Zelmo Beaty is going in the hoops HOF and I feel fine.
by Greg Kline
April 05, 2016 at 12:35PM
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Lotsa lotsa rock bands have never rocked as hard as @milesdavis and the boys on the Jack Johnson sessions. #realmusicalgenius
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Thursday, March 31, 2016
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Saturday, March 26, 2016
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"When you see the finish line, start sprinting like a coked-out orangutan." Such good advice.
— Greg Kline (@mrgreg) March 27, 2016
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Hearing Dr. David Baker conduct and play with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, now that was a treat. #jazzlegend #willbemissed
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I think of @milesdavis complete On the Corner sessions as one of my prized possessions. #nonstopfunk
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Saturday, March 19, 2016
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IU v. Ky. College basketball's biggest whiner (and wiener) v. its biggest scumbag. What to do? Pull for the scumbag and shower later.
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Puke and Yale bait and I'm thinking, is there some way we could have both of them lose.
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Thursday, March 17, 2016
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Saturday, March 12, 2016
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Listening to @ManuDibango doing Goro City I can run a long long way. I don't know how far--yet.
— Greg Kline (@mrgreg) March 12, 2016
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Is there any more shining an example of kismet than Gilberto and Getz?
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Friday, March 11, 2016
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Pulled out 34th & Lex from @RandyBrecker this morning while working through the Bs. It was a funky A.M. at that point, let me tell ya.
— Greg Kline (@mrgreg) March 11, 2016
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I think @willienelson can sing just about anything (OK, maybe the Ring Cycle wouldn't be such a good fit), but he does Gershwin great.
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Props to Cool Hand Luke sure, but Thunderbolt & Lightfoot is a highly underrated George Kennedy (and Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges) movie.
— Greg Kline (@mrgreg) March 1, 2016
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Sunday, February 28, 2016
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Maiden race for my new @AltraRunning Olympus 2.0s tells me they're darn good mudders. http://pic.twitter.com/mEPLK4RDRn
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Saturday, February 20, 2016
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When Susan Tedeschi talks I listen, especially if she's singing. Ditto Derek Trucks, particularly when he's talking with a guitar.
— Greg Kline (@mrgreg) February 20, 2016
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In the words of Brother Jack McDuff, Let Me Get By from @DerekAndSusan is Another Real Good'un.
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Saturday, February 13, 2016
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Antonin Scalia is dead, and I feel pretty good myself.
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Sure wouldn't mind seeing @MattForte22 playing with @drewbrees and the @Saints.
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Supposed to be 1 degree at running time in the A.M. I think that's an indoor track session there.
— Greg Kline (@mrgreg) February 12, 2016
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Thursday, February 04, 2016
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Line me up for this lineup
Gregory Porter, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Corey Harris, Bonnie Raitt and I (among others) have a date. 2016 Jazz Fest tickets in hand. Wish I was in NOLA now.
Saturday, January 09, 2016
Friday, January 01, 2016
And some vampires, too
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." -- Abraham Lincoln. Plan for 2016 (so far) Grandma's Marathon in June, Carmel 8-hour Dream in July. I'm dreaming that I might get 36-40 miles in in eight hours, assuming the axe is sharp enough. Let's rock!
Saturday, December 26, 2015
My Achilles heel
My right Achilles tendon, which has banished me from running since December 5--until today. And somehow, the world seems better, if only by a mile.
Things ain't what they used to be
Two guys just came into Hunters pub, tripling the number of customers. What the hell is Boxing Day coming to anyway?
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Greetings of the season
Mr. Culbertson and I wish you greetings of the season, and alcohol in its many wondrous permutations.
Saturday, December 12, 2015
How's it hangin', Bisons
Hmm, North Dakota State Bison. I've always wanted my nickname to be Bison, or Bisons. One of those.
Saturday, December 05, 2015
Laufty
Must not let old(er) lady pass old man. End of the Sankt Nikolaus Day Lauf this morning. We tied. The games always end in a tie.
