- Distance: 5k
- Time: 29:12
- Pace: 9:24 / mile
- Album: Kanye West – Late Registration
A potentially good thing about jet lag is waking up early. Today, it was definitely a good thing. I ran, came home, then commuted. I avoided lugging a heavy backpack on a run, which would have been very uncomfortable. Instead, I have left things at work that will make light work of the rest of the week.
Today’s run was not light work, despite little load. Faster than yesterday, bright and early. It was almost pleasant. It did feel good to have run so early and take some endorphins into the rest of my day, I can’t play that down.
I love Kanye (a statement that doesn’t need reading into), but is Late Registration really one of his best? Sure, there are some real bangers. Undeniable. But it’s not even the best Kanye album of the 00s. The Pitchfork list I used to form a shortlist of albums for this project listed it as the best of that decade, I disagree quite strongly. I think this says more about how highly I rate early Kanye than too much about this specific record. Solid listening for an early morning jog by the river, before the pavements fill with students and commuters.
My head was a little emptier so early and I didn’t notice too much. Other than a homeless man trying to feed an angry-looking pack of ducks. Other runners, the only people seemingly out. And the distance markings on the MIT bridge. No dead fish left overnight, though.
Rishi Modha 