Tina S., the 14-year-old French guitar player who went viral earlier this year with her cover of Van Halen’s Eruption, is back with a cover of Vivaldi Tribute (originally by French guitarist Patrick Rondat). While Eruption was crazy good, I actually think I enjoy this one more. Worth a watch.
Thanks to my friend Bonnie Duckworth for sharing this on Facebook earlier today. This is INCREDIBLE and DEFINITELY worth a watch:
Well….this time last week my left hip was so bad that I didn’t think there was any way I would be back on the road for week 15. However, this morning was my third straight day to get a run in, and so far things are holding together pretty well. I really focused last week on doing strength and stretching exercises for my core and hip, and on Sunday the pain started to slowly subside. I was still pretty achy after Monday’s 5-miler with Nathan on the HR Greenway, but nothing like what I was dealing with last week.
I didn’t get to run yesterday morning due to getting home around 1am from a concert, so I did a 4-mile run yesterday afternoon, in a steady rain, on the Vaughn’s Gap Cross Country course in Percy Warner Park. I actually ran this in my Saucony Hattori shoes, which is the first time I’ve taken them off-road. It turned out to be an awesome run. I felt extremely light on my feet in the grass, and my hip felt great throughout, with minimal aching afterwards. Once I got home I put in another 30 minutes doing some strength training.
This morning Nathan and I got in 6.5-hilly-miles through Percy and Edwin Warner Parks, surviving a few downpours later in the run. Again my hip felt good throughout, though I’ve had a little more aching today than yesterday. Even with that, I’m very happy about the progress. Getting fired up again about my training after the disappointment last week.
Beast Mode….ON!
For students in my Wednesday night class on Paul’s letter to the Ephesians: Handouts and Notes for Ephesians Chapter 4:17-32 are now available online. Lord willing we will begin covering this text during class tomorrow night at 7pm at Bellevue Church of Christ!
Dan’s interview with Bill Parcells this morning was really, really good. Coach Parcells is not known for his openness with the media, but it was really cool today to hear him talk about things like the jobs he almost pursued instead of coaching and how he ended up with the nickname “Big Tuna.” Definitely worth a listen.
I listen to the Dan Patrick radio show almost every day, and he is absolutely one of the best interviewers on the planet. His questions during this clip with Bill Parcells are stellar
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Audio recording of my sermon at Granny White Church of Christ from Wednesday, July 24th as part of their midweek Summer Series.
The lesson was entitled:
You Say…I Can’t Forgive Myself.
God Says….I Forgive You.
Taken from 1 John 1:9 & Romans 8:1
Well….I was hoping to be able to run through this nagging hip problem, but I realized last night that is is unlikely to get better without taking some time off. To that end I’m going to shut things down for at least a week and hope that it does not end up being longer than that. With my recent injury track record, I’m really nervous about what this means for New York. Now I need to decide whether or not go and see my orthopaedist now or wait until after taking a week off. I really hate to wrack up more medical expenses related to running if I can avoid it, but I also hate not knowing for sure what is going on.
Anyway, prior to shutting it down this morning, I’ve completed two runs since my last post. One was a group tempo workout last Saturday in really nasty humidity. The plan called for 80 minutes of tempo intervals, though I only made it through 54 before I had to stop. I still got in over 10.5-miles of work. Yesterday, Nathan and I did 6+ miles of trails in Percy Warner Park in the rain, and my body felt trashed the whole way. I eventually told Nathan to go on without me because he was looking strong. I finished the run, but there was very little enjoyable about it.
After such a good start of the week last week, this week has been a bummer so far. Looking forward to brighter running days ahead.
Tomorrow evening at 6:30pm, I will be speaking at Granny White Church of Christ as part of their midweek Summer Series.
The lesson is entitled:
You Say…I Can’t Forgive Myself.
God Says….I Forgive You.
Taken from 1 John 1:9 & Romans 8:1
If you are in the Middle Tennessee area, we would love to have you join us!
For students in my Wednesday night class on Paul’s letter to the Ephesians: Handouts and Notes for Ephesians Chapter 4:1-16 are now available online. I will be away at Granny White Church of Christ, but Lord willing Ken Palmer will begin covering this text during class tomorrow night at 7pm at Bellevue Church of Christ!
