Saturday, October 16, 2010

The best laid plans...

Today's schedule called for 7 miles easy. I had decided to run a loop starting on the ditch bank (in the sun), and ended up on the acequia (in the shade) on the way back. This was as the temperature heated up, I'd stay comfortable. A perfect plan.

Here I am all pleased with myself for devising such a good plan for my run. I expected the sleeves would last 2-3 miles, then I would tuck them in the hydration belt. Which is basically what happened.


But it wouldn't be much of a story if the plan was without incident. You see, there was one minor issue. I had failed to map out the course in advance and didn't quite know where to turn. I thought I would figure it out while I was out there. But I was wrong.

When I realized that I had gone a little over 4 miles without hooking into my return route, I decided to turn around and head back the same way that I started. Which meant that I was not running a 7 mile loop with the return route in the shade. Instead, I was running an 8.25 mile out & back in the sun. Uggggh.

It's not all bad. While the run didn't go as planned, I did get to work on mental training. I wasn't happy about messing up my route and running longer, but I decided to make the best of it. And I made darn sure to figure out exactly where to turn for next time.

Have a great weekend folks!

12 comments:

  1. If you had to pick an incident for a run, this one "ain't so bad."

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  2. Agreed with TockStarTri - as far as incidents go this one isn't all that bad :)
    Nice run. Mental training is soooooo important. I always forget to talk about it in my posts but on a lot of my crappy runs, I spend time learning how to train myself mentally.

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  3. Thanks for the well wishes - what did you make those sleeves from?

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  4. Nice job on the unplanned 8-miler! Sometimes it's not so bad when things don't go according to plan.

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  5. well way to go on finishing the whole distance! I like the outfit. I keep thinking about wearing my arm sleeves, but wasn't sure what to do with them if I got hot

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  6. Oh no! But cute outfit, and that's the main thing :P

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  7. As running mishaps go this one's not so bad. I love your sleeves there!

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  8. Lesson learned! And you look super cute in your running skirt. ;)

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  9. love those sleeves! so glad the dogs could still (kinda) make it in the pic too :) at least you didn't get lost!

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  10. Well, running a little further than planned is usually not too bad. Now you can feel like an over-achiever!

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  11. A bonus mile! :-) yea, that's some HTFU training there!!

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