I’m out walking along Spring Creek here. Doing alright. Hydration report: somebody left a full bottle of Gatorade in my yard. It was unopened, so I put it in the fridge. I’ve been drinking it, and it tastes like Gatorade. But it’s called Frost Glacier Freeze. But it’s as cool as it is. It’s not cooler because there is some formula in it that makes it cool. It’s cool because you put it in the fridge. But I guess people like to hear that. Thirst-quenching glacier freeze. The colder the better. Put it on ice.

Fashion report: I just ordered two new pairs of Champion sweatpants, which I’ve been using for years—not the new ones, of course, but various ones. I’ve been wearing these for a while, but they have holes in them. My cat is to blame for that. She scratches holes in them, and they just get bigger over time.

I’m on the short side of the trail today, the one that goes to the tunnel. I just thought it would be less crowded, even though there were only two people on the other side last time. I did see somebody on a bike going down here. And some weird guy was hanging out by the road. He looked a little suspicious.

I may do some non-podcast photography out here. I think it would be cool for one of my music videos to be leaning up against one of these lamp posts. But when they are lit, you know, at night, we’ll have to see how that works out.

I feel a little tired today, but here’s the thing. You have to work through the tired. Unless your job is your life, there’s something else you want to be doing, right? If you’re going to do that with any success, you’ve got to work through the tired. You’ve got to do it before you go to work in the morning or after you get home at night, or if you work the night shift, it would be the reverse. But whatever you do, you’ve got to work through the tired, and that’s what I’m trying to do today. I’m out here making a podcast, getting a little exercise. I canceled dinner plans for tonight so that I could come out here. So it’s good to be here.

The last trip that I did was on the long side. I don’t know how long that was, but it was probably at least a few miles total. It’s a quarter-mile walk approximately. It is a five-minute walk from my house to the trail itself. So it’s a half-mile added to whatever I do on the trail. I don’t film on the way from my house to the trail because of privacy issues. It’s a neighborhood and so forth. So that’s a half mile, but it should become less significant the more I get into shape and the longer I can walk. I’m going to go into the tunnel; I’m sure you can hear the traffic as we go under the street.

I’ll show you what Spring Creek looks like right here. Not much of a creek. It’s a dry creek. And here we are in the tunnel. The tunnel is kind of cool, too. I might want to do some other filming here. You’ve got to make do with what you have when you’re on a low budget. There’s all kinds of paper up here. Looks like paper. It’s like someone has shredded a bunch of paper. I see lines on it like notebook paper. And there’s a little airline mini-bottle of something but no liquid in it. And I won’t walk all the way up to the street. I’m just going to turn around and walk back. I’m not sure how long this is, but I’ve got a time when I went out. Can I actually remember the time? Maybe not. Anyway. It’s probably really dark here on the video. There’s paper everywhere. It’s got holes punched in it and lines on it. It’s definitely not some kind of plant. How it got here is a mystery. Make up your own story. Maybe it was a confession to a crime that somebody did because they felt guilty, but they didn’t want anybody to see it. They didn’t even want to put it in the trash. So they shredded it, brought it to this tunnel, and spread it out, hoping that people would say, “Oh, it looks like a flower,” and it would disburse with the wind. Because if you buried it somewhere. Of course, the thing to do would be to burn it. That would pretty much annihilate it. Who knows? Maybe the person didn’t have matches, a lighter, or anything to light it with. You can make up your own story like that because you’ll never find out.

Heading back, it feels pretty good. Even this short walk is going to make me feel good. The last time I went on the long walk on the other side, I felt terrific right afterward. And I felt really good the whole day the next day. And I knew it was from there because I know the feel of endorphins. So that was a really good effect of that. It probably affected my outlook and my ability to do whatever I chose to do—working through the tired.

And that’s about it, folks. I hope you’ve enjoyed this. I’ve enjoyed walking and talking with you. Always remember, if you’ve got the fever keep it burning. And if you don’t, catch the fever. And I will see you next time on Running: A FEVER.