Two days after running 27.5 miles, I’m of two minds about it. On the one hand, I am very happy to have successfully run the marathon distance (plus over a mile) once…
Author: Chris
Day 128: Recap of Yesterday’s 27.5 Miles
Note: Today I planned to give myself a day off from posting (I know: what??), since my brain has felt like mush the past two days after yesterday’s run. However, this afternoon…
Day 127: “Arousing the Spirits” (Original Music)
Tonight’s piece is meant to be comical. I had fun with the orchestration, taking a hodge podge of sounds and throwing them together. I also had fun with the tempo, speeding up…
Day 126: Finding My 80/20 Sweet Spot
A little awhile ago I wrote about the 80/20 rule as applied to personal happiness. To refresh, the 80/20 rule is an idea from personal productivity circles which hypothesizes that one can…
Day 125: This Sunday I’m Running a Marathon for Training… Again
This Sunday will be the culminating training run of my marathon program. Officially, my training calendar calls for a 29 miler (!), which I was planning on doing until my 26 miler…
Day 124: Stay Open-Hearted
I recently went through an uncomfortable experience where someone thought negative things about me, and as a result a situation I was in went totally awry. Things did not work out how…
Day 123: Five Months of Daily Composing
I have just completed five months in a row of daily composing. In that time, I have written over 100 new pieces (!), some of which I have shared here (including this…
Day 121: Get Happy Now!
Today I was reminded of how it is always within my power to choose my focus. No matter what, I can always focus towards what makes me happy. This came up because…
Day 120: “Afterlife” (Original Music)
This is a piece I wrote in the last few days. It has a bit of a magical vibe, perhaps supernatural. As usual, having fun with my digital orchestra 🙂
Day 119: Yesterday’s 6’37” Mile
Yesterday I ran a 6’37” mile. This is my fastest mile ever. It was the third of the “magic mile” runs in Galloway’s marathon training program. These runs are three weeks apart,…