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July 6, 2008
what day is it
After posting on proper preparedness for a run, I thought I should do as I say. It was going swimmingly Saturday.
Hydration - lots of water all day ... check
Eat Right - homemade pasta, sauce and turkey meatballs ... check
Sleep - early night ... check
Waking up is where things started to go wrong. The alarm went off, I don't even remember whacking snooze. Alarm goes off again, I remember hitting it this time, thinking I had extra time because my white pants where ironed and I'd wear my black top with it, don't have to waste time picking an outfit ... 10 more minutes. The next time it went off, I actually looked at the time, 6.35 am! Why would I set my alarm so early, my first meeting is at 10am, I don't have to be at work til 9am today.
Snooze, 10 minutes later, snooze, another 10 minutes.
Then it hit me. It was Sunday, not Monday. It was 7.05am. I was running in 25 minutes.
ARGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!
I dressed, grabbed my bag (thank god I packed it the night before) and half a bagel and headed out the door. My garmin, luckily is right where I left it last week (I only use it on long runs, no idea why) in the trunk of the car. As I am driving and eating my bagel I turn on the garmin, which instantly dies. Low battery. I left my watch at home. Since I am already late, I decide I am going to have a liberating no watch run.
I finally arrive 10 minutes, and my awesome running buddies are still waiting. We head out on my new favourite route. It is almost all on park paths with lots of shade. I have no idea how far we've run until C turns back since she is doing 10 miles. That means 5 miles done, only a mile til the turnaround, kinda loving this no watch no garmin run. It seemed to take forever to get to the turnaround. Miss my watch miss my garmin.
The run back is good, except my foot bothered me a bit. I am experimenting with some new things on the bad broken foot to protect it from future breaks and pains. I'm wearing my new sunshine shoes, which are half a size bigger than my brooks, my foot feels like it's flopping about. I stop and tie the laces tighter. I've wrapped my foot, half way back that starts to irritate me so I stop again and take the tape off. The last couple miles my foot goes numb because the laces are too tight. I stop and retie.
The whole foot stopping starting thing was really annoying, but it did distract me from the heat and how tired I was near the end.
After we had been back a while someone came in with a garmin and told us the 12 miles we had just done was actually just over 13 miles .... wooo hoooo! Totally glad my garmin battery was dead, I would of turn around at 6 miles and not done the extra. Yeah!
Posted by Ali at July 6, 2008 6:46 PM
Comments
Are you trying inserts or anything? I have been thinking about them, but have no idea where to start.
Nice job on the 13 miles!
Posted by: P.O.M. at July 7, 2008 12:35 PM
LOL. Why do they even make a snooze button?
Good job on a long run. Sometimes it is better not knowing.
Posted by: Jodie at July 7, 2008 1:13 PM
LOL. Why do they even make a snooze button?
Good job on a long run. Sometimes it is better not knowing.
Posted by: Jodie at July 7, 2008 1:13 PM
good job! sometimes it's nice to leave all the gadgets and just get a run over with.
Posted by: deene at July 7, 2008 5:04 PM
See life works just like it should...you ran farther without even knowing it.
Amazing what a nusance it is to try and keep our running bodies moving forward some days. I've really been fighting with this knee brace slipping and sliding.
Posted by: Amanda at July 8, 2008 11:02 AM