

Elapsed moving time = 50:15

Avg heartrate = 135 bpm (Coospo)

Relative Effort = 26

https://www.strava.com/activities/14642244016

Was starting to get hot by the end, so I rode home without a jacket, to cool down. Got home and ate some cereal for breakfast, entering my run into Fitbit since I forgot to wear it on the run. The rest of the morning and early afternoon was light duty. I then got ready to go to the viewing for Anna Lagman's mother-in-law. Ann ended up driving me down there and dropping me off. Gideon was there, and later Andy, Roya, Perse, Lovely, and Jed showed up. It was a nice setting, got the chance to talk with Anna and express my condolences directly. Ann was waiting for me in the parking lot, and we drove to this small Middle Eastern restaurant in an industrial area of El Cajon for dinner. We were the only ones in the place, falafel was unremarkable for me, good for her. We drove from there to La Jolla for a concert at the Athenaeum, three acts: Ashley E Norton, Jeff Berkley, and Tim Flannery. Was emceed by Jefferson Jay, who is a flamboyant, kinda strange local character in the SD music scene. Berkley was the best of the bunch, a good songwriter, decent storyteller, and fine guitar player. He accompanied Flannery in the last set, which was also entertaining. It was a good evening of music recommended by Ann. We were also fairly lucky in finding street parking not too far away, looking in a neighborhood that she suggested. Apparently, Perse and Lovely were having dinner nearby because he took a picture of us walking to the concert. Funny coincidence.