All Points North

AM: 40 Minutes Easy Run, Steady at End
PM: 2 Hours Ride, Seekonk

I went into the office today in order to finish up some work stuff and mail out packages. I ran with Paddy Joyce from the office. It was great to do the old work loop since I have not done any since my knee injury. Coupled with the fact that I've been on the road a lot lately. Pat bagged the run early due to a chronic calf issue so I trucked on and ended up running quicker at the end. Knee was screaming but I blocked out the pain and got back to campus.

Met up with Coxy for an easy ride this PM. Lee is getting ready for the Providence 70.3 so he only did 45 minutes easy to keep the legs loose. I added on and picked up the tempo. I really miss bike riding and hopefully I will get more in over the next few weeks.

The road trips continue tomorrow however it is not work related (I may stop in and say hello to an account in Albany) its all pleasure. Sunset Rubdown tomorrow night at Lee's Palace and Broken Social Scene on Saturday night down at the harbor front. I am beyond excited. I feel like a kid at Christmas and I never want this feeling of excitement I get before I see great music to die.

I'm very pleased with the day of training and I will continue to suck up the pain and run over the next 3 days in Toronto. A few cold ales and lots of music should make for a magical weekend.

Love Kel

Development

AM: 75 Minutes Trainer with 30 mins tempo
PM: 30 Minutes Trainer, 40 Minutes Run w/ Rhode Runner

Writing this blog entry while listening to Chloe Harris on Proton Radio, lovely. The sounds are techy with a nice melodic feel. They call the genre minimal techno but I think of it as post progressive. A fusion of the intensity of techno and the melodic tones of prog house. Its perfect. Chloe is a great DJ and is helping my buddy Shawn D progress his own career withing the techno scene so much respect.

I did a wonderful trainer ride this morning with a tempo while watching Tomas Voeckler win a great stage of the Tour. It was brutal weather outside too. For those who don't believe our weather patterns are changing come to New England. Its almost the middle of July and today was 65 and rain. Its like this every day!

I did more riding in the PM just because I felt like it and then joined the group after some floor time at Rhode Runner. I even did a pick up to see if my knee felt any worse while running fast. Fast as in right around 5:50 pace for 3 miles. It was the same level of pain so if I can endure through this maybe I will be able to take on a higher workload? I am not running fit but the smile on my face while running down the Blvd could be seen by everyone. I must have looked like I was on drugs because nothing gives me joy like running. Knee is sore now but that was expected.

I am really excited about Sunset Rubdown on Friday night and I have stopped listening to any music by the band. I am immersing myself in post-rock and techno right now. I don't talk enough about the techno sound but I will put up a mix of mine as soon as I get the technology to record one of my mixes and a place to host it. The below youtube will give you an indication of the sounds I enjoy, I bought this ep by Gui Boratto this morning. Awesomness........

Peace and Love,

Kel

July Evenings

AM: 75 Minutes Trainer Ride.......Watching the TTT
PM: 40 Minutes Easy Run, 20 Minutes Trainer

Todays Team Time Trail was amazing. It had all the drama, lots of crashes and of course an amazing race for yellow. In the end it came down to tenths of a second. Edge of the seat stuff. I did my morning ride on the trainer because I needed to watch this and I knew I had no time to go after. It was lashing rain anyway so its all good.

In the afternoon I ran with Francine and fortunately it was nice and easy. My knee was sore and then would get a little better before getting sore again. Its really, really frustrating and tough to deal with. The fact that I cannot ice or stretch is annoying. I am trying to land more mid-foot which seems to help a little but not as much as I'd like.Today I started listening to a band from Montreal called "Below The Sea". They are post-rock with a beautiful sound. Catching up on office work I needed some new shoegazing sounds to get me through. Never underestimate the power of music. I was in a marginal mood and after 40 minutes of these guys I felt really good. The album I listened to is called "Blame It On The Past". I think its from about 2005. I will do some more research and actually buy something off these fantastic musicians.

So finally a decent day of training. Lots more of this to come. My knee is very sore but operation push on through until surgery is inevitable is in full effect. Nicely.

Love Kel

I also listened to some of this action while doing a sneaky 20 minutes fast spin tonight after my run......

Handsome Furs

No training today. Knee was hurting for some reason. A combination of general tiredness and dehydration. I decided to catch up on a lot of work I missed while on the road last week. I was pretty successful and with working from home I should get it finished tomorrow. The TTT is another reason I'm working from home tomorrow. The Tour is a highlight of the year for me, always has been, even during those summers of running. All athletes can appreciate the Tour and the drama that unfolds over the three weeks. The Team Time Trial could see Lance back in yellow which is just madness. It makes for an epic trip to the mountains however so I hope it happens.

Tonight myself and Frankie joined Terry and Carly for a beer at Sunset Grill before heading over to Great Scott for Handsome Furs. The gig was great and surprisingly not too packed. We had plenty of room and ended up getting right up the front. There were a couple of Joe College muppits up there but it didn't take away from the epic gig. I have made no secret of my preference when it comes to the lead men of Wolf Parade but Dan was still really good. His wife plays synths and drum machines and she is nuts. The energy was really high and the whole show had a basement, punk feel. The guys were really cool too, setting up their own equipment and just walking into the bar to meet everyone after the show. I've seen more pretentious college rock and pub bands. They sold no CD's or Merch other than a poster. Just a couple who enjoy this side project and have zero attitude, playing music they love. Awesome.

Hoping the knee will be better tomorrow. Peace,

Kel


Love Kel

Perminant Daylight

Back to the homestead and looking forward to getting back into a routine for the week. And what a week I have planned. Not only will I be doing lots of hard training but I will be attending three concerts. Tomorrow night is Handsome Furs it will be epic and I am fired up for it. After that I will bang out a week of miles on the bike and even a few on foot, hopefully. Next weekend Frankie and I will be making the trip to Canada and catching Sunset Rubdown, which will be amazing and the following night we will see Broken Social Scene, amazing.

I have been saying this a lot lately but tomorrow is back to normal training and music posting. I am very annoyed at the past week with regard Internet access and general free time. Part and parcel of the job. So some Broken Social Scene below and the good times will keep rolling.

Love Kel

Peachtree

Slammed at Peachtree. I have no good news other than the great sounds I'm listening to and the fact that we are kicking ass at the Peachtree Expo. Good energy here in the city. Its my first Peachtree experience and the fact that I'm not running is kicking in right about now and making me really depressed. Thems indeed are the breaks.
Love KEL

Fleet Feet

Down at the Fleet Feet Conference. Its been a crazy busy few days and I have no free Internet in the room so I haven't been able to blog. The bright light is that there is free Internet down in the expo. I have been running a little over the last couple of days. Nothing serious but decent paces. Yesterday morning, off little sleep, I did a comfortable 5.5 miles and although the pain in the knee decided to wake up with me it stayed pretty low on the scale. I actually felt more comfortable running steady and the grass surface certainly helped. I am off to Atlanta today, hopefully I don't have to pay 16 bucks for Internet down there. Things are not too bad.

Love Kel