What's Old is New

Last weekend, husband and I tossed about the idea of purchasing an iPod. Fortunately, we remained sane and left the store with $350+ still in our bank account. Nonetheless, we remain fascinated by the possibility of this little contraption which allows a person to download favorite tunes at random - such a novel concept. My husband and I both recall in our youth tape recording songs off the radio on the Sunday morning top 40 countdown. The tapes made from these expeditions always sounded like absolute crap from hitting the record button too late or not hitting the stop button soon enough, resulting in cut songs and too much commentary from Casey. Once again, I start feeling old. A younger law school colleague of my husband's received an iPod as a holiday present and has had a wonderful time downloading music. My husband relayed a story in which said colleague futilely attempted to locate the theme to CSI Miami, searching for it as the theme to CSI Miami. I just laughed. All three of the CSI shows use songs from The Who for the introduction. There is a generation that is being introduced to The Who through primetime tv. Likewise with the theme used for Num3ers on CBS, which uses the Talking Heads song "Once in a Lifetime." Television commercials use songs that were in vogue when my husband was a pubescent teenager.... What's old is now new again.

As far as running goes: last week I managed to stick my schedule well in terms of mileage. However, I did ditch the AT workout on Thursday, and ran an easy five miler on Friday morning instead. I've been experiencing "discomfort" in my feet and ankles lately and decided to scale back a bit.

This week's schedule:

Today: get my butt out the door and run 5
Tuesday: 12X200
Wednesday: rest
Thursday: 8 + strides
Friday: rest
Saturday: 5 with the in-training group
Sunday: 15

Total miles: 38