Rockport Sunday

"Thanks for the joy that you're given me
I want you to know I believe in your song
Your rythym and rhyme and harmony
You've helped me along
Makin' me strong.
Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll
And drift away . . ."
Mentor Williams, Drift Away

Monday AM, liked JR's Facebook page last night so, after scanning the awesome @girlsgoneSTRONG photos and reading CT's wry and gentle post re Stanford loss from a Marina bar, enjoyed a morning commute listening to Tom Rush and scanning JR's work, answering the intermittent email and sketching out the course of the day. Rush going from No Regrets to Rockport Sunday in 1972 from the Lenox lounge. Rush is still touring and sounds great and is funny as hell to boot. Will never forget concert in 1976 with the unbelievably beautiful DD; she'd asked me to go, Rush opened for Kenny Rankin. Sixteen and terrified but relaxed after a couple of Rush tunes, at least enough to steal sideways glances at DD's lovely profile before youth and nerves cost any other opportunities.

Thanks Tom, you did your part:
 
Listen to more Tom Rush at Wolfgang's Vault.


Monday included 30 minutes on elliptical in am,
Then Pradeep, killer. Sweating too much next to model buddy.

Tuesday
Scramble all day. Late meeting with opposing counsel on a dog case. Let's settle the dog so we can really work together. Late to CT, could have rolled north much easier, fuck that let's do this instead:
20 28kg swings to descending 10-1 squat ladder, 24. Sweatfest, voodoo sandwich between swings and squats. Very fond of CT, she just rocks in her completely odd way.

Wednesday. Boatload of work; planned rest, you did it, yay !

Thursday
Another boatload of work day. Bail at 3:15 for haircut and illusory client meeting after. The client was a 28kg bell. I'd feel bad, except practice has stayed fully intact and grown quite nicely since I started this drill after the dog was dumped on me seven years ago. Practice intact, body transformed, nothing wrong with this picture:

10+10 x 3 single arm 16 warm up

15 spider pushups
5+5 28kg squat to press
10 + 10 28kg rows
10 20kg double snatch
20 28kg swings
x5

Pretty good; about 32,000 pounds in all.

Find a recent Rush show on NPR. Sounds great and closes with a sweet version of Drift Away. check it at 18:36. Rush is a really fine guitar player and the harmonics tossed in on the second verse are perfectly pitched
 http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=105517273&m=105374327


60 min mh yoga. Slow is hard; always.

Saturday
Get up, sit down and don't move until 5:30. DOMS at shoulders and triceps posterior chain. Actually feels pretty good. Squat to press and pushups and double snatch lingering.  Rest day, planned only in the back of the mind, but probably the right thing to do . . .