(5K training, week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4 (or not), week 4, take 2) Week 5 Day 1 (Wednesday): 2.5 miles, treadmill, around 30 minutes Day 2 (Friday): Supposed to do 2 miles, did 1.5 on treadmill in around 20 minutes until I had to stop due to shin pain. Race Day (Sunday): [...]

(5K training, week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4 (or not), week 4, take 2)

Week 5
Day 1 (Wednesday): 2.5 miles, treadmill, around 30 minutes
Day 2 (Friday): Supposed to do 2 miles, did 1.5 on treadmill in around 20 minutes until I had to stop due to shin pain.
Race Day (Sunday): I completed the Santa Cruz Jingle Bell Rock 5K (3.1 miles) in 37:23, for an average pace of around 11:40/mile. It’s the fastest I’ve done the 5K distance, whether on treadmill or trail. I am very pleased.

10K training started yesterday. Update to follow.

What can I say? The show was fantastic! The openers, The Sounds and Paramore, set a great, high-energy mood for No Doubt. Here was the view from our seats (sect 202, row K, 33 & 34): …and here we are waiting for the show to start: The Sounds was the first act on stage at [...]

What can I say? The show was fantastic! The openers, The Sounds and Paramore, set a great, high-energy mood for No Doubt. Here was the view from our seats (sect 202, row K, 33 & 34):

The Sounds was the first act on stage at around 7:30, and here is one of the songs they performed (“Dorchester Hotel”):
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu1X_pg8AV0]
I said at the time that The Sounds reminded me of vintage Blondie.

Next up was Paramore, and wow did they put on a great show! One of the songs they performed (“Ignorance”) is off their upcoming album Brand New Eyes:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYKAPHTvjak]

The main attraction of the night, of course, was No Doubt, and some very kind souls have posted a complete setlist from the show, which allowed me to find YouTube clips of almost song they performed. No Doubt started off with “Spiderwebs”; you might recognize the instrumental piece played as they came on stage.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzldPKVk0M0]
“Hella Good”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQpm1byzhyo]
“Underneath it All”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xMaOZ85nUc]
“Excuse Me Mister”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDqFjHb4n58]
“Ex-Girlfriend”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TKFiaOgnqk]
“End it on This”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7YDgc5Qxoo]
“Simple Kind of Life”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX7LezIuLpw]
“Bathwater”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4NLSB6Wdvs]
“Guns of Navarone”: (this is from an earlier show; I couldn’t find a clip from Shoreline, but it was pretty much the same)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk6mz7A1d3o]
“New”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJDtJ1YCj-E]
“Hey Baby”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6YfwosLLsQ]
“Running”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVp8kXdBnQk]
“Different People”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3Tb4VfFI6k]
“Don’t Speak”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMbIAQjdVfs]
“It’s My Life”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwyv5RwnW2k]
“Just A Girl”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S_Hoy-BHWs]
They took a break and came out for an encore with “Rock Steady”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUT1slsGztk]
“Stand and Deliver”: (The Sounds came back out for this one)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xodj4fu1vrw]
And they finished with “Sunday Morning”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEXMNYDxVro]

One last picture as No Doubt took their bows:

Many thanks to everyone who took video of the show and uploaded it for everyone to enjoy!

Photograph by Annie Leibovitz; styled by Michael Roberts. Maureen Dowd’s interview with Tina Fey (featuring photography by Annie Leibovitz) in this month’s Vanity Fair, titled What Tina Fey Wants is an excellent read for Fans of Fey: Tina Fey has rules. They’ve guided the 38-year-old writer-comedian through marriage, motherhood, and a career that went into [...]

Photograph by Annie Leibovitz; styled by Michael Roberts.

Maureen Dowd’s interview with Tina Fey (featuring photography by Annie Leibovitz) in this month’s Vanity Fair, titled What Tina Fey Wants is an excellent read for Fans of Fey:

Tina Fey has rules. They’ve guided the 38-year-old writer-comedian through marriage, motherhood, and a career that went into hyperdrive this fall, when her Sarah Palin impression convulsed the nation, boosting the ratings of both Saturday Night Live and her own NBC show, 30 Rock. Backstage at S.N.L., where “Palin” met Palin, and at the home Fey shares with her husband and daughter, the author reports on how a tweezer, cream rinse, a diet, and a Teutonic will transformed a mousy brain into a brainy glamour-puss.

09:35 Can’t figure out where this energy came from today, but not complaining. # 12:03 "Invited" to another lunch meeting. Too bad I have other plans. # 22:41 So very happy 30 Rock is back. # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

09:35 Can’t figure out where this energy came from today, but not complaining. #

12:03 "Invited" to another lunch meeting. Too bad I have other plans. #

22:41 So very happy 30 Rock is back. #

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09:32 Getting on the road. Should be there by 3:30. # 16:31 Wow. That sucked. Solid from Valencia to Anaheim. Finally at hotel. # 19:11 Riches & Krocks waiting for hotel shuttle. See ya soon! # 20:19 Collecting candy # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

09:32 Getting on the road. Should be there by 3:30. #

16:31 Wow. That sucked. Solid from Valencia to Anaheim. Finally at hotel. #

19:11 Riches & Krocks waiting for hotel shuttle. See ya soon! #

20:19 Collecting candy #

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