That popped on the iDiot device while running the trails this morning and I have been ruminating on it (well the last three hours i was able to put it out of my head and focus on Confocal Microscopy- anyway) since.
When they turn the pages of history
When these days have passed long ago
Will they read of us with sadness
For the seeds that we let grow?
We turned our gaze
From the castles in the distance
Eyes cast down
On the path of least resistance
Cities full of hatred, fear and lies
Withered hearts and cruel, tormented eyes
Scheming demons dressed in kingly guise
Beating down the multitude and
Scoffing at the wise
The hypocrites are slandering
The sacred halls of Truth
Ancient nobles showering
Their bitterness on youth
Can't we find the minds that made us strong?
Can't we learn to feel what's right
And what's wrong?
What's wrong?
Cities full of hatred, fear and lies
Withered hearts and cruel, tormented eyes
Scheming demons dressed in kingly guise
Beating down the multitude and
Scoffing at the wise
Can't we raise our eyes and make a start?
Can't we find the minds to lead us
Closer to the Heart?
Old stuff but still sadly so full of truth. I remember reading a friend complaining about how negative all the news coverage is. All about what's killing you, what's bad, who's dead, who's going to jail, doom and gloom. Sure if you had a news station that only had positive stories, well i don't think they'll be on the air for very long. People want to hear how bad others are having it so they feel better about themselves. That or they want to hear about people who are doing way better than themselves so they either can aspire or feel okay that someone is doing fine. I dunno, people are complicated.
Going back to the lyrics it almost sounds like they are describing the Democrat's view of the Republican party. Full of hatred fear and lies.
Can't we find enough minds to lead us closer to the Heart?
I hope so.
The run this morning was good. A nice solid 20 minutes of running with about 5 min of cool down walking. Although in the humidity this morning I can't really say I was cooling down much outside. I even took a cold shower and was still sweating afterwards. Too much thermal mass I suppose. I didn't have the same snap or spring that I had during the whole run on Tuesday. But it wasn't so bad, not so slow. I did a few extra loops around to add time. Hamstrings were fine this morning, but my back was feeling sore.
Pain is moving from bottom up. Maybe by next week when I go out for a run I won't hurt anyway. I feel very strongly about getting a solid running base in for Cyclocross. Esp for the old frail dudes. Iron men like JONNY BOLD are basically genetically indestructible so probably they can get away w/o it, but man it make a huge difference for me. Esp post CX race. I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you want to minimize the soreness and pain post CX race to just the legs and cycling stuff, get some running base in.
Plus as FnF has pointed out in the past, running is a good way to get some aerobic stress on the system, esp if you are riding enough to be very efficient.
Another way to aerobically stress the system is to ride a damn tandem. That is really upping the stress score this week. Not just the running.
And yeah, after we stopped at the house to pick up the trail-a-bike, and were on our way to camp to pick up the youngest a commuter on a Felt with a Cliff bar sticker on the top tube (road bike) went past us at an intersection. Well. He passed just before the slight downhill stretch and i upped the tempo to stay about 30-40 feet behind him. Matched pace. Then he picked it up a bit and I was matching it. Not easily. But he wasn't working too hard, nor was he going slowly. And yeah, he kept looking back. Crossed the last road and he sprinted out of the intersection. Got a damn good gap on me too. But I told Kailey we're ramping it up. I had made note that this guy was in his big ring at the intersection, and he started downshifting post sprint and kept the cadence up there. With the big gap i decided to see if I can bring it down. And I did, brought it back to the same spot when K decided to ask me a question before we could really get close enough for the "kill" and I had to ease off to talk, and so I could hear her. But that was probably a good thing, it gave me a couple hundred yards to cool down before making the pick up.
The weather's been very weird this week. Basically every morning we've had good tailwind. That's so wrong it seems. I'm not going to complain but it is just weird. And heading home it is at most a crosswind. last night it was a cross tail wind. Really weird.
Sure beats fighting both the wind and the weight of that unwieldy beast of a bike.
Now that's funny. Well sort of, not really, but watching the drunken monkeys made me laugh. (found over at doucheblog)
"Car Up?" is great read. I personally hate it when people say "braking" in a race. I've gone over exactly why here. Car up is similar. Except. Around here on the smack down. Because one or two of the roads have no yellow painted lines, or if they do the road that they are dividing isn't wide enough for most cars and so, the rare car barreling down on the group sometimes gets called. But it only happens on narrow roads. Too much other f'n traffic.
But those M'F'ers on the bike path who pass w/o a heads up of "on your left" or something still bother me. Esp Monday. I was passing a runner and just as I'm pulling back over a dude passes very close (i'm on the tandem, and like a tractor trailer don't like little things darting out unexpectedly from my blind spot). No on your left, nothing. That night heading home from the pick up three more Dudes head down and "training" barreled past w/o any notification. That commuter on the Felt, same thing. Although i noticed him as we came to a stop before he passed me. People on the bike path are starting to bug me. I can't wait until the weather gets cold and shitty and all these people go inside and sit on their ass or find some spinning class to join.
ah well - at least I have the path to ride on and it certainly could be worse. The fact that only one or two people bug me a day isn't a bad sign. Gotta be positive.
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