Nike Free 4.0I had a brutal migraine when I went to sleep last night. I managed to make it through Game of Thrones and then conked out, still in pain despite several pharmaceutical attempts to relieve the ice pick in my brain. It was still there when my alarm started ringing at 0600, but I knew it wouldn’t be able to survive a long run. So I laced up my sneakers and hit the pavement.

Don’t get me wrong: It hurt like hell to run. Every footfall was murder. But by the time I hit three miles, my headache was gone and I was drenched with sweat. I’ve done a good job of adding a quarter-mile to each run for over a month now, and was happy to push it to 9.75 miles. Ten is a nice round number lurking in the future.

I’m getting increasingly frustrated with the Nike Fuel Band app, but the Running app is still performing like a champ.

Here are the tracks I heard on my run:

  1. Counting Down The HoursTed Leo & The Pharmacists
  2. St. JimmyGreen Day
  3. Paradise by the Dashboard LightMeat Loaf
  4. Jesus Of Suburbia / City Of The Damned / I Don’t Care / Dearly Beloved / Tales Of Another Broken HomeGreen Day
  5. Gimme Three StepsLynyrd Skynyrd
  6. Armageddon ItDef Leppard
  7. You Give Love a Bad NameBon Jovi
  8. Radar LoveGolden Earring
  9. Mr. FreakshowGin Wigmore
  10. Welcome to the JungleGuns N’ Roses
  11. Wake UpRage Against the Machine
  12. Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other GamesOf Montreal
  13. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)Proclaimers, The
  14. American GirlPetty, Tom & the Heartbreakers
  15. Duel of the FatesWilliams, John
  16. SurrenderCheap Trick
  17. (I Can’t Get No) SatisfactionRolling Stones, The
  18. Forever Yellow SkiesCranberries, The
  19. Rock and RollLed Zeppelin