PixElated: April 2011

Sunday, April 10, 2011

hittin' the pavement, beating the clock

Still improving on my times.

Today's race (NYRR Scotland Run 10K) was dreadful. Six hours of sleep after a day of sitting down in front of a computer retouching in the dark. Biking to the start. Not stretching. Dreadful. I couldn't seem to keep anybody beat during the race. Started fine. Kept a good pace. Yeah, for the first three miles. Then nearly immediately I just kept hanging back and settling. I watched as my splits declined. I tried to keep my mind off the fact that I had to get to work immediately after finishing the race. Nothing could get me to speed up. Thighs burning and vision blurring, I crossed the finish line thinking I must have done better in the past. Only a couple minutes to think though. My bike was chained up on a pole just a block and a half from the finish line. I grabbed my bag. Hobbled a block and a half. Got to pedaling.

When I got to the studio, there was no time to think about running, but I thought it would not set me too far back to check my times.

...turns out I ran my best 10k.

Now that I got the road runs out of my system, I have this week to worry about 70 images for retouching.

Ready.....

GO!

Monday, April 4, 2011

Flamm @ Loving Cup

Biking over the 59th street bridge at 12:45am leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Literally. I was making my way back from a band showcase at the Loving Cup bar in Williamsburg when I learned the hard way that DOT trucks start dusting the bridge at that time causing obscene amounts of dirt and NYC s**t to fly in my face and into my mouth. But really it did not seem that bad. I mean the trip to Brooklyn was to see Flamm live, and that is exactly what he was--LIVE. and so was the audience. It's incredible to see what he does on his keyboard. And his vocals aren't too shabby either. If John Legend were to make a dance track or something to really jam to, Flamm would have done it already. It's like he serves it up one part smooth, one part sophisticated, two parts fun, and a little dash of sexy to make a concoction of awesome bangers. Tonight was particularly worthwhile because he was backed up by his brother, Justin, on bass. I don't care how many times I see this guy perform. Every time he does it it's as enjoyable as the first time.

Check some of his tracks @ http://www.soundcloud.com/flamm

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