Los Angeles SunriseIt was raining when I got home last night so I was worried I’d have another soaking run, but when I hit the road this morning the sun was rising and the clouds had mostly disappeared. It was pretty brisk — low 60s, I’m guessing — but I ran hard to compensate for the pizza and beer at last night’s office Christmas party and was nice and warm after a mile or two.

Usually I shoot for five miles on Thursdays, but I decided to knock out a 10k today instead. A 10k is just a little less than six and a quarter miles, I learned from my Nike Running app. Bad route-estimating on my part led to me hitting a full seven miles before I made it back to the house, though. (I knew I shouldn’t have added the extra loop into Beverly Hills, but I love seeing all the Hannukah lights competing with the Christmas lights over there.)

Sidebar: Yesterday I learned that Norah Jones is the daughter of the recently-deceased Ravi Shankar. I’m learning something new every day!

Here are the songs I heard on my run:

  1. One Week — Barenaked Ladies
  2. Free Fallin’ — Petty, Tom
  3. Bones — Killers, The
  4. How’s My Driving, Doug Hastings? — Less Than Jake
  5. My Coco — Stellastarr*
  6. I’m Looking Through You — Beatles, The
  7. Two Way Action — Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
  8. Death and All His Friends — Coldplay
  9. Devil Inside — INXS
  10. Runnin’ Down a Dream — Petty, Tom
  11. Last Nite — Strokes, The
  12. Mr. Brightside — Killers, The
  13. Counting Down The Hours — Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
  14. Laid — James
  15. Wake Up — Rage Against the Machine