Note to self: Make sure the Garmin's charged before heading out!!
So I slept an extra hour this morning and planned on running 8 miles at lunch. Spent forever last night packing my stuff complete w/ the fuel belt, Gu and a container of Accelerade. Planned an 8 mile route away from downtown and away I went.
I turned the garmin on and a little screen came up that said 'Battery Low'. Uh Oh. When was the last time I charge this anyway??? Last week sometime?? I hit the Enter button and it continued to find the satellite signal then came up to my usual screen and was ready to go. Hmm... wonder how much time I'll get out of this? Headed down Edwards and I soon found out. 1.1 miles. I heard the beep for 1 mile and the next thing I knew the screen was blank. Oh man! Ok... I mapped the route out so I know I'll get 8 miles, I just won't know my pace. fine..
It was hot and my route gave me virtually no shade... The only shade a got was a little bit on Durkin and some on west lawerence.. good thing I brought fluids w/ me! It was a nice enough route.. never have done it before but the sidewalks were awful on Edwards.. I ended up just running in the street... and then again on Lawerence.. can't run in the street there! Between dodging cracks in the sidewalk, going up and down curbs, and dodging limbs people pile up on the sidewalk instead of the easement(!!???) I thought Lawerence would never end! Kind of felt like an obstacle course!
But it did end and I was soon back at work.. I guess I looked pretty pathetic because the guard kind of chuckled when he saw me.. "A little hot out there??" he aksed.. Umm, YEAH!! Actually I could squeeze sweat out of my pony tail!! Nice, eh??
So I felt better today and managed to get my 8 miles done. I don't know what my pace was.. it felt about the same as usual except for on Lawerence.. the obstacle course..
Here's my whole 1 mile on the Garmin!
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6203363
And here's what I actually did:
http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=226964
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