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stepay

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About stepay

  • Birthday 11/30/1999

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    Classic Rock, Blues, running, guitar, keyboards
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    Columbus, OH
  1. Cool. Kid Charlemagne would be fun to play.
  2. Yeah, I understand that. I was more thinking of one particular song that you'd like to play but have put it off for some reason. I've got others I want to play too, but none of them are like Your Song...one of my favorite songs and has been since I first heard it in the 70s, yet I never sat down to learn to play it (didn't take too long even with a ton of chord changes, but still, I avoided it for some reason).
  3. 'Now'? GASP - blasphemy! Glad you are doing your part to right the universe. Yeah, changing that word is akin to blasphemy (I'll accept your word). One of the best songs ever written, and someone decides to change a word? Nah. Bad form.
  4. Not sure why, but I have put off until recently leaning to play Elton John's Your Song. It's one of my favorite songs. I taught myself the little opening riff when I was 10. Waited 45 more years to put together the rest. Not sure what drove me to finally do it. Several years ago someone covered the song and in my opinion bastardized it by changing the word "while" (from "while you're in the world") to "now". Anyway, got a song like that that you put off for a long time?
  5. Wow. I had never heard these songs before. VERY cool! Jack White is a master at getting cool sounds in a very simple and minimalist way. I love We're Going To Be Friends.
  6. What a weird thing for the guitarist to say. Likely your Nord Electro is more expensive than his guitar, but still...very weird thing to say.
  7. Wow. That was crazy. I do prefer the original though.
  8. Joe, Why not sweat pants? Or "track pants"? Or, go to a running store and get some running tights (I have never had those, but I'm old school and just wear sweats). Not sure what these are? Sweat pants - https://www.google.com/search?q=sweatpants&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiplNyt_87JAhXE3SYKHRgoBsMQ_AUICCgC Track pants - https://www.google.com/search?q=sweatpants&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiplNyt_87JAhXE3SYKHRgoBsMQ_AUICCgC#tbm=isch&q=track+pants running tights for men - https://www.google.com/search?q=sweatpants&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiplNyt_87JAhXE3SYKHRgoBsMQ_AUICCgC#tbm=isch&q=running+tights+men
  9. Haven't been here in a while. My running is still on hold. Had some knee surgery and now having some calf and back issues that I am getting treatment for. My kids are still runners. Daughter runs in college and ran a 5k CC time of 19:21 this fall. HS sophomore son dropped his 5k down to 15:32. He won't turn 16 until after the school year is over, so I think he has some big upside still. He is looking to run a 3200 on the track in under 9:20 in the spring, and I think that's reasonable; he went 9:45 last year as a freshman on less training and a year younger. I am hopeful that I can begin the New Year with some running, but right now I can not walk without pain, so I need to fix that first. Happy running!
  10. Cool. My experience tells me that those who LOVE running tend to do the best. I've seen a couple of very talented kids in the past who didn't like running and just didn't really improve. My running is on the shelf for now, but I'm enjoying seeing the kids run and especially the progress of my son (only because he's the one with the crazy improvement for now...my daughter already had her breakout season). He ran 5:28 for his PR for the mile on the track in 8th grade and then this fall as a freshman he managed 3.1 miles at 5:16 pace. I'm still a bit shocked. He drops another minute from that time in 4 years, and he's going to get some serious college money from someone. His goal is 15:30 next fall, and then he says he wants to run in the 14s before he graduates. Lofty goal, but time will tell. Not unreasonable for next year with the 15:30 goal. In May after the track season, he ran a 5k and ran 18:52. He then trained all summer with the HS team (new level of training...more mileage, etc.) and begins the season with a 17:47 and then finishes with the 16:25. Now, with the training for indoor, he's up to an 11-mile run, and he plans to get to 65 miles per week in two weeks. Best thing is that he is loving it more than I ever thought he would. He's had three progressively bigger weeks, so I told him he HAS to step it back next week. Gotta make sure injuries don't creep in.
  11. Bumping up this topic to crow a little bit as a parent of two high school runners. My daughter continued her ways of running in the 19s for 5k as a high school senior this past cross country season (and she will run in college beginning next fall), and my 14-year-old freshman son ran 16:25 for 5k during the season. I was a very good high school runner, and I didn't run faster than 16:25 until I was a senior, and I was 18 then while he will still be just 17 until after he graduates. He doesn't even shave yet. I thought he MIGHT get into the 17s, but he ran in the 16s 3 times at the end of the season, getting down to that 16:25. Should be room to improve as he matures.
  12. I'm envious. I can't even do my elliptical trainer with this silly knee injury...I've never had a knee injury ever. Fortunately it's not exactly the knee, but a ligament alongside the knee...it's slowly getting better, but I could see waiting until the new year before running again.
  13. Update. My daughter got her 5,000 time down to 19:26 and helped her team qualify for the state championships for the first time for her high school in 7 years. She's either 3rd or 4th on her team depending on the week, so it's a VERY strong team. The top 7 all broke 20 minutes at least once during the season, and one girl got down to 18:44. I last ran on Labor Day and injured my knee which is still healing.
  14. I've had moments in my life when I think Elton John's Levon is just about the best song ever written, and I'm in another one of those moments, so over the past week or so I've been listening to as many versions of him playing Levon that I can find. I love this one (man he was such a good singer before he had the vocal chord problems) -
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