13.1 miles to go

On Saturday I will run my second half-marathon, 13.1 miles through the streets of downtown Indianapolis, including a couple of miles on the Brickyard. (Presumably without cars.)

I've done my training and my tapering, but I feel unprepared. My half-marathon in Key West featured a field of about 700 people. Saturday's field? 34,999 runners -- and me.

I'm trying not to have a goal time in mind, because I know the start will be chaotic, and I'll be running a course for the first time, which is never good for my very methodical brain. My brain likes to know where it's going and when it's getting there, so my body is going to be working hard to overcome that.

Nevertheless, I have a new playlist for this occasion. It's sufficiently random that I hope it will suit my fluctuating moods for a couple of hours. Or less. 

But who's counting?

Dreams, Van Halen

Your Love, The Outfield

Been Caught Stealin', Jane's Addiction

Candy, Iggy Pop

I Can't Be With You, The Cranberries

Feed the Tree, Belly

In the Blood, Better Than Ezra

Inbetween Days, The Cure

You Spin Me Round, Dead or Alive

Bizarre Love Triangle, New Order

Ch-Ch-Check It Out, Beastie Boys

Confetti, The Lemonheads

Malibu, Hole

Casino Queen, Wilco

Ugly on the Outside, The Judybats

Two Hearts Beat as One, U2

All Day Afternoon, The Judybats

Headsprung, LL Cool J

Poison, Bell Biv DeVoe

Jump, Kriss Kross

Sure Shot, Beastie Boys

The Humpty Dance, Digital Underground

Kickstart My Heart, Motley Crue

Somebody Save Me, Cinderella

Boom, P.O.D.

Run to the Hills, Iron Maiden

Look What the Cat Dragged In, Poison

Cherry Pie, Warrant

Seventeen, Winger

Sex Type Thing, Stone Temple Pilots

Set Me Free, Velvet Revolver

Panama, Van Halen

Working for the Weekend, Loverboy

Tall Cool One, Robert Plant

Limelight, Rush

Free For All, Ted Nugent

You Wouldn't Know, HELLYEAH

Sucker Train Blues, Velvet Revolver

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