Today's run was torture, its only redeeming quality the fact that it's now over. Mimosa trees suddenly bearing seedpods, crows busy harvesting acorns in another park, jasmine bushes wringing the dregs of summer heat, an elderly poodle watching me with interest as I ran by.

Today's jam is Prodigy's "Mindfields", a classic running track. I set a lot of the Society series combat scenes to this one. www.youtube.com/watc...