Me and my pal, Krampus
Hanging out with Krampus, again, before the annual Sankt Nikolaus Day Lauf 5-miler this morning.
A mind closed up is like a parachute, useless
Free your mind with education. Help to build a better nation. Stop killing for recreation. Let your mind be free. --Soul Rebels
Thursday, December 03, 2015
We three kings
Guys with white beards and Krampus. (Because we could use a smile in the U.S. of NRA today.)
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Muddy turkey legs, and beer
Earned it on muddy trails in the Turkey Legs Trifecta this morning (into afternoon).
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
IPA and goat, a combination made in...
Goat sliders wrapped in naan and a "dank" (said the bartender) IPA at an Indian grocery and pub with many tasty craft brews on tap and lots of pierced and tattooed people. It's Austin baby.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Friday, November 06, 2015
Lay off the layoff
I'm crossing the line (both of them, I hope) at the Monumental 5K in the morning, first time in 27 days since the Glacial Trail 50K (plus 2), so I got a new shirt to celebrate.
Tuesday, November 03, 2015
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Up my Blues Alley
Adding another notch to the iconic jazz club belt. Rudresh Mahanthappa is in the house tonight.
I salute them
Mile 19 in the Marine Corps Marathon. I feel their pain. (Even so, I'd like to be out there.)
Saturday, October 24, 2015
She's back
She's back! Guy at the hotel: You should take a cab, it's about a mile and a half. Me: Oh I can probably walk that (and thinking: a mile and a half, heh, heh, heh).
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Not a bad run
12 half marathons, 2 marathons and 1 50K (plus those extra 2 miles I added running down the wrong trail). Like 'em all, but the little tan clay number is my fav. Says it's not about the finish (and what they hang around your neck when you get there). It's what you get on the way to getting there that matters.
Monday, October 12, 2015
Step by step
I'm not moving too fast this morning, but I have to say, all things considered, I feel pretty darn good.
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Thoughts on the run
What do I think about when I am spending most of the day running 33 miles (I goofed and took a wrong side trail then had to back track, which added a couple unplanned miles)? Today, I thought about my grandfather's three-legged collie Queenie...and how that damn dog could run faster than me. As race medals go, it's kind of homely, but I'm rather fond of it. The dog was quick. She couldn't go long though.
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Friday, October 09, 2015
Priceless
50K on the docket Sunday morning so early to bed tomorrow night, but tonight in downtown Plymouth, WI, Wisconsin Brewing Co. Yankee Buzzard IPA in a chilly mug. Priceless. No, $2. Now that's priceless.
Sunday, October 04, 2015
Saturday, October 03, 2015
Gonna make a move to a town that's right for me…taper town
10. Last long(ish) run before making a run at 50K on the Ice Age Trail next Sunday. I'd like a little less wet and windy, but can't say I didn't train in it.
Saturday, September 26, 2015
13 is my lucky number
I had a hard week, but nothing running 13.1 miles in the woods couldn't cure. Knobstone Trail Mini was its usual satisfyingly brutal self. That's 12. The goal for the year was a dozen half marathons, one a month (plus some other stuff). I'm three months early so, what the hell, I might just make it a baker's dozen.
Friday, September 18, 2015
Anything is possible with the proper incentive
Today I eradicated the (kind-of) word "incentivize" from a piece of copy and I feel like I earned a beer. As good an excuse as many.
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Peace out
Some kid on the trails: "You look like a man who knows what he's doing." Me: "If I knew what I was doing, I wouldn't be doing this." The surf-board toting Bug is for not being the slowest slow old(er) guy to finish today.
Friday, September 11, 2015
Light on the limbering
Yoga class at Run Woodstock. I did not participate because I'm running the Mellow (yeah, right) Marathon in the morning and didn't want to pull anything vital.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Boom Shakalaka!
I ran No. 11 because it had a funny name and started, as well as ended, on a velodrome. Plus 8 this morning makes 21 for the day, the last big day before Run Woodstock weekend and the Mellow Marathon two weeks hence. "Mellow" Marathon, who are they kidding? Boom Shakalaka!
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Riding the bull
Well first you gotta wanna get off bad enough to get on in the first place. A thought that comes at mile 20 of a 21 miler courtesy of Rodney Crowell and Norah Jones and Bull Rider.
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Slow mo
Nasty hill just before the finish line was plain mean. Beaver Chase half marathon on some surprisingly good trails in downtown Indy. I didn't see any dam-building rodents to chase. I think I could have taken them. That's 10 halfs for 2015.
Thursday, August 13, 2015
It's a Stevie kind of morning
Smokin' cigarettes (not really) Writin' something nasty on the wall (maybe) You nasty boy (Yes!!!)
Sunday, August 09, 2015
Spiderman ain't got nothin' over on me
If you're doing the trails behind the Tippecanoe County Amphitheater today, I've cleared out the spider webs for you.
Wednesday, August 05, 2015
Planning ahead (just a little)
Well, I know what I'll be doing the morning of April 30, 2016 (and hopefully only the morning of). I'm pretty sure of my plans for the evening, too, assuming the Esquire Lounge stays in business. Illinois Marathon registration day.
Saturday, August 01, 2015
What's that big yellow ball in the sky?
Perfect day for No. 9; third half on the trails at Eagle Creek this year, but only the first in the daylight (and the second without it snowing on us).
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Accidental bird
Amusing myself at the end. I'm such a bad kid (at heart, anyway). Then again, if I wasn't such a kid I wouldn't have been out there running (and finishing) 13.1 miles in that heat and humidity Saturday in the first place.
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Spend a couple hours in the sauna
Half marathon No. 8 for 2015, Rock 'n' Roll Chicago, was a blistering (air temperature not land speed) sweat fest. But it is in the can. I need a shower, stat.
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Shop 'til you drop
The Rock 'n' Roll Chicago half marathon expo is like a giant mall for runners, he said 4 pairs of socks, a pair of shorts, a new hat, a can of sunscreen, some Body Glide and a packet of Root Beer-flavored Gu later. At least I didn't buy any shoes.
Saturday, July 04, 2015
Fast Fourth
I like getting a receipt, especially when it says I ran a minute faster on the back half, which always makes me giddy. I'm damn strange.
Sunday, June 28, 2015
She plays the guitar, too, and rather well
If I'm going to stay up late two nights in a row, it's going to be for Ana Popovich!
Saturday, June 27, 2015
So good, and so (not) good for you
Deep fried Oreos are wrong, just wrong ... and so good. I'll be eating nothing but kale next week to pay for my sins.
If you're going to dig ditches, be the best ditch digger
Stuff happens, you've got to adapt, improvise, overcome and by the gods I can do it (defined as drink this cold beer).
Friday, June 26, 2015
She's a Wonder(land)
If I'm going to stay up late, and I'm rarely going to stay up late anymore, it's going to be for Carolyn Wonderland,
Yo, get that stick out you ass, Tony
The good news is Scalia has health insurance (although willing to make others lose theirs), because the man really is badly in need of a stick-ectomy.
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Jogged again
Working myself up to a free pork burger this morning after the Hog Jog 10K, which has become an annual rite of summer.
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Enjoy a refreshing swim, complete with clouds of mosquitos
Mr. Bad Ass Trail Runner should have been wearing a swimming suit and fins not running shorts and shoes on the Wabash Heritage Trail this morning, but if I have to "wade" a race later this year, at least I can say I trained for it.
Monday, June 08, 2015
Sunday, June 07, 2015
After...
I was all like "man, I really feel like running tonight" before the Eagle Creek Summer Night Trail half and I felt great all the way, even when I tripped on a root and ate dirt. No. 7 was a keeper.
Wednesday, June 03, 2015
A day like any other day
I commemorated National Running Day by running, as opposed to all the other days I run with no rational explanation for doing so.
Saturday, May 30, 2015
I'll finish a lot faster than it took getting to the start
After 8 hours in the car yesterday getting here from Wisconsin, 10 miles on trails sounds really good this morning.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
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