Poor weather last week complicated my training plans. I ran more than I did in
week six, but not much more. I did some indoor intervals, a tempo run, the
usual yoga and pool HIIT, my favorite bike loop of Southwest Fort Collins, and
a great trail run in the hills of Lory State Park on Saturday. All together,
here are the numbers:
24 miles running
9 hours, 32 minutes all training
2,313 ft D+ running
My body is holding up well, so I'll be doing even more running in week eight.
Spoiler alert: I've already had one solid running workout, the hardest of my
season so far.
A sandy trail along a partially snow-covered ridge approaches a stand of
pine trees under a blue sky. Lory State Park, Colorado.
I'm not the first person to make a sandwich with fried eggs and pastrami, but
I think I may have come up with a name for it that could stick. Served hot with melted
cheddar cheese on slices of grilled sourdough bread, I call it the
"Poulletier" after François Poulletier de la Salle, the
discoverer of cholesterol.
A grilled sandwich, cut in two, on a green plate.
Hash browns would be good in this. As would a thick smear of pesto sauce,
suggested by a person in a reply to my Mastodon post. I'll try one or both of
these additions next time.
Tuesday, April 1, Ruthie and I, and a couple of friends, drove to Denver to see
The Bug Club at the Hi-Dive on South Broadway. The Bug Club have become one of my
favorites over the past two years, since I first heard them on a WFMU show.
I can't remember if it was Joe Belock's or Todd-o-Phonic Todd's. I was
extremely excited to see them, and to see them with Ruthie. We're going to
Denver to see music less frequently as we get older, so this was a special
occasion. The Breeders at The Ogden in 2018 was our last show in Denver, if
I recall correctly.
The Hi-Dive is a small club with a modest stage and no seating, only an open
floor in front of the stage. I don't think there is any backstage, either.
Bands enter and leave the stage using steps at the front of the stage. It's
unabashedly no-frills and I liked it.
Ducks Limited were nominally the main act. I've listened to them a little and
they're good, if not exactly my cup of tea. The opening act was Denver's own
Mainland Break. Like Ducks Ltd., they play a jangly 80's pop, but also channel
the Replacements on stage. I enjoyed their short set.
The effect of putting The Bug Club between these bands was a bit like giving
the Minutemen a long set in the middle of an REM show in 1983. They tore
through 20 songs in a little over an hour with humor and grace but otherwise no
break. Every song from The Intricate Inner Workings of The System, minus Actual
Pain and Cold Hard Love (which I love), a new single, and from earlier albums:
Marriage, Cheap Linen, Short and Round, It's Art, and Little Coy Space Boy.
There were songs I didn't recognize, including one with dueling spiels
between Sam and Tilly, that especially reminded me of the Minutemen, what with
their physically imposing and proficient producer Tom Rees driving the
drumbeat, Sam's buzzed head, and it being D. Boon's birthday. Uncanny!
The Bug Club setting up at Denver's Hi-Dive club.
I'm looking forward to my next chance to see The Bug Club. They really did put
on a satisfying show.
