The Run
Ok so hopefully today may be the start of my running year. My daughter-in-law went into work at noon today and that gave me plenty of time to get a run in this morning. And since the temperature was in the mid-40s it was perfect. Now if my daughter in law can give me one day a week where she starts work at !1:00 or 12 maybe I could keep it up!
The last time I ran it was in the afternoon around dinner time and I ran a course that avoided crossing any major streets. The normal course I’ve run over the last two years course a Main Street twice, which is what I wanted to avoid. In the morning there is not as much traffic so I ran my usual course.
While I ran the first mile fairly slowly, I was able to speed up a little over the last two miles and even finished fairly strong. Here are the nerdy details…..
The Nerdy Details
Total Miles 3.16. Total Time. 32:51 Overall Pace: 10.23 min/mi
Mile Splits. 1 10:36. min/mi 2. 10:20 min/mi 3 !0:20 min/mi
Final 0.15: 9:46 min/mi
Avg HR. 135 Max HR. 161. Cals Burned: 396
The Soundtrack: Ice Cream in Hell – Tinsley Ellis
The soundtrack for the run was Ice Cream in Hell from Tinsley Ellis. I have been listening to Tinsley Ellis play the blues since the 1990s. And I have the cassettes to prove it!
Ice Cream in Hell is Ellis’ 18th album. And after years of touring for 150 plus nights per year and sharing stages with the likes of Warren Haynes, Widespread Panic, the Allman Brothers Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Thackery, Otis Rush, Willie Dixon, Son Seals, Koko Taylor, Albert Collins and Buddy Guy Ellis career is still going strong. Tinsley recently received a nomination for a Blues Music Award as 2020 Blues Rock Artist of the year.
I like Ice Cream in Hell more and more every time I listen to it. Here’s what Alligator Records says about the album:
Tinsley’s most raw-sounding album and one practically drenched in ferocious guitar riffs. He and his axe set the pace on a captivating batch of original songs featuring fist-pumping rockers, hard-charging shuffles and gritty ballads, with Ellis’ fervent vocals matching his guitar every step of the way. See More
and Premier Guitar says……
“Incendiary…Scalding guitar and banshee solos. Ellis mixes soul and fire.” —Premier Guitar
One thing I like about Ice Cream in Hell is that it seems that every tract is different i.e. it’s not a boring album!! As I was listening to one of my favorite tracks on the album “No Stroll in the Park” I realized one of the things I like was the organ provided by Kevin McKendree. McKendree (co-producer and engineer)also plays piano and even rhythm guitar on a track.
Other musicians providing assistance in the album include:
Steve Mackey: Bass, Lynn Williams: Drums and Percussion
Jim Hoke: Sax (1, 5) and Quentin Ware: Trumpet: (1, 5)
Final Thought on Ice Cream in Hell
So to sum up both the run and the soundtrack I know I wasn’t struggling during the run because I was able to enjoy some of my favorite tracks on the album. They include: “You Don’t Know Beans”, the aforementioned “ No Stroll in the Park” and “Everything and Everywhere”. Ah, hell they’re all good so check out “Ice Cream in Hell”
Here’s “No Stroll in the Park”…..
Links for the Further Exploration of the Blues if Tinsley Ellis