A Strong Four-Mile Run with Music by The Windmill

ekkarn — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 03:39:09 +0000

Since I have restarted running back in mid-October, my weekend runs have mostly been on Sunday. However, with the Eagles-Cowboys looming at 4:25 tomorrow and the prospect of a cold Sunday morning, I decided to run today. In addition to changing the day of the weekend, I also decided it’s time to increase my mileage on the weekends. My plan was to run four miles. The course would be my old Creek out and back course.

The result was a strong steady easy run, I didn’t push it and I easily stayed strong throughout the run. The only problem was I think the GPS was having a bad day today. The splits were not at their usual spots. The distance seemed to be about .09 miles short. Consequently, my pace time was a little faster than it actually was for the run. It may take a few times over the course to see what’s what.

Here are the results as recorded by the Fitbit using my phone’s GPS.

The Results

Total Distance 4.19 miles Total Time 44:16 Pace 10:32

Mile Splits: Mile 1 – 10:27. Mile 2- 10:36 Mile 3 10:41 Mile 4 10:34. Last 0.19 9:44

Average HR 141 bpm max HR 152 bpm Cals Burned 566

The Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the run was a progressive Rock album, Tribus from The Windmill. The Windmill is a Norwegian heavy prog progressive rock band.

About The Windmill

The band was formed in the fall of 2001, with Jean R. Viita (keyboards, vocals) as the leader. Other founding members included: Morten Clason (sax, flutes, guitars, vocals, keyboards) and Arnfinn Isaksen (bass). Band members added shortly thereafter were: Bent Jensen (guitars), Vidar Kleivane (drums) and Erik Borgen (guitars, vocals).

The Windmill spent the next several years rehearsing, writing material and performing live when possible. They started recording their first album in 2005. It took five long years and several changes of members of the band to produce their first album. In May of 2010 To Be Continued… was finally released.

The Windmill has released two additional albums since 2010’s To be Continued….. They released The Continuation in 2015 and Tribus this year.

The Musician Line-up for Tribus

Erik Borgen / lead vocals, guitars Stig André Clason / guitars
Jean Robert Viita / keyboards, backing vocals
Morten Clason / sax, flute, backing vocals
Arnfinn Isaksen / bass
Sam Arne Nøland (RIP) / drums*

* Sam passed away in September of 2018 prior to the release of Tribus

Thoughts About Tribus

I really enjoyed this album throughout my run. You know you’re listening to a prog rock album, when the first track lasts more than 20 minutes of a 44 minute run. But with all of the tempo changes it’s hard when you’re running to realize it’s the same song!

I liked both the instrumentals and the vocals on Tribus. I particularly liked Morton Clason’s flute playing. In my opinion, the flute fits into prog rock beautifully, says the fan of Ian Anderson!

Anyway, Tribus is a great album so Check It out. As for me I’ll be listening to not only Tribus but also The Windmill’s two other releases.

Links for the Further Exploration of the Music of The Windmill

Here’s “The Tree” from The Windmill’s Tribus.

